| Short Title: | Witnesses Act 1806[1] |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to declare the Law with respect to Witnesses refusing to answer. |
| Year: | 1806 |
| Citation: | 46 Geo. 3. c. 37 |
| Royal Assent: | 5 May 1806 |
| Commencement: | 5 May 1806 |
| Status: | current |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/46/37/enacted |
| Revised Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/46/37 |
The Witnesses Act 1806 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prohibits a witness from refusing to answer a question solely on the ground that the answer may establish that he owes a debt or is liable to civil suit (but would not incriminate him).[2] It is still in force.