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Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990
42AJurisdiction of State Family Courts
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42A Jurisdiction of State Family Courts
S. 42A(1) repealed by No. 22/2000 s. 14(5)(a).
S. 42A(2) amended by No. 22/2000 s. 14(5)(b).
(2) Subject to section 9 of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 of the Commonwealth, jurisdiction is conferred on each State Family Court with respect to civil matters arising under the Corporations Law of Victoria.
(3) The jurisdiction conferred on a State Family Court by subsection (2) is not limited by any limits to which any other jurisdiction of the State Family Court may be subject.
S. 42A(4) inserted by No. 22/2000 s. 14(6).
(4) This section has effect subject to section 42AA.
S. 42AA inserted by No. 22/2000 s. 15.
42AA Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in relation to certain decisions made by Commonwealth officers
(1) If a decision to prosecute a person for an offence against the Corporations Law of Victoria has been made by an officer or officers of the Commonwealth and the prosecution is proposed to be commenced in a court of Victoria, jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court with respect to any matter in which a person seeks a writ of mandamus or prohibition or an injunction against the officer or officers in relation to that decision.
S. 42AA(2) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 32.4).
(2) At any time when—
(a) a prosecution for an offence against the Corporations Law of Victoria is before a court of Victoria; or
(b) an appeal arising out of such a prosecution is before a court of Victoria—
jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court with respect to any matter in which the person who is or was the accused in the prosecution seeks a writ of mandamus or prohibition or an injunction against an officer or officers of the Commonwealth in relation to a related criminal justice process decision.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) have effect despite anything in this Act or in any other law.
***appeal*** includes an application for a new trial and a proceeding to review or call in question the proceedings, decision or jurisdiction of a court or judge;
S. 42AA(4) def. of
*related criminal justice process decision* amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 32.5).
***related criminal justice process decision***, in relation to an offence, means a decision (other than a decision to prosecute) made in the criminal justice process in relation to the offence, including—
(a) a decision in connection with the investigation, committal for trial or prosecution of the accused; and
(b) a decision in connection with the appointment of investigators or inspectors for the purposes of such an investigation; and
(c) a decision in connection with the issue of a warrant, including a search warrant or a seizure warrant; and
(d) a decision requiring the production of documents, the giving of information or the summoning of persons as witnesses; and
(e) a decision in connection with an appeal arising out of the prosecution.
S. 42B inserted by No. 12/1995 s. 5.