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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 387A

Application of Division

S. 387A(1) amended by No. 28/2016 s. 12, substituted by No. 5/2018 s. 14.

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

        (a)     an offence against any of the following provisions of the Crimes Act 1958

              (i)     section 38 (rape);

              (ii)     section 39 (rape by compelling sexual penetration);

              (iii)     section 49A (sexual penetration of a child under the age of 12);

              (iv)     section 49B (sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16);

              (v)     section 49C (sexual penetration of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority);

              (vi)     section 49D (sexual assault of a child under the age of 16);

              (vii)     section 49E (sexual assault of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority);

              (viii)     section 49F (sexual activity in the presence of a child under the age of 16);

              (ix)     section 49G (sexual activity in the presence of a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority);

              (x)     section 49H (causing a child under the age of 16 to be present during sexual activity);

              (xi)     section 49I (causing a child aged 16 or 17 under care, supervision or authority to be present during sexual activity);

              (xii)     section 49J (persistent sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16);

              (xiii)     section 50C (sexual penetration of a child or lineal descendant);

              (xiv)     section 50D (sexual penetration of a step-child);

              (xv)     section 50E (sexual penetration of a parent, lineal ancestor or step‑parent);

              (xvi)     section 50F (sexual penetration of a sibling or half-sibling); or

        (b)     an offence of attempting to commit, or of incitement or conspiracy to commit, an offence referred to in paragraph (a).

    (2)     This Division applies to a complainant in a criminal proceeding referred to in subsection (1).

    (3)     This Division applies to a recording of the evidence (including cross-examination and re‑examination) of a complainant given during a summary hearing by the Children's Court in a criminal proceeding referred to in subsection (1).

S. 387B inserted by No. 28/2016 s. 9, amended by No. 37/2017 s. 13(2).



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