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s 34AK

No defence of mistaken but honest and reasonable belief regarding relationship

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Part IOffences
Division 1Offences against the person
Subdivision (4A)Non-fatal strangulation

34AK No defence of mistaken but honest and reasonable belief regarding relationship

For an offence against section 34AD(1) or 34AE(1), it is not a defence to a charge that, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, A was under a mistaken but honest and reasonable belief that A was not a family member of B.

Note

References to A and B in this section are references to the same A and B referred to in sections 34AD and 34AE.

S. 34AL inserted by No. 37/2023 s. 3.

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Section 34AK — No defence of mistaken but honest and reasonable belief regarding relationship — Crimes Act 1958 (Victoria) — Barrister AI