EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 51
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 51
51 . Prisoner required to give evidence may be brought up on order
When any person is
detained in any prison under sentence or awaiting trial, or on remand for any
offence, or for any other cause, and a trial, inquiry, inquest, or inquisition
is pending at which it is deemed necessary that such prisoner should be
present, any judge, or, in criminal proceedings the Sheriff of Western
Australia or the chief executive officer, within the meaning of that
expression as defined in section 3 of the Prisons Act 1981 , may make an
order signed by him or her directing any gaoler to produce such person, and
such order shall be sufficient warrant or authority to any gaoler for
producing such prisoner.
[Section 51 amended: No. 31 of 1993 s. 41; No. 20
of 2013 s. 62.]