Section 11 — Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

General powers of a court

(1) The power of a court to control the conduct of a proceeding is not affected by this Act, except so far as this Act provides otherwise expressly or by necessary intendment.
(2) In particular, the powers of a court with respect to abuse of process in a proceeding are not affected.

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Related sections

s 8 — Operation of other Acts
s 9 — Application of common law and equity
s 10 — Parliamentary privilege preserved
s 12 — Competence and compellability
s 13 — Competence: lack of capacity
s 14 — Compellability: reduced capacity

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