Victorian Current Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 359

    (1)     This Division applies to a criminal proceeding that relates (wholly or partly) to a charge for—

        (a)     a sexual offence; or

S. 359(1)(b) amended by No. 30/2010 s. 66(1).

        (b)     an offence where the conduct constituting the offence consists of family violence within the meaning of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ; or

S. 359(1)(c) inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 66(2).

        (c)     an offence against section 17(1) or 19 of the Summary Offences Act 1966 .

    (2)     This Division applies to all witnesses (including complainants) in a criminal proceeding referred to in subsection (1).

    (3)     This Division applies at any stage of the criminal proceeding, including an appeal or rehearing.

New s. 360 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50.