Corroboration warnings not generally required
50 Corroboration warnings not generally required
In this section corroboration warning in relation to a trial means a warning to the effect that it is unsafe to convict the person who is being tried on the uncorroborated evidence of one witness.
On the trial of a person on indictment for an offence —
the judge is not required by any rule of law or practice to give a corroboration warning to the jury in relation to any offence of which the person is liable to be convicted on the indictment; and
the judge shall not give a corroboration warning to the jury unless the judge is satisfied that such a warning is justified in the circumstances.
[Section 50 inserted: No. 70 of 1988 s. 42; amended: No. 36 of 1992 s. 5.]
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