Evidence of childhood finding of guilt not admissible against adult
148 Evidence of childhood finding of guilt not admissible against adult
Subject to sections 148A and 148B, in a proceeding against a person who is an adult for an offence, there must not be admitted against the person evidence that the person was found guilty as a child of an offence if a conviction was not recorded.
Subsection (1) applies even though the evidence would otherwise be admissible under the Evidence Act 1977, section 15 and the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986, section 5(3)(b).
For subsection (1), if a person is found guilty as a child of an offence, the person is not taken to have been found guilty as an adult of the offence merely because of the making of a declaration under section 143(4).
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