Criminal Code Amendment (Alternative Verdicts) Act 1997

Criminal Code Amendment (Alternative Verdicts) Act 1997

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Alternative Verdicts) Act 1997 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the Criminal Code is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.   Section 342AA inserted

After section 342 of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:

342AA.   Alternative verdicts

Subject to section 332(2) , an accused person charged in an indictment with –

(a) attempting to commit a crime may be convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the alternative crimes available under this Chapter on an indictment charging the accused person with having committed that crime; or

(b) being an accessory after the fact to a crime or inciting another person to commit a crime may be convicted, respcetively, of being an accessory after, or inciting that other person to commit, any of the alternative crimes available under this Chapter on an indictment charging the accused person with having committed that crime.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 1 OCTOBER 1997

Legislative Council on 16 OCTOBER 1997]