Victorian Current Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 369

    (1)     This Division applies to a trial in a criminal proceeding that relates (wholly or partly) to a charge for a sexual offence.

    (2)     This Division applies to a complainant in a criminal proceeding referred to in subsection (1) if, at the time at which the proceeding commenced, the complainant—

        (a)     was under the age of 18 years; or

        (b)     had a cognitive impairment.

S. 369(3) amended by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch.  1 item 24).

    (3)     In this Division, "complainant" means a complainant referred to in subsection (2).

S. 370 (Heading) amended by No. 48/2012 s. 24(1).

New s. 370 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50.