Victorian Consolidated Regulations

SUPREME COURT (CRIMINAL PROCEDURE) RULES 2008 - SECT 1.11.

Filing of documents

1.11. Filing of documents



(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a document in a proceeding to which these Rules
relate is filed by filing it-

   (a)  in the office of the Prothonotary or, where a proceeding is commenced
        in an office of the Court outside Melbourne, in that office; or

   (b)  with the proper officer in court.

(2) A document in a proceeding in the Court of Appeal is filed by filing it-

   (a)  in the office of the Registrar of Criminal Appeals; or

   (b)  with the proper officer in court.

(3) The person with whom the document is filed shall indorse on it the date
and time of filing.

(4) A document filed in a proceeding to which these Rules relate is not open
for inspection unless the Court or the Prothonotary, Deputy Prothonotary or
Registrar (as the case requires) so directs.