72Exception – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional

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. Note for section 72 Section 72 formerly provided an exception for contemporaneous statements about a person's health etc. Such provision can now be found in section 66A.