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EVIDENCE ACT 2011 - SECT 16

Competence and compellability—judges and jurors

    (1)     A person who is a judge or juror in a proceeding is not competent to give evidence in the proceeding.

    (2)     However, a juror is competent to give evidence in the proceeding about matters affecting conduct of the proceeding.

    (3)     A person who is or was a judge in an Australian or overseas proceeding is not compellable to give evidence about the proceeding unless the court gives leave.



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