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s.4A
Abolition of corroboration rule in respect of evidence given by a child *
(1)
Any requirement whereby at a trial by and before a judge and jury it is
obligatory for the judge to give the jury a warning about convicting the accused on
the uncorroborated evidence of a child is hereby abrogated in relation to cases
where such a warning is required by reason only that the evidence is the evidence of
a child.
(2)
Any requirement that is applicable at a trial by a judge or magistrate and
corresponds to the requirement mentioned in subsection (1) is hereby
abrogated.