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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 50FA
50FA Certain material taken to be evidence of age
- (1)
- In determining for the purposes of this Part whether a
person is under 16, or was under 16 at a particular time,
or how old a person is or was at a particular time, a jury
or court may treat any of the following as admissible
evidence:
- (a)
- the person's appearance;
- (b)
- medical or other scientific opinion;
- (c)
- a document that is or appears to be an official or
medical record from a country outside Australia;
- (d)
- a document that is or appears to be a copy of such a
record.
- (2)
- This section does not make any other kind of evidence
inadmissible, and does not affect a prosecutor's duty to
do all he or she can to adduce the best possible evidence
for determining the question.
- (3)
- If, on a trial for an offence against this Part,
evidence may be treated as admissible because of
subsection (1), the court must warn the jury that it
must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt in determining
the question.
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