Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 1978 - SECT 3

In this Act--

complainant means a person in respect of whom a sexual offence is alleged to have been committed.

defendant means a person charged with having committed a sexual offence.

examination of witnesses means an examination of witnesses in relation to an indictable offence, being a sexual offence, commenced after the commencement of this Act and taken pursuant to the Justices Act 1886.

prescribed sexual offence means any of the following offences--

(a) rape;

(b) attempt to commit rape;

(c) assault with intent to commit rape;

(d) an offence defined in the Criminal Code, section 352.

report means an account in writing and an account broadcast or distributed in any way in or as sound or visual images.

sexual offence means any offence of a sexual nature, and includes a prescribed sexual offence.

the court includes justices taking an examination of witnesses.

trial means a trial of a defendant and a proceeding taken with a view to sentencing a defendant convicted of a sexual offence, which in either case is commenced after the commencement of this Act.