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Competence and Compellability The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, states the following: 80(1)(a) Competent to give evidence for the Prosec., except where (4) 80(1)(b) Competent to give evidence on behalf of the accused or persons jointly accused. 80(2) Except where (4), is compellable for the accused. 80(3) Except for (4), shall be compellable for the prosecution if, and only if: (a) If the offence charged involves, assault, injury or threat therein, to the wife or husband of the accused, or any person under 16; or (b) offence is of a sexual offence of person who at time was under "that age"; or (c) conspiring, aiding, abetting etc of an offence which falls under (a) or (b), above. 80(4) shall NOT be compellable OR competent to give evidence where both jointly charged, for crimes that fall under above. 80(5) Any ex spouse will be treated as anyone else if they are divorced. 80(8) The Prosecution cannot make comment if spouse...

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