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Evidence Act 1977
sec.80Convictions as evidence in actions for defamation
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### sec.80 Convictions as evidence in actions for defamation
In an action for defamation in which the question whether a person did or did not commit a criminal offence is relevant to an issue arising in the action, proof that at the time when the issue falls to be determined that person stands convicted by a court of that offence is conclusive evidence that the person committed that offence.