CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 283B
Form and requirements for written statements
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 283B
Form and requirements for written statements
283B Form and requirements for written statements
(1) A written statement may be in the form of questions and answers.
(2) A
written statement must specify the age of the person who made the statement.
(3) A written statement must be endorsed in accordance with the regulations by
the maker of the statement as to the truth of the statement and any other
matter required by the regulations.
(4) A written statement or such an
endorsement on a statement must be written in a language of which the person
who made the statement has a reasonable understanding.
(5) If the written
statement, or part of it, is in a language other than English, a document
purporting to contain an English translation of the statement or part must be
annexed to the statement.
