LEV3701 LAW OF EVIDENCE ASSIGNMENT 1

LEV3701 LAW OF EVIDENCE ASSIGNMENT 1 MODULE: LEV3701 MODIFIED DUE DATE: 24-4-2022 ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: STUDENT NUMBER: ASSIGNMENT 1 1.1 What does section 227 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 state about the court’s function when evidence of the character of a complainant is to be led in cases of an indecent nature? No evidence as to any previous sexual experience or conduct of any person against or in connection with whom a sexual offence is alleged to have been committed, shall be adduced, and no evidence or question in cross-examination regarding such sexual experience or conduct, shall be put to such person, the accused or any other witness at the proceedings pending before the court, unless the court has, upon application by any party to the proceed