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Queensland
EVIDENCE AMENDMENT
BILL 2000
Queensland
EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new s 132C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
132C Fact finding on sentencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
136 Transitional--Evidence Amendment Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2000
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Evidence Act 1977
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Evidence Amendment Act 2000. 3
4
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Evidence Act 1977. 7
of new s 132C 8
Insertion
Clause 4. After section 132B-- 9
insert-- 10
finding on sentencing 11
`Fact
`132C.(1) This section applies to any sentencing procedure in a criminal 12
proceeding. 13
`(2) The sentencing judge or magistrate may act on an allegation of fact 14
that is admitted or not challenged. 15
`(3) If an allegation of fact is not admitted or is challenged, the sentencing 16
judge or magistrate may act on the allegation if the judge or magistrate is 17
satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the allegation is true. 18
`(4) For subsection (3), the degree of satisfaction required varies 19
according to the consequences, adverse to the person being sentenced, of 20
finding the allegation to be true. 21
`(5) In this section-- 22
"allegation of fact" includes the following-- 23
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(a) information under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, 1
section 15;1 2
(b) information under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 109(3) or 3
in a presentence report under section 110 of that Act;2 4
(c) information under the Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995, 5
section 14;3 6
(d) other information or evidence.'. 7
of new pt 9 8
Insertion
Clause 5. After section 135-- 9
insert-- 10
ART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION 11
`P
Amendment Act 2000 12
`Transitional--Evidence
`136.(1) Section 132C applies to a sentencing procedure regardless of 13
whether the offence or the conviction for the offence giving rise to the 14
sentencing procedure happened before or after the commencement of this 15
section. 16
`(2) In this section-- 17
"conviction" means a finding of guilt, or the acceptance of a plea of guilty, 18
by a court. 19
"sentencing procedure" means a sentencing procedure started after the 20
commencement of this section.'. 21
1 Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 15 (Information on sentence)
2 Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 109 (Sentencing principles) or 110
(Presentence report)
3 Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995, section 14 (Information during sentencing of
impact of crime on victim)
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© State of Queensland 2000
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