Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176:section:61cw
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00176
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 61CW
Character Range: 180858–181497

61CW  Protection of members and persons giving evidence etc.
 (1) A member of a Conscientious Objection Tribunal has, in the performance of his or her duties as a member, the same protection and immunity as a Judge of the Federal Court.
 (2) Subject to this Part, an applicant, a person summoned to attend, or appearing, before a Conscientious Objection Tribunal to give evidence, a person representing the Commonwealth or a person who assists an applicant at a hearing, has the same protection and is, in addition to the penalties provided by this Part, subject to the same liabilities, as a witness in proceedings in the Federal Court.