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344C: Information relating to identification witness to be supplied to defendant
or “The court must tell the accused person about the witness who can identify them”
You could also call this:

“The judge must tell the jury to be careful when the main proof is about recognising someone.”

This part of the law used to talk about what judges should tell juries when the main proof in a case was about identifying someone. However, this rule doesn’t exist anymore. It was removed on 1 August 2007 when a new law called the Evidence Act 2006 came into effect. If you want to know more about how identification evidence is handled now, you might need to look at the Evidence Act 2006.

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or “This rule about how to start a court case against someone was taken out of the law.”
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Part 12 Procedure
Identification evidence

344DJury to be warned where principal evidence relates to identification (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 344D: repealed, on , by section 215 of the Evidence Act 2006 (2006 No 69).