Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The rule of law known as the year-and-a-day rule (under which an act or omission that in fact causes death is not regarded as the cause of death if the death occurs more than a year and a day after the act or omission) is abolished.
(2) This section does not apply to acts or omissions alleged to have occurred—
(a) before the commencement of the Crimes (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1991 ; or
(b) between two dates, one before and one after that commencement.
Pt 1 Div. 1 Subdiv. (1AA) (Heading and ss 9AB–9AJ) inserted by No. 77/2005 s. 6, repealed by No. 63/2014 s. 3(3).
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Pt 1 Div. 1 Subdiv. (1A) (Heading) inserted by No. 9407 s. 2(a).
(1351–2) 25 Edward III St V., c.
II
(1695–6) 7 and 8 William
III
c. III (1708) 7 Anne c. 21
s. 14. (1795)
36 George III
c. VII (1817)
57 George III
c. VI ss 1, 4 and 5.
(1A) Treasonable offences
S. 9A
inserted by No. 9407 s. 2(a).