s 341A
In forcePresumption of joint trial of sexual offences
Schedule ICriminal Code of the Northern Territory of Australia
Part IXProcedure
Division 4Alibi, expert evidence, trial adjournment, pleas and practice
341A Presumption of joint trial of sexual offences
(1) Despite any rule of law to the contrary, if an accused person is charged with more than one sexual offence in the same indictment, it is presumed that the charges are to be tried together.
(2)
The presumption is not rebutted merely because:
(a)
evidence on one charge is not admissible on another charge; or
(b) there is a possibility that evidence may be the result of collusion or suggestion.
(3)
In this section:
sexual offence, see section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Evidence and Procedure) Act 1983.
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