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Foreign Courts Evidence Act, 1962 (Act No. 80 of 1962)

5. Rights and privileges of witnesses

 

(1) Any person required to give evidence at an examination under section four shall be entitled to payment of such expenses and fees as are payable to witnesses in a magistrate's court in proceedings similar to those in connection with which his evidence is required.

 

(2) In connection with the giving of evidence or the production of any book, document or object at such an examination, the law relating to privilege as applicable to a witness giving evidence or summoned to produce a book, document or object in a magistrate's court in such proceedings, shall apply.