Criminal Code Act 1924
391Application of Chapter XLIV
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391 Application of Chapter XLIV
[Section 391 Amended by No. 30 of 1973, s. 31 ]**[Section 391 Amended by No. 67 of 1976, s. 6 ][Section 391 Amended by No. 59 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Aug 1998] [Section 391 Amended by No. 33 of 2008, s. 4, Applied:22 Oct 2008]
(1) This Chapter applies if, before or after the commencement of this Chapter, a person is acquitted of a crime, whether the crime is committed before or after the commencement of this Chapter.
(2) This section extends to a person acquitted in proceedings outside this State of a crime under the law of the place where the proceedings were held.
(3) However, this section does not extend as mentioned in subsection (2) if the law of the place where the proceedings were held does not permit the person to be retried and the application of this Chapter to the retrial is inconsistent with the Constitution of the Commonwealth or a law of the Commonwealth.