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2009-07-12

191. Agreements as to facts

191. Agreements as to facts

(1) In this section, agreed fact means a fact that the parties to a proceeding have agreed is not, for the purposes of the proceeding, to be disputed.

(2) In a proceeding-

(a) evidence is not required to prove the existence of an agreed fact; and

(b) evidence may not be adduced to contradict or qualify an agreed fact-

unless the court gives leave.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply unless the agreed fact-

(a) is stated in an agreement in writing signed by the parties or by Australian legal practitioners, legal counsel or prosecutors representing the parties and adduced in evidence in the proceeding; or

(b) with the leave of the court, is stated by a party before the court with the agreement of all other parties.

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