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Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
72Protection of members etc.
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72 Protection of members etc.
(1) A member or acting member of the Panel has, in the exercise of powers or performance of functions or duties as a member or acting member, the same protection and immunity as a judge of the Supreme Court.
(2) A legal practitioner or other person appearing before the Panel on behalf of a party has the same protection and immunity as a legal practitioner has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the Supreme Court.
S. 72(3) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 39.43).
(3) A person summoned to attend or attending before the Panel as a witness has the same protection and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Act, subject to the same liabilities, as a witness in proceedings in the Supreme Court.