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Act index » Chapter 2 - Adducing evidence » Part 2.1 - Witnesses » Division 3 - General rules about giving evidence
(1)A witness who cannot hear adequately may be questioned in any appropriate way.
(2)A witness who cannot speak adequately may give evidence by any appropriate means.
(3)The court may give directions concerning either or both of the following—
(a)the way in which a witness may be questioned under subsection (1);
(b)the means by which a witness may give evidence under subsection (2).
(4)This section does not affect the right of a witness to whom this section applies to give evidence about a fact through an interpreter under section 30.