67BEffect of failure to submit evidence relating to certain offences

### 67B Effect of failure to submit evidence relating to certain offences > [*\[Section 67B Inserted by No. 17 of 2024, s. 29, Applied:01 Nov 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-11-01/act-2024-017#GS29@EN) > > > (1)  In this section – > > > > > ***coincidence evidence*** has the same meaning as in the [Evidence Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-076) ; > > > > > ***family violence offence*** means a family violence offence within the meaning of the [Family Violence Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067) ; > > > > > ***first charge evidence*** means evidence that could have been offered by the prosecution in a hearing of an offence that is a first charge within the meaning of this section; > > > > > ***sexual offence*** means an offence of a sexual or indecent nature; > > > > > ***tendency evidence*** has the same meaning as in the [Evidence Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-076) . > > > (2)  If – > > > > > > (a) a person is charged with a family violence offence or a sexual offence (the ***first charge***) in a court of summary jurisdiction but is acquitted because the prosecution has informed the court that it will not be offering any evidence in support of the first charge; and > > > > > > > (b) the person is charged with another family violence offence or sexual offence (the ***second charge***), regardless of which court the second charge is to be determined by – > > > > the acquittal of the first charge does not prevent the admission, in a hearing on the second charge, of first charge evidence as evidence of the relationship between the person and another person, tendency evidence or coincidence evidence.