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Maintenance Act 1965
sec.110Husbands and wives competent and compellable witnesses
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### sec.110 Husbands and wives competent and compellable witnesses
A husband and a wife are competent and compellable witnesses in any proceedings under this Act, and any evidence given by a husband or a wife in those proceedings may be used in any court—
in proceedings to which the husband and wife are parties and in which they are competent and compellable witnesses; and
in proceedings for perjury committed in the course of giving that evidence.
- (a) in proceedings to which the husband and wife are parties and in which they are competent and compellable witnesses; and
- (b) in proceedings for perjury committed in the course of giving that evidence.