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14 Compellability: reduced capacity
A person is not compellable to give evidence on a matter if the court is satisfied that –
(a) [Section 14 Amended by No. 46 of 2010, s. 7, Applied:01 Jan 2011] substantial cost or delay would be incurred in ensuring that the person would have the capacity to understand a question about the matter or to give an answer that can be understood to a question about the matter; and
(b) adequate evidence on that matter has been given, or will be able to be given, from another person or source.