387
CurrentException to hearsay rule
Chapter 8General
Part 8.2Witnesses
Division 7Admission of recorded evidence of complainant given in trial for sexual offences
387 Exception to hearsay rule
S. 387 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50.
(1)
In this section—
hearsay rule has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act 2008.
(2)
The hearsay rule does not prevent—
(a)
the admission of a recording in accordance with this Division; or
(b)
the use of the recording to prove the existence of a fact that the complainant intended to assert by a representation made in the recorded evidence.
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