WRONGS ACT 1958 - SECT 28LAG Criminal record

WRONGS ACT 1958 - SECT 28LAG

    (1)     For the purposes of this Part, the court may require the production of a claimant's criminal record.

    (2)     A claimant's criminal record is inadmissible as evidence unless it is signed by—

        (a)     a police officer; or

        (b)     a Crown Prosecutor; or

        (c)     a member of staff of the Office of Public Prosecutions established under the Public Prosecutions Act 1994 who is a legal practitioner.

Note

Section 178 of the Evidence Act 2008 provides for proof of previous convictions by the filing of a certificate.

S. 28LAH inserted by No. 22/2015 s. 3.