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South Australia
Evidence (Reporting on Sexual Offences) Amendment
Bill 2019
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Evidence
Act 1929
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Evidence
Act 1929
4Amendment of section
71A—Restriction on reporting on sexual offences
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Evidence (Reporting on Sexual Offences)
Amendment Act 2019.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Evidence
Act 1929
4—Amendment
of section 71A—Restriction on reporting on sexual
offences
(1) Section 71A(1)—delete subsection (1)
(2) Section 71A(2)—delete "Subject to this section, a person must
not, before the relevant date," and substitute:
A person must not, before the relevant time,
(3) Section 71A(3) to (3e)—delete subsections (3) to (3e)
(inclusive)
(4) Section 71A(5), definition of relevant date—delete
the definition and substitute:
relevant time, in relation to a charge of an offence, means
the time at which the accused person's first appearance in a court (whether
personally or by counsel or solicitor) in relation to the charge is
concluded.