WITNESSES' EXPENSES
COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF WAGES TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE increased (rszsa association te lege Ait.) WELLINGTON, December 14. Provision for amending the scale of expenses paid to witnesses appearing for the Crown in criminal cases is contained in regulations which are pub-' lished with to-night’s Gazette. The object is to liberalise the scale of payments, and pjlace them on a more equitable basis. Provision is made for the payment to witnesses of compensation for the loss of wages through attendance at Court; The maximum payment in this respect is 13s 4d a day. The amount payable to witnesses in respect of travelling expenses has also been increased. Under the, old rate a witness who was called upon to be absent from home at night received 11s 6d; but under the new scale the allowance will be 15s for a full' day of 24 hours.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22894, 15 December 1939, Page 18
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