CRIMES (APPEAL AND REVIEW) ACT 2001 - SECT 99
Application of Division
CRIMES (APPEAL AND REVIEW) ACT 2001 - SECT 99
Application of Division
99 Application of Division
(1) This Division applies where--
(a) a person has been acquitted of an
offence, and
(b) according to the rules of law relating to double jeopardy
(including rules based on abuse of process), the person is thereby precluded
or may thereby be precluded from being retried for the same offence, or from
being tried for some other offence, in proceedings in this State.
(2) This section extends to a person acquitted in proceedings outside this
State of an offence under the law of the place where the proceedings were
held. However, this section does not so extend if the law of that place does
not permit that person to be retried and the application of this Division to
such a retrial is inconsistent with the Commonwealth Constitution or a law of
the Commonwealth.
(3) This section extends to a person acquitted before the
commencement of this Division.