Aborigines Evidence Act 1846 (SA)

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To amead a Aa Ordi,tance to aUaw the Aboriginal bhabitantrt qf Soud " Arutralia, nnd the parts a$we~it, to give infornation and eui-	de,rce tuiihout the snnctim cf	an oath."	[23rd Juiy, 1046.]	+,
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\\TIIBREAS the beneficial operation of the Ordinance herein- ~ - b +

aRer mentioned has been hindered by the proviso which it is now

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deemed expedient to repeal :

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BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, by the Governor of South Aus- ,. ; 3

tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council	. C
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tllereof--l'hat an Ordinance passed on the twelfth day of August,

one thousand eigllt hundred and fortpfoor, intituled " An Ordi- NO. a, l ~ c ' t$;

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"nnnce to allow the Aboriginal Inhabitants of South Australia,

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" and thc parts adjacent, to, gire information and evidence n i thut	I
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" the sanction of an oath," in so far on1 as .it provides, "that no .

"person, whether an Aboriginal or ot er, shall be convicted of I

" any offence by any Justice or Jury upon' the sole testimony of. " any ruch uncivilized penona" as therein r mentioned. #haU b9 4; l i

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X& FROVIP~P 7' (

NO y a o n .hall utrflcr .II. PROVIDED ALWAYS, AND BB IT ENACTED, that no person,

death on the mle tla-

,, tesriraOD, dwhether Aboriginal Native or other, shall be adjud ed to suff'

*borieinJ death or sentenced to transportation upon conviction o B any offence

upon the sole unsworn testimony of such uncivilized persons.

FREDK. H. ROBE,

Lieutenant Governor,

Pared the Legislative Cortlcil, tiris Twenty-

~lu'rd. do of July, One Thousand' '

E@ it" undred Md Forty-six.

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W. L. O'HALLORAN,

Clerk of Council. '1

A D S ~ A W B a Printed by authority, bj A, M v r s ~ t, Oavcrr,mtnt Yrintcr, Rundlwtru~l.