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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 374 Admissibility of evidence from special hearing

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 374

Admissibility of evidence from special hearing

S. 374(1) amended by No. 48/2012 s. 28.

    (1)     In this section—

"recording" means a recording of a special hearing.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), a recording is admissible in evidence as if its contents were the direct testimony of the complainant

        (a)     in the proceeding; and

        (b)     unless the relevant court otherwise orders, in—

              (i)     any new trial of, or appeal from, the proceeding; or

              (ii)     another proceeding in the same court for the charge for a sexual offence or a charge for a related offence; or

              (iii)     a civil proceeding arising from the same facts as those on which the charge for a sexual offence is founded.

    (3)     The court may rule as inadmissible the whole or any part of the contents of a recording and, if so, the court may direct that the recording be edited or altered to delete any part of it that is inadmissible.

Note

A party may apply for a ruling under subsection (3): section 337.

    (4)     Subject to subsection (3), the whole of a recording must be heard by the court.

    (5)     The admissibility of a recording of the evidence of a person under the age of 18 years is not affected only because the person attains the age of 18 years before the evidence is presented in a proceeding.

    (6)     Subject to section 376(3), if under this section a recording is admitted into evidence in a proceeding, the complainant is not required to attend the proceeding unless required to do so for cross-examination or re‑examination.

New s. 375 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50, repealed by No. 37/2017 s. 13(1).

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S. 375A inserted by No. 48/2012 s. 29, repealed by No. 37/2017 s. 13(1).

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New s. 376 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50.