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EVIDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1958 - SECT 32AB

Guiding principles

It is the intention of Parliament that in interpreting and applying this Division in any legal proceeding that relates (wholly or partly) to a charge for a sexual offence, courts are to have regard to the fact that—

        (a)     there is a high incidence of sexual violence within society; and

        (b)     sexual offences are significantly under-reported; and

        (c)     a significant number of sexual offences are committed against women, children and other vulnerable persons including persons with a cognitive impairment; and

        (d)     offenders are commonly known to their victims; and

        (e)     sexual offences often occur in circumstances where there is unlikely to be any physical signs of an offence having occurred.

S. 32B inserted by No. 21/1998
s. 4.



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