Sections 34M and 34CB of the Evidence Act 1929 (SA), which reformed the law of recent complaint and the Longman warning in sexual offence cases, apply only to trials on informations presented in the court of trial after 23 November 2008. 'Proceedings commenced' in the transitional provision (s 22 of the amending Act) means the presentment of the information in the trial court, not the commencement of the trial or the filing of the information in the Magistrates Court. Committal proceedings in the Magistrates Court are administrative in nature and are not the same proceeding as the subsequent trial in the District Court or Supreme Court.
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