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Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991
80AComments on children’s evidence
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80A Comments on children’s evidence
If evidence is given by a child in a sexual offence proceeding, the
judge must not give the jury any warning or suggestion to the effect
that the law regards children to be an unreliable class of witnesses.