Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1999 (NO. 32 OF 1999) - SECT 15

    Section 428K of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by inserting in subsection (1) “that is a trial by jury,” after “hearing”; and

        (b)     by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2A)     If, at a special hearing by a single judge without a jury, the judge is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the acts which constitute the offence charged—

        (a)     the judge shall find the accused not guilty of the offence charged; and

        (b)     the accused shall be dealt with as if the accused had been found not guilty at an ordinary trial.”.