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CurrentAdmissibility of recording of complainant's evidence
Chapter 8General
Part 8.2Witnesses
Division 7Admission of recorded evidence of complainant given in trial for sexual offences
379 Admissibility of recording of complainant's evidence
Subject to section 381, a recording is admissible in evidence as if its contents were the direct testimony of the complainant—
(a)
in the proceeding; and
(b)
unless the relevant court otherwise orders, in—
(i)
any new trial of, or appeal from, the proceeding; or
(ii)
another proceeding in the same court for the charge for a sexual offence or a charge for a related offence; or
(iii)
a civil proceeding arising from the same facts as those on which the charge for a sexual offence is founded.
New s. 380 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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