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Coroners
[1980 Ed.
Rules for
payment of
allowance to witnesses.
Saving. (S.I. 1965
No. 1203.)
22A. (1) The Chief Justice may, with the approval of the Legislative Council, make rules providing for the payment of an allowance to witnesses in inquiries and such rules may, in particular, provide for-
(a) the classification of witnesses;
(b) the payment of different rates of allowance to different
classes of witnesses; and
(c) the rate of allowance which may be paid to witnesses in a
particular class.
(2) The expenses of the allowances paid under such rules shall be met from moneys provided by the Legislative Council.
(3) In this section, "witness" means any person, other than a public officer, properly attending an inquiry to give evidence, whether or not he gives evidence.
(Added 57 of 1971, s. 3)
23. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect the provisions of Article 6 of the United Kingdom Forces (Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts) Order 1965.