Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes Act 1958 - SECT 391A

Judge may hear and determine question of law etc. before jury is impanelled

391A. Judge may hear and determine question of law etc. before jury is
impanelled



Where an accused person is arraigned on indictment or presentment before the
Supreme Court or the County Court the Court before which the arraignment takes
place, if the Court thinks fit, may before the impanelling of a jury for the
trial hear and determine any question with respect to the trial of the accused
person which the Court considers necessary to ensure that the trial will be
conducted fairly and expeditiously and the hearing and determination of any
such question shall be conducted and have the same effect and consequences in
all respects as such a hearing and determination would have had before the
enactment of this section if the hearing and determination had occurred after
the jury had been impanelled.