South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts12A—Warning relating to uncorroborated evidence of child in criminal
proceedings
(1) In a criminal
trial, a judge must not warn the jury that it is unsafe to convict on a
child's uncorroborated evidence unless—
(a) the
warning is warranted because there are, in the circumstances of the particular
case, cogent reasons, apart from the fact that the witness is a child, to
doubt the reliability of the child's evidence; and
(b) a
party asks that the warning be given.
(2) In giving any such
warning, the judge is not to make any suggestion that the evidence of children
is inherently less credible or reliable, or requires more careful scrutiny,
than the evidence of adults.