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Evidence of non‑access

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19 Evidence of non‑access

In any proceedings including proceedings pending at the commencement of the Evidence Act Amendment Act 1956, either party to a marriage may give evidence proving or tending to prove that the parties to the marriage did not have sexual relations with each other at any particular time notwithstanding that such evidence would show or tend to show that any child born to the wife during the marriage was illegitimate.

[Section 19 inserted: No. 16 of 1956 s. 2.]

Protection of confidential communications given in counselling concerning sexual assault

[Heading inserted: No. 31 of 2012 s. 4.]

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