Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES Division 273B - Protection of children
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Hide history noteIn determining for the purposes of this Division how old a person is or was at a particular time, the trier of fact may have regard to any of the following matters:
(a) the person ' s appearance;
(b) medical or other scientific opinion;
(c) a document that is or appears to be an official or medical record from a country outside Australia;
(d) a document that is or appears to be a copy of such a record.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not make any other kind of evidence inadmissible, and does not affect a prosecutor ' s duty to do all the prosecutor can to adduce the best possible evidence for determining the question.
(3)
If, on a trial by jury for an offence against this Division, regard may be had to a matter because of subsection (1), the court must warn the jury that it must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt in determining the question.
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