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EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103ZV

Direction on responses to giving evidence

103ZV Direction on responses to giving evidence

The judge may direct the jury that—

(a) trauma may affect people differently, which means that some people may show obvious signs of emotion or distress when giving evidence in court about a sexual offence, but others may not; and
(b) the presence or absence of emotion or distress does not, of itself, mean that a person is not telling the truth about a sexual offence.



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