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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 378

Application of Division

    (1)     This Division applies to 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), other than a complainant whose evidence has been taken at a special hearing under Division 6.

    (3)     This Division applies to a recording of the evidence (including cross-examination and re‑examination) of a complainant given during a trial in a criminal proceeding referred to in subsection (1).

    (4)     If the jury is discharged without verdict before a complainant completes his or her evidence, this Division applies to a recording of the partial evidence of the complainant.

    (5)     In this Division—

"complainant" means a complainant referred to in subsection (2);

"recording" means a recording referred to in subsection (3) or (4).

New s. 379 inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 50.



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