Inadmissibility of acknowledgement of paternity or certified copy as evidence in criminal proceedings
13 Inadmissibility of acknowledgement of paternity or certified copy as evidence in criminal proceedings
An acknowledgement by a person that he is the father of a child made for the purposes of section 25 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1962 or section 27 of this Act shall not be admissible in criminal proceedings against that person as evidence to show that he has had or has attempted to engage in penile intercourse with the mother of the child.
Notwithstanding section 18 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1962 and section 25 of this Act, a certified copy of an entry of the name of the father of a child purporting to be made or given under section 22 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1962 or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a prescribed overseas jurisdiction shall not be admissible in criminal proceedings against the person whose name is so entered as evidence to show that he has had or has attempted to engage in penile intercourse with the mother of the child.
In this section—
engage, in penile intercourse with a person, see the Criminal Code, section 6(2).
penile intercourse see the Criminal Code, section 6(1).
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