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EVIDENCE AND RELATED LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2017 BILL 45 OF 2017

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                Evidence and Related Legislation Amendment Bill 2017


The Evidence and Related Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 makes amendments to the Criminal
Code Act 1924 and the Evidence Act 2001.

The Bill amends the Criminal Code Act 1924 by:

      introducing a presumption that when two or more charges for sexual offences are joined
       in the same indictment those charges are to be tried together; and

      stating that this presumption is not rebutted merely because evidence on one charge is
       inadmissible in relation to the other charge.

The Bill amends the Evidence Act 2001 by:

      providing that the issue of concoction, collusion or suggestion in tendency and
       coincidence evidence is not relevant to the admissibility of the evidence.




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