106Compulsory examination hearing

106 Compulsory examination hearing (1) A person ordered under section 104(1) to attend the Magistrates' Court for a compulsory examination hearing— (a) may be represented at the hearing by a legal practitioner; and (b) may address the court personally or through the legal practitioner. (2) The evidence of a witness at a compulsory examination hearing must be— S. 106(2)(a) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 38.1). (a) sworn or affirmed and given by way of examination-in-chief; and (b) recorded in the same manner as evidence at a committal hearing. (3) The accused may attend a compulsory examination hearing. (4) At a compulsory examination hearing, if the Magistrates' Court determines that there are exceptional circumstances, the accused may address the court personally or through a legal practitioner representing the accused but may not cross-examine a witness. (5) Nothing in this section excludes or limits the operation of any other law as to the competence or compellability of a witness to give evidence. Part 4.4—Pre-hearing disclosure of prosecution case