Crimes (Amendment) Act (No 4) 1998 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Crimes (Amendment) Act (No. 4) 1998

No. 57 of 1998

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900

[Notified in ACT Gazette S207: 27 November 1998]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

   This Act may be cited as the Crimes (Amendment) Act (No. 4) 1998.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

3. Principal Act

   In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Crimes Act 1900. 1

4. Insertion

   After section 423 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“423A.Order of closing addresses

1. In a trial on indictment, the closing address for the defence may be given after the closing address for the prosecution.

2. Where, in the closing address for the defence in a trial on indictment, relevant facts are asserted which are not supported by any evidence that is before the jury, the prosecution may, with the leave of the Court, address the jury further in reply to any such assertion.”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 1 June 1998.  See also Acts Nos. 9, 22 and 29, 1998.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 3 September 1998]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1998