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provides that the Sovereign and others are not compellable to give evidence. The other persons listed are the Governor- General, the Governor of a State, the Administrator of a Territory, a foreign sovereign and the Head of State of a foreign country. The clause also provides that members of a House of any Australian Parliament are not compellable to give evidence if attending court would interfere with attendance at a sitting of that House, a joint sitting of that Parliament or a meeting of a committee of that House or Parliament.