Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 63 Evidence—presumptions of fact[s 634]appropriate to make in the interests of justice, but the judgemust not warn or suggest in any way to the jury that the lawregards any class of persons as unreliable witnesses.634 Evidence on trials for perjury and subornationOn the trial of a person charged with an offence of which thegiving of false testimony by any person at the trial of a personcharged with an offence is an element, a certificate setting outthe substance and effect only, without the formal parts, of theindictment or complaint, and the proceedings at the trial, andpurporting to be signed by the officer having the custody ofthe records of the court where the indictment or complaintwas tried, or by the officer’s deputy, is sufficient evidence ofthe trial, without proof of the signature or official character ofthe person who appears to have signed the certificate.635 Evidence of previous conviction(1) On the trial of a person charged with an offence alleged tohave been committed after a previous conviction, a certificatesetting out the substance and effect only, without the formalparts, of the indictment, verdict, and judgment, or of thecomplaint and conviction, purporting to be signed by theofficer having the custody of the records of the court wherethe accused person was first convicted, or by the officer’sdeputy is, upon proof of the identity of the person of theoffender, sufficient evidence of the conviction, without proofof the signature or official character of the person whoappears to have signed the certificate.(2) If the previous conviction was a summary conviction, theconviction is presumed not to have been appealed againstuntil the contrary is shown.636 Evidence of blood relationship(1) In this section—Page 416 Current as at 1 December 2014