Tasmanian Numbered Acts Tasmanian Numbered Acts17. Competence and compellability: defendants in criminal proceedings
(1) This section applies only in a criminal proceeding.
(2) A defendant is not competent to give evidence as a witness for the prosecution.
(3) An associated defendant is not compellable to give evidence for or against a defendant unless the associated defendant is being tried separately from the defendant.
(4)
If a witness is an associated defendant who is being tried jointly with the
defendant in the proceeding, the court is to satisfy itself (if there is a
jury, in the jury's absence) that the witness is aware of the effect of
subsection (3).