Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 30 - Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c. 64)
942.The Civil Evidence Act 1968 deals with the giving of evidence in legal proceedings other than criminal proceedings. Section 14 of the 1968 Act currently provides privilege against incrimination for a husband and wife, by giving each of them a right not to answer a question if to do so would tend to expose their spouse to criminal proceedings. Paragraph 30 extends such privilege to civil partners by substituting “spouse and civil partner” for “husband and wife”.