Civil Partnership Act 2004 · 2004 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 3: Civil partnership: Scotland — Chapter 6: Miscellaneous and interpretation
REPEALED on 2011-03-28 by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.
The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.
The civil partner of an accused may be called as a witness—
But the civil partner is not a compellable witness for the co-accused or for the prosecutor and is not compelled to disclose any communication made, while the civil partnership subsists, between the civil partners.
The failure of a civil partner of an accused to give evidence is not to be commented on by the defence or the prosecutor.
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