FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 20 Proceedings to which this Part applies
FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 20
Proceedings to which this Part applies(1) This Part applies to a proceeding, in any Australian court, that is:
(a) a criminal proceeding for an offence against the law of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a related civil proceeding; or
(c) a proceeding under a proceeds of crime law.
(1A) However, this Part does not apply to a terrorism - related proceeding. This does not prevent testimony or any documents or things from being foreign material for the purposes of Part 3A.
Note: Part 3A deals with use of foreign material in terrorism - related proceedings.
(2) This Part also applies to a proceeding, in any court of a State or Territory specified in the regulations, that is:
(a) a criminal proceeding for an offence against the law of a State or Territory; or
(b) a related civil proceeding of a kind specified in the regulations in respect of a State or Territory; or
(c) a proceeding under a law that is a corresponding law within the meaning of a proceeds of crime law; or
(d) a proceeding under a law of a Territory (other than the
Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory) that is prescribed by
the regulations as a law that corresponds to a proceeds of crime law.