327A
CurrentApplication of Chapter
Chapter 7ALimitations on rules relating to double jeopardy
327A Application of Chapter
Ch. 7A (Heading and ss 327A–327S) inserted by No. 81/2011 s. 17.
S. 327A inserted by No. 81/2011 s. 17.
(1)
This Chapter extends to an acquittal in a place outside Victoria if the law of that place permits the acquitted person to be retried.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), this Chapter does not apply if a person is acquitted of the offence charged but is convicted of a lesser offence arising out of the same set of circumstances that gave rise to the charge.
(3)
This Chapter applies in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) if the acquittal was tainted.
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