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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2009 (NO. 68 OF 2009) - SECT 3 Definitions

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2009 (NO. 68 OF 2009) - SECT 3

Definitions

            See:

Act No.

7/2009.

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In section 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009

        (a)     in the definition of "conviction", for "Chapters 6 and 8" substitute "Chapter 6";

        (b)     the definition of prison officer is repealed ;

        (c)     in the note at the foot of the definition of "sentence", for "to make any sentencing order which the Children's Court may make" substitute "to impose any sentence which the Children's Court may impose";

        (d)     insert the following definitions—

""evidence in support of alibi" means evidence tending to show that by reason of the presence of the accused at a particular place or in a particular area at a particular time the accused was not, or was unlikely to have been, at the place where the offence is alleged to have been committed at the time of its alleged commission;

"notice to appear" means a notice served under section 21 ;

"special hearing" means a hearing conducted under section 370;".