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EVIDENCE ACT 1877 - SECT 1

competency of defendant and wife or husband, in certain trials.

1. On the trial of any indictment or other proceeding for the non-repair of
any public highway or bridge, or for a nuisance to any public highway, river,
or bridge, and of any other indictment or proceeding instituted for the
purpose of trying or enforcing a civil right only, every defendant to such
indictment or proceeding, and the wife or husband of any such defendant shall
be admissible witnesses and compellable to give evidence.

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