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Evidence Act 2001
12Competence and compellability
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### 12 Competence and compellability
> Except as otherwise provided by this Act –
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> > > (a) every person is competent to give evidence; and
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> > > (b) a person who is competent to give evidence about a fact is compellable to give that evidence.