Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
35ARelationship to other laws and matters
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35A Relationship to other laws and matters
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 35R, this Division is not intended to limit a discretion that a court has: (a) to admit or exclude evidence in any proceedings; or (b) to stay criminal proceedings in the interests of justice. (2) In determining whether evidence should be admitted or excluded in any proceedings, the fact that the evidence was obtained as a result of a person engaging in criminal activity is to be disregarded if: (a) the person was a participant in a special intelligence operation authorised under this Division acting in the course of the special intelligence operation; and (b) the criminal activity was special intelligence conduct.