CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 327B Definitions

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 327B

In this Chapter—

"acquittal" includes—

        (a)     a verdict of not guilty (other than a verdict of not guilty because of mental impairment); and

        (b)     an entry of not guilty made on the record on the direction of the trial judge; and

        (c)     a judgment of acquittal entered by the Court of Appeal on an appeal;

"administration of justice offence" means—

        (a)     perjury or subornation of perjury; or

        (b)     perverting, or attempting to pervert, the course of justice or conspiracy to pervert the course of justice; or

        (c)     bribery of a public official, being a judge of the County Court or the Supreme Court; or

        (d)     a substantially similar offence against the law of a place outside Victoria corresponding to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

S. 327C inserted by No. 81/2011 s. 17.