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EVIDENCE ACT 2001 (NO. 76 OF 2001) - SECT 16

16. Competence and compellability: judges and jurors

      (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who is a judge or juror in a proceeding is not competent to give evidence in that proceeding.

      (2) A juror in a proceeding is competent to give evidence in the proceeding about matters affecting the 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 that proceeding unless the court gives leave.


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