EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 72 Exception—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs
EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 72
Exception—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customsThe hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of a representation about the existence or non-existence, or the content, of the traditional laws and customs of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander group.
Note
Section 72 formerly provided an exception for contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc. Such provision can now be found in section 66A.