Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 (NO. 7 OF 2009) - SECT 244

    (1)     A criminal record must contain, in relation to each previous conviction—

        (a)     the date of the previous conviction; and

        (b)     the court in which the previous conviction took place; and

        (c)     the place of sitting of that court; and

        (d)     the offence committed; and

        (e)     the sentence imposed.

    (2)     If other offences were taken into account when a sentence was imposed in respect of a previous conviction, a criminal record may contain a statement to that effect and the offences taken into account, including the number of offences.

    (3)     A criminal record is inadmissible as evidence against the person to whom it relates in a proceeding for an offence unless the criminal record is signed by—

        (a)     a member of the police force; or

        (b)     a Crown Prosecutor; or

        (c)     a member of staff of the Office of Public Prosecutions who is a legal practitioner; or

        (d)     in the case of a proceeding commenced by an informant—

              (i)     a person who is entitled to represent the informant and is a legal practitioner; or

              (ii)     a public official.