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Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998)

Chapter 3 : Maintenance Enquiries

The enquiry

11. Rights and privileges of witnesses

 

(1) Any person, other than a person against whom a maintenance order may be made under this Act, attending the enquiry as a witness shall be entitled to an allowance as if he or she were attending criminal proceedings as a witness for the State.

 

(2) The maintenance court may direct that any person against whom a maintenance order may be made under this Act—
(a) shall be paid the prescribed allowances for subsistence and for travel to and from the court; and
(b) shall be paid such allowance as may be paid to a witness for the accused in criminal proceedings.

 

(3) In connection with the giving of evidence or the production of any book, document or statement at the enquiry, the law relating to privilege, as applicable to a witness giving evidence or subpoenaed to produce a book, document or statement in criminal proceedings in a magistrate's court, shall apply.

 

 


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