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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1975
NEW RULES FOR ADMISSION OF TAPED EVIDENCE
AMENDING LEGISLATION TO HELP SPEED UP TRIAL PROCEDURES WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHORTLY. KNOWN AS THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1975, IT PROVIDES FOR A CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT OF A TAPE RECORDING IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH TO BECOME ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
AT PRESENT, IF A TAPE RECORDING IS ADMITTED IN EVIDENCE IN ANY COURT PROCEEDINGS AND IT IS IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PERSON WHO TRANSCRIDED THE RECORDING IN THAT LANGUAGE TO GIVE EVIDENCE AS TO THE TRANSCRIPTION.
THE BILL MAINLY SEEKS TO CHANGE THIS REQUIREMENT DY MAKING A DULY CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE, SO THAT THE PERSON WHO TRANSCRIBED THE RECORDING NEED NOT BE CALLED AS A WITNESS.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE OF CERTIFIED TRANSLATIONS OF A DOCUMENT IN ANY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. AT PRESENT, THE LEGISLATION ONLY PROVIDES FOR THE ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE OF A CERTIFIED TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH IN ANY DOCUMENT IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE WHICH IS ADMITTED IN EVIDENCE.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL ALSO DE EMPOWERED BY THE AMENDED LEGISLATION TO APPOINT PERSONS OTHER THAN PUBLIC OFFICERS TO CARRY OUT TRANSLATIONS AND TO SIGN CERTIFICATES FOR THESE PURPOSES.
THE EXISTING ORDINANCE CARRIES A SECTION WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PRINTS MADE FROM FILMS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE GOVERNMENT OR AN AUTHORISED PERSON. THE DILL PROPOSES TO TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY FOR DECLARING THE AUTHORISED PERSON FROM THE GOVERNOR TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
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