WITNESSES’ EXPENSES
HIGHER SCALE FIXED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The scale of expenses paid to witnesses appearing for the Crown in criminal cases is increased by regulations published with last night’s “Gazette; The object of the regulations Is to liberalise the scale of payments and place them on a more equitable basis. Provision is made for the payment to witnesses of compensation for 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 Ils 6d. but under the new scale the allowance will be 15s for a full day of 24 hours.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 6
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134WITNESSES’ EXPENSES Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 6
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