The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to any matter or thing required or permitted by this Part to be prescribed to give effect to this Part.
Part III—Procedure and punishment
Division 1—Pleading procedure, proof &c.
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (1) (Heading and ss 351–356) repealed.[22]
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (2) (Heading) repealed by No. 25/1989 s. 20(h)(i).
S. 357 amended by Nos 8338 s. 7(c), 9554 s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 59), 9576 s. 11(1), 9848 s. 18(1), repealed by No. 10260 s. 114(Sch. 4 item 4).
New Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (2) (Heading and s. 357) inserted by No. 49/1991 s. 119(7)
(Sch. 4 item 4.1), repealed by 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (3) (Heading) repealed by No. 7703 s. 5, new Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (3) (Heading) inserted by No. 8280 s. 13, amended by No. 9019 s. 2(1)
(Sch. item 40), repealed by No. 9902 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 52).
S. 358 repealed by No. 7703 s. 5, new s. 358 inserted by No. 8280 s. 13, repealed by No. 9008 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 2(b)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (4) (Heading) repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 359AA inserted by No. 10026 s. 4, amended by Nos 110/1986 s. 140(2), 25/1989 s. 19(b), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 42.24, 42.25), 92/2000 s. 11, 50/2006 s. 12, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(3) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h))
S. 359A inserted by No. 8950 s. 4, substituted by No. 9509 s. 7(1), amended by Nos 110/1986 s. 140(2), 25/1989 s. 7, 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.26), 8/1991 s. 4, 81/1991 s. 10(Sch. item 1.1), 35/1999 s. 34(2), 67/2000 s. 7(3), 50/2006 s. 7(3)(4), 18/2008 s. 3, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 359B inserted by No. 50/2006 s. 8, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (5) (Heading and s. 360) repealed.[24]
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (6) (Heading and s. 361) repealed.[25]
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (7) (Heading) repealed by No. 9902 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 53).
S. 362 amended by No. 8338 s. 7(a), repealed by No. 9008 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 2(e)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (8) (Heading and s. 363) amended by Nos 8425 s. 2(1)(i), 9576 s. 11(1), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (9) (Heading and ss 364–387) repealed.[26]
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (10) (Heading and s. 388) amended by No. 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.3), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (11) (Heading and s. 389) amended by Nos 7705 s. 10, 9576 s. 11(1), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (12) (Heading and ss 390–396) repealed. [27][28]
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (13) (Heading and s. 397) amended by Nos 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.6), 18/2005 s. 18(Sch. 1 item 27.6), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
(14) Evidence. Depositions. Subpoenas and
warrants against witnesses
S. 398 amended by Nos 8731 s. 173, 25/1989 s. 19(e), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.32), 12/1993 s. 4(a), 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.7), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 398A inserted by No. 37/1986 s. 5(a), repealed by No. 12/1993 s. 4(b),
new s. 398A inserted by No. 81/1997
s. 14, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 42.
S. 399 amended by Nos 7546 s. 8, 8870 s. 5(2), 9008 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 2(f)), substituted by No. 9230 s. 2, amended by Nos 37/1986 s. 5(b), 25/1989 s. 19(f)(g), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 42.33, 42.34), 12/1993 s. 4(c)–(e), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.8), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 40.22), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 43.
S. 399A inserted by No. 8870 s. 4(1), amended by Nos 9848 s. 18(1), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.35), 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.9), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 399B inserted by No. 8870 s. 4(1), amended by No. 35/1996
s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.10), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 400 substituted by No. 7546 s. 9, amended by Nos 7994 s. 3, 8338 s. 6, 8410 s. 2, 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 44), substituted by No. 9230 s. 3, amended by Nos 25/1989 s. 19(h), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 42.36, 42.37), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.11), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 44.
S. 401 amended by Nos 8338 s. 7(h)(k), 9576 s. 11(1), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 402 amended by No. 9576 s. 11(1), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 403 repealed by No. 6758 s. 3.
No. 6103 s. 404.
S. 404 amended by No. 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.38).
404 Proof of marriage on trial for bigamy
On the hearing before a magistrate of or on the trial of any person on a charge of having (during the life of his or her wife or husband) gone through the form or ceremony of marriage with some other person, the production of a copy of the register or other official record of a marriage or of an extract from such register or other official record shall on proof of the identity of such first-mentioned person be prima facie evidence of his or her marriage or of his or her having gone through the ceremony of marriage—
S. 404(a) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 6.4).
(a) if such copy or extract is proved to be an examined copy or extract of or from the register or other official record of marriages kept in any portion of His Majesty's dominions; or
S. 404(b) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 6.4).
(b) if such copy or extract purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by the officer to whose custody the original is intrusted, and if the facts that such officer is an officer intrusted with the custody of the original register or official record and that the signature thereto is the signature of such officer and that such register or other official record is an official record within the meaning of this Act purports to be certified to by a judge of a superior court or Governor or Administrator of the Government of that portion of His Majesty's dominions in which such register or official record is kept.
No. 6103 s. 405.
405 Meaning of term *official record*
S. 405(1) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 6.5).
(1) For the purposes of the last preceding section, an official record of a marriage shall be such record of marriages as is required by law to be kept, or as is made by law evidence of marriages celebrated in that portion of His Majesty's dominions in which the same is kept.
(2) Nothing in this or the last preceding section shall apply to the proof of a marriage celebrated or of a ceremony of marriage performed in Victoria.
S. 409 amended by Nos 8425 s. 2(1)(l), 9576 s. 11(1), 25/1989 s. 10, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 410 repealed by No. 51/1989 s. 143(b).
S. 411 amended by Nos 7705 s. 10, 7876 s. 2(3), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.39), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 46.
S. 412 repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 413 amended by Nos 8275 s. 12, 9059 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 10), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 42.40), 10/1999 s. 8(5), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 40.23), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 47.
No. 6103 s. 414.
S. 414 amended by No. 7703 s. 5, repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(b) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
S. 415 amended by Nos 7705 s. 10, 8410 s. 3, 9554 s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 item 60), 110/1986 s. 140(2), 19/1989 s. 16(Sch. items 16.6, 16.7), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 42.41, 42.42), 49/1991 s. 119(1)
(Sch. 2 item 68), 69/1997
s. 22(11), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 48.
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (15) (Heading and s. 416) repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (16) (Heading and s. 417) amended by Nos 7705 s. 10, 8870 s. 5(1), 37/1986 s. 5(c), 12/1993 s. 4(f)(g), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.12), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (17) (Heading and s. 418) amended by Nos 8870 s. 5(1), 10084 s. 7, 37/1986 s. 5(d), 12/1993 s. 4(h), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 16.13), repealed by No. 7/2009 s. 422(2)(a) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(h)).
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (18) (Heading) repealed by No. 43/2012 s. 3(Sch. item 11.1)).
S. 419 repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 49.
Pt 3 Div. 1 Subdiv. (19) (Heading) amended by No. 65/1997
s. 82(2)(b).
(19) Verdicts. Attempts, &c.
S. 420 amended by Nos 6884 s. 2(2), 102/1986 s. 8(c)(d), repealed by No. 65/1997
s. 82(2)(c).[30]