Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2016 (NO. 47 OF 2016) - NOTES

No. 47 of 2016

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Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2016^[†]

No. 47 of 2016

[Assented to 6 September 2016]

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^[†]     Minister's second reading speech—

    Legislative Assembly: 9 June 2016

    Legislative Council: 23 June 2016

    The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1958 in relation to sexual offences and certain other offences, to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966 in relation to sexual exposure and indecent, offensive and insulting behaviour, to amend the Jury Directions Act 2015 in relation to directions on consent, and reasonable belief in consent, in sexual offence cases, to make minor amendments to certain Acts and for other purposes."