Section 198 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 198 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
(1) An accomplice shall be a competent witness against a defendant, and a conviction is not illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice:
Provided that in cases when the only proof against a person charged with a criminal offence is the evidence of an accomplice, uncorroborated in any material particular implicating the defendant, the court shall direct itself that it is unsafe to convict any person upon such evidence.
(2) In this section and in section 199 of this Act, an accomplice is any person who pursuant to section 7 of the Criminal Code may be deemed to have taken part in committing the offence as the defendant or is an accessory after the fact to the offence, or a receiver of stolen goods.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 199 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 200 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 201 of the Evidence Act 2011