Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (RAPE) ACT 2007 (NO. 57 OF 2007) - SECT 3

See:
Act No.
6231.
Reprint No. 19
as at 1 December 2006 and amending Act  Nos 16/2004, 97/2005, 23/2006, 48/2006, 50/2006 and 32/2007.
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For section 37 of the Crimes Act 1958 substitute —

        "     37     Jury directions

    (1)     If relevant to the facts in issue in a proceeding the judge must direct the jury on the matters set out in sections 37AAA and 37AA.

    (2)     A judge must not give to a jury a direction of a kind referred to in section 37AAA or 37AA if the direction is not relevant to the facts in issue in the proceeding.

    (3)     A judge must relate any direction given to the jury of a kind referred to in section 37AAA or 37AA to—

        (a)     the facts in issue in the proceeding; and

        (b)     the elements of the offence being tried in respect of which the direction is given—

so as to aid the jury's comprehension of the direction.".