Victims of Offences Amendment Act 1994
Victims of Offences Amendment Act 1994
Victims of Offences Amendment Act 1994
Victims of Offences Amendment Act 1994
Public Act |
1994 No 66 |
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Date of assent |
1 July 1994 |
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An Act to amend the Victims of Offences Act 1987
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Victims of Offences Amendment Act 1994, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Victims of Offences Act 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Victim impact statements
Section 8 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following subsections:
“(3)
Without limiting subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section, a sentencing Judge may direct the prosecutor to provide him or her with the information referred to in subsection (1) of this section in relation to any victim.
“(4)
Any information which the prosecutor is required to provide under subsection (3) of this section shall be provided either by the prosecutor orally or by means of a written statement about the victim.”
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.