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Criminal Procedure Act 1986
283FDeath of person who made statement
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#### 283F Death of person who made statement
283F Death of person who made statement
> > (1) A written or recorded statement, or a transcript of a recording of an interview with a vulnerable person, is not admissible if, on evidence produced during proceedings, the Judge of the Local Court is satisfied that the person who made the statement is dead.
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> > (2) If it is found after a statement is admitted in evidence in proceedings that the person who made the statement died before the statement was admitted, the statement is taken not to have been admitted in evidence.
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> > (3) This section does not apply to a deposition that is admissible under section 284.
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> **s 283F:** Ins 2017 No 55, Sch 1 \[10\]. Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.31\[2\].