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Evidence Act 1939
21FClosure of court in certain cases
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21F Closure of court in certain cases
(1) The court is to be closed, in a case involving a charge of a sexual
offence or a serious violence offence, while the evidence of a
vulnerable witness is being taken.
(2) This section extends both to the examination of the vulnerable
witness and to the re-play before the court of an audiovisual record
of the witness's evidence.
(3) While the court is closed under this section, a person must not
remain in the courtroom, or a place from which the person can
overhear the proceedings in the courtroom, without the court's
permission.