Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002

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s. 2 Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002 Act No. 35/2002 (c) to facilitate the use of electronic lodgment of court documents; (d) to provide for electronic pre-trial disclosure by the prosecution; (e) to enable a police officer to issue a summons to answer to a charge; (f) to provide the Magistrates' Court with the option of adjourning a criminal proceeding to enable a defendant to participate in a diversion program; (g) to deem persons when participating in diversion programs to be workers employed by the Crown for the purposes of the Accident Compensation Act 1985; (h) to enable fingerprints of accused persons and prisoners to be taken by scanning devices for identification purposes; (i) to provide for the exchange of personal information relating to prisoners and persons in community corrections centres or community corrections programes between corrections staff and members of the police force; (j) to amend the definition of bail justice; (k) to amend the Appeal Costs Act 1998 in relation to indemnity certificates in criminal proceedings; (l) to make miscellaneous amendments of a transitional and statute law revision nature. 2. Commencement (1) This Act (except item 5.1 in the Schedule) comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 2
Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002 Act No. 35/2002 s. 2 (2) Item 5.1 in the Schedule is deemed to have come into operation on the day on which section 5 of the Sentencing (Amendment) Act 2002 comes into operation. _______________ 3
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