Application of laws about witnesses, etc.
42W Application of laws about witnesses, etc.
S. 42W inserted by No. 4/1997 s. 3.
S. 42W(1) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 21(1).
A remote point must be taken to be part of the court point, and to be court premises within the meaning of the Court Security Act 1980, while a person is at the remote point for the purpose of appearing before, or giving evidence or making a submission to, the court in accordance with Division 2 or 3.
Subsection (1) has effect, for example, for the purposes of laws relating to evidence, procedure, contempt of court and perjury.
S. 42W(3) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 21(2).
Subsection (1) also has the effect that any offence committed at a remote point must be taken to have been committed at the court point for the purposes of the laws in force in Victoria.
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