Section 15 — Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

(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.

Related sections

• s 12 — Competence and compellability
• s 13 — Competence: lack of capacity
• s 14 — Compellability: reduced capacity
• s 16 — Competence and compellability: judges and jurors
• s 17 — Competence and compellability: defendants in criminal proceedings
• s 18 — Compellability of spouses and others in criminal proceedings generally

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