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Article 13 Abolition of requirement of corroboration for unsworn evidence of children

Para. (1) rep. by 1995 NI 3

(2)

Any requirement whereby at a trial on indictment it is obligatory for the court to give the jury a warning about convicting the accused on the uncorroborated evidence of a child is abrogatedF1. . .

(3)

Unsworn evidence admitted by virtue ofF2 Article 34 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 may corroborate evidence (sworn or unsworn) given by any other person.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

1996 NI 24

F2

1999 NI 8