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CRIMES AMENDMENT (ABOLITION OF DEFENSIVE HOMICIDE) ACT 2014 (NO. 63 OF 2014) - SECT 9

General discretion to exclude evidence

See:
Act No.
47/2008.
Reprint No. 1
as at
1 January 2011
and amending
Act Nos
29/2011, 52/2012, 67/2013 and 17/2014.
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www.
legislation.
vic.gov.au

    (1)     In section 135 of the Evidence Act 2008

        (a)     in paragraph (c), for "time." substitute "time; or";

        (b)     after paragraph (c) insert

    "(d)     unnecessarily demean the deceased in a criminal proceeding for a homicide offence.".

    (2)     At the foot of section 135 of the Evidence Act 2008 insert

" Note

This section does not limit evidence of family violence
that may be adduced under Part IC of the Crimes Act 1958 .".



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