FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 27DA Warning and informing jury
FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 27DA
Warning and informing jury(1) If foreign material or foreign government material is admitted in a terrorism - related proceeding conducted before a jury, and a party to the proceeding so requests, the judge is to:
(a) warn the jury that the material may be unreliable; and
(b) inform the jury of matters that may cause it to be unreliable; and
(c) warn the jury of the need for caution in determining whether to accept the material and the weight to be given to it.
(2) The judge need not comply with subsection (1) if there are good reasons for not doing so.
(3) It is not necessary that a particular form of words be used in giving the warning or information.
(4) This section does not affect any other power of the judge to
give a warning to, or to inform, the jury.