Crimes Act 1958

This Part, insofar as it affects any matter of procedure or evidence or the jurisdiction or powers of any court in relation to indictable offences, shall have effect in relation to proceedings on indictment or presentment for an offence (except as provided by the following subsections of this section) if, but only if, the person charged with the offence is arraigned after the commencement of this Part.

Where a person is arraigned after the commencement of this Part on indictment or presentment for a felony committed before that commencement, the offence shall for the purposes of his trial on that indictment or presentment be deemed always to have been a misdemeanour and, notwithstanding that the indictment or presentment is framed for felony, shall be deemed to be charged as a misdemeanour.

On an indictment or presentment found or made before the commencement of this Part a person may notwithstanding subsection (2) be found guilty of any offence of which he could have been found guilty on the indictment or presentment if the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981 had not come into operation, but not of any other offence.