Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 48 OF 2012)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART 2--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009

           Division 1--Appeal by offender against sentence

   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Section 280 substituted  
   6.      Section 284A substituted  
   7.      Powers which may be exercised by a single Judge of Appeal  
   8.      Sentence in absence of offender  
   9.      Consequential amendments  
   10.     How a criminal proceeding is commenced  
   11.     Preliminary brief to be served if charge-sheet filed  
   12.     Summary case conference  
   13.     Powers of court at directions hearing  
   14.     Comment on departure or failure  
   15.     When finding of guilt occurs  
   16.     Late notice of appeal deemed to be application for leave to appeal  
   17.     Note to section 271 substituted  
   18.     New section 302A inserted  
   19.     Adjournment if question of law reserved  
   20.     Consequential amendments  
   21.     Application of Division 5 of Part 8.2  
   22.     Admissibility of recorded evidence-in-chief  
   23.     New section 368A inserted  
   24.     Section 370 amended  
   25.     Time limits for special hearing  
   26.     New section 371A inserted  
   27.     Conduct of special hearing  
   28.     Consequential amendments  
   29.     New section 375A inserted  
   30.     Persons who may witness statements in preliminary brief, full brief or hand-up brief  
   31.     Statute law revision  

           Division 3--Transitional provisions for amendments by Divisions 1 and 2

   32.     New section 442 inserted  

   PART 3--CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005

   33.     Late notice of appeal deemed to be application for leave to appeal  
   34.     Heading to Division 6 of Part 5.4 of Chapter 5 amended  
   35.     New Division 6A inserted into Part 5.4 of Chapter 5  
   36.     New section 430WA inserted  

           Division 7--of Part 6.3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 applies as if a reference to that Part were a reference to this Division.".

   37.     New section 622 inserted  

           Division 6A--of Part 5.4 applies to a question of law that arises in a proceeding on or after the commencement of section 35 of the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 2012, irrespective of when the proceeding commenced.".

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS

           Division 1--Magistrates' Court Act 1989

   38.     Authority conferred by search warrant  
   39.     Warrants  
   40.     New clause 49 inserted into Schedule 8  

           Division 2--Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981

   41.     Warrant to search premises  
   42.     New section 143 inserted  

           Division 3--Sentencing Act 1991

   43.     Sentence discount for guilty plea  
   44.     Aggregate sentence of imprisonment  
   45.     Aggregate fines  
   46.     New section 145 inserted  

           Division 4--Crimes Act 1958

   47.     Retention of copy of recording  

   PART 5--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   48.     Repeal of amending Act  
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