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ACTS REVISION (VICTIMS OF CRIME) ACT 1994 (NO. 84 OF 1994) - SECT 11

Insertion

11. Before section 429 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Division 1 of Part XII:

“428Y. In this Part—

‘victim', in relation to an offence, means—

        (a)     a person (in this definition called the ‘primary victim') who suffers harm—

              (i)     in the course of, or as the result of, the commission of the offence; or

              (ii)     in the course of assisting a police officer in the exercise of the officer's power to arrest a person in respect of the commission of the offence or to take action to prevent the commission of the offence; or

        (b)     where a primary victim dies as a result of the commission of the offence—any person who was financially or psychologically dependent on the primary victim immediately before his or her death.”.



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