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Criminal Code Act 1924
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136 Warning relating to uncorroborated evidence
[Section 136 Substituted by No. 71 of 1987, s. 17 ]
(1) [Section 136 Amended by No. 8 of 2020, s. 5, Applied:06 Apr 2020] At the trial of a person accused of a crime under chapter XIV , XIVA or XX , no rule of law or practice shall require a judge to give a warning to the jury to the effect that it is unsafe to convict the person on the uncorroborated evidence of a person against whom the crime is alleged to have been committed.
(2) A judge shall not give a warning of the kind referred to in subsection (1) unless satisfied that the warning is justified in the circumstances.