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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Privileges created by the Evidence Act 1853, s. 3, and the Criminal Evidence Act 1898, s. 1(d) whereby, during the marriage, one spouse could not be compelled to disclose communications made to him or her by the other ... whereby a spouse is competent but not compellable, to give evidence relating to sexual intercourse. These privileges relate only to criminal proceedings.  2, record 1, English, - marital%20privilege

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The privilege allowing a spouse not to testify, and to prevent another from testifying, about confidential communications with the other spouse during the marriage.  2, record 2, English, - husband%2Dwife%20privilege

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A spouse who is called as a witness may refuse to disclose a communication which the other spouse made to the witness. Throughout all the Canadian jurisdictions, statutes have enacted this privilege for marital communications .... The privilege applies to "any communication" between the spouses; it is not limited to confidential communications. (Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 411)  1, record 2, English, - husband%2Dwife%20privilege

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

privilège du conjoint; privilège des communications conjugales : termes normalisés par le comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 2, French, - privil%C3%A8ge%20du%20conjoint

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish