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In forceCompellability: Sovereign and others
Chapter 2Adducing evidence
Part 2.1Witnesses
Division 1Competence and compellability of witnesses
15 Compellability: Sovereign and others
(1)
None of the following is compellable to give evidence:
(a)
the Sovereign;
(b)
the Governor‑General;
(c)
the Governor of a State;
(d)
the Administrator of a Territory;
(e)
a foreign sovereign or the Head of State of a foreign country.
(2)
A member of a House of an Australian Parliament is not compellable to give evidence if the member would, if compelled to give evidence, be prevented from attending:
(a)
a sitting of that House or a joint sitting of that Parliament; or
(b)
a meeting of a committee of that House or that Parliament, being a committee of which he or she is a member.
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