Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103ZZB

103ZZB Prohibited directions etc. in relation to credibility of complainant’s evidence

The judge in the criminal proceeding—

(a) must not direct, warn or suggest to the jury that complainants who do not make a complaint or who delay in making a complaint are, as a class, less credible than other complainants; and

(b) must not direct, warn or suggest to the jury in relation to the evidence of complainants who do not make a complaint or who delay in making a complaint—

(i) that it would be dangerous or unsafe to convict the defendant on the evidence; or

(ii) that the evidence should be scrutinised with great care.