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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Bail (Amendment) Act 1998
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Principal Act 2
4. Amendment of definitions 2
5. Specified quantity of drug for Customs Act offences 2
6. Transitional provision 2
NOTES 3
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
A BILL
to amend the Bail Act 1977 and for other purposes.
Bail (Amendment) Act 1998
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Bail
Act 1977 to clarify the conditions for granting of
bail for certain drug offences.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on 1 January 1999.
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3. Principal Act
No. 9008. In this Act, the Bail Act 1977 is called the
Reprint No. 6
Principal Act.
as at
1 September
1997.
4. Amendment of definitions
5 In section 3 of the Principal Act, the definitions of
"cocaine" and "heroin" are repealed.
5. Specified quantity of drug for Customs Act offences
In section 4(2)(aa) of the Principal Act, for sub-
paragraph (ii) substitute--
10 "(ii) an offence under section 231(1), 233A or
233B(1) of the Customs Act 1901 of the
Commonwealth in circumstances where the
offence is committed in relation to narcotic
goods within the meaning of that Act in
15 respect of a quantity that is not less than the
commercial quantity (as defined in section
70(1) of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Act 1981) applicable to the drug
of dependence constituted by those narcotic
20 goods--".
6. Transitional provision
After section 34(2) of the Principal Act insert--
"(3) The amendment of section 4(2)(aa) made by
section 5 of the Bail (Amendment) Act
25 1998 applies only with respect to a charge
for an offence filed on or after 1 January
1999.".
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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