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Criminal Procedure Regulation 2017
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#### 9L Presumptions about age and language
9L Presumptions about age and language
> > (1) In any proceedings it is presumed, if there is no evidence to the contrary, that the age specified in a statement is in fact the age of the person who made the statement at the time the statement was made.
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> > (2) In any proceedings it is presumed, if there is no evidence to the contrary, that the language in which a written statement or an endorsement is written is a language of which the person who made the statement or endorsement has a reasonable understanding.
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> > (3) In any proceedings it is presumed, if there is no evidence to the contrary, that the English translation of a statement or part statement is an accurate translation of the statement or part.
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> **cl 9L:** Ins 2018 (171), Sch 1 \[1\].