Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (CHILD HOMICIDE) ACT 2008 (NO. 7 OF 2008) - SECT 1

The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Crimes Act 1958 —

        (a)     to create a new offence of child homicide; and

        (b)     to increase the maximum penalty for the offence of negligently causing serious injury; and

        (c)     to split the offence of dangerous driving causing death or serious injury into separate offences with different maximum penalties.