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FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 20

Proceedings to which this Part applies

  (1)   This Part   applies to a proceeding, in any Australian court, that is:

  (a)   a criminal proceeding for an offence against the law of the Commonwealth; or

  (b)   a related civil proceeding; or

  (c)   a proceeding under a proceeds of crime law.

  (1A)   However, this Part does not apply to a terrorism - related proceeding. This does not prevent testimony or any documents or things from being foreign material for the purposes of Part   3A.

Note:   Part   3A deals with use of foreign material in terrorism - related proceedings.

  (2)   This Part   also applies to a proceeding, in any court of a State or Territory specified in the regulations, that is:

  (a)   a criminal proceeding for an offence against the law of a State or Territory; or

  (b)   a related civil proceeding of a kind specified in the regulations in respect of a State or Territory; or

  (c)   a proceeding under a law that is a corresponding law within the meaning of a proceeds of crime law; or

  (d)   a proceeding under a law of a Territory (other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory) that is prescribed by the regulations as a law that corresponds to a proceeds of crime law.



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