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Excise Act 1901
143Defendant a competent witness
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143 Defendant a competent witness
(1) In every Excise prosecution the defendant shall be competent to give evidence.
(2) In every Excise prosecution except for an indictable offence or for an offence directly punishable by imprisonment the defendant shall be compellable to give evidence.