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Act index » Chapter 3 - Admissibility of evidence Introductory Note » Part 3.4 - Admissions
(1)This section applies only in a criminal proceeding and only if an oral admission was made by an accused to an investigating official in response to a question put or a representation made by the official.
S. 86(1) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 55.19(a)).
(2)A document prepared by or on behalf of the official is not admissible to prove the contents of the question, representation or response unless the accused has acknowledged that the document is a true record of the question, representation or response.
S. 86(2) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 55.19(b)).
(3)The acknowledgement must be made by signing, initialling or otherwise marking the document.
(a)a sound recording, or a transcript of a sound recording; or
(b)a recording of visual images and sounds, or a transcript of the sounds so recorded.
See also sections 83 and 84 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 which relate to the admissibility of evidence in the absence of an accused in a summary hearing.