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StatuteCrimes Act 1914

Section 23XZ — Crimes Act 1914: Admissibility of evidence relating to consent to forensic procedure

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Evidence of a person’s refusal or failure to consent, or withdrawal of consent, to a forensic procedure is not admissible in proceedings against the person except to establish or rebut an allegation that a constable or another person investigating the commission of the offence concerned acted contrary to law in carrying out that investigation.

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