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72Exception—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs
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72 Exception—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional laws and customs
The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of a representation about the existence or non-existence, or the content, of the traditional laws and customs of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander group.
Section 72 formerly provided an exception for contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc. Such provision can now be found in section 66A.