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EVIDENCE ACT 2008 (NO. 47 OF 2008) - SECT 72

Exception—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs

The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of a representation about the existence or non-existence, or the content, of the traditional laws and customs of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander group.

Note

Section 72 formerly provided an exception for contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc. Such provision can now be found in section 66A.



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