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ACTS REVISION (VICTIMS OF CRIME) ACT 1994 (NO. 84 OF 1994) - SECT 4

Interpretation

4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:“ ‘harm' includes—

        (a)     physical injury;

        (b)     mental injury or emotional suffering (including grief);

        (c)     pregnancy;

        (d)     economic loss; and

        (e)     substantial impairment of rights accorded by law;

‘victim', in relation to an accused person, 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 an offence of which the accused person is accused; or

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

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


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