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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23U

23U Tape recording of information required to be given to person under arrest
(1)
If a person is under arrest for a Commonwealth offence, an investigating official who is required by this Part to give the person under arrest certain information (including a caution) must tape record, if practicable, the giving of that information and the person's responses (if any).
(2)
In any proceedings, the burden lies on the prosecution to prove whether it was practicable to tape record the giving of that information and the person's responses (if any).

 

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