Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2008
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Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2008
| Public Act | 2008 No 42 |
| Date of assent | 25 June 2008 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2008.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Victims' Rights Act 2002.
4 New section 16A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 16:
“16A Criminal proceedings to which section 16 does not apply
Nothing in section 16 applies to a criminal proceeding if it is necessary to disclose the information in the charge in order to ensure that the defendant is fully and fairly informed of the nature of the charge.”
Legislative history | |
|---|---|
| 17 June 2008 | Divided from Criminal Procedure Bill (Bill 158–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 158–3F |
| 19 June 2008 | Third reading |
| 25 June 2008 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Versions
Victims' Rights Amendment Act 2008
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