| Description |
xliii, 369 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Summary Offences in Victoria is an essential resource for legal practitioners and police, assisting those who have responsibility for charging defendants and for prosecuting and defending them in Victoria's Magistrates' Courts. It is also an invaluable and highly accessible guide for students of law and legal studies. Expert commentary by barrister Kyle McDonald is accompanied by the text of the relevant legislative provisions. This work clearly sets out all matters relevant to the prosecution and defence of summary offences in Victoria, addressing issues such as: Nature and functions of a charge sheet Distinction between charge sheet and summons Time limits for commencing summary charges Wording charges Location, date and other essential elements Types of errors in charges Amending charges Alternative liability Sentencing The book also provides an alphabetical list of common summary offences in Victoria. Traffic offences are dealt with extensively in Road Safety Law Victoria (2015) and so have not been reproduced in this text. For each offence the book presents: the relevant provision statement of charge wording of charge penalty matters to be proved other possible offences defences. |
| Contents |
Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- 1 Summary offences -- 2 Charges -- 3 Disclosure and particulars -- 4 Burdens of proof -- 5 Sentencing -- Offences -- 6 Access to computer or computer system (fail to comply with direction to assist) -- 7 Assault (aggravated) -- 8 Assault etc emergency workers or local authority staff on duty -- 9 Assault (unlawful) -- 10 Bail (commit indictable offence while on bail) -- 11 Bail (contravene conduct conditions) -- 12 Bail (failure to answer) -- 13 Bail (indemnify surety) -- 14 Begging or gathering alms -- 15 Besetting premises -- 16 Child (leave unattended) -- 17 Contravention of order for release on adjournment -- 18 Contravention of community correction order -- 19 Court security (authorised officer failing to wear identity card, or produce on request) -- 20 Court security (intentionally make recording of proceeding) -- 21 Court security (intentionally publish recording of a proceeding) -- 22 Court security (intentionally transmit or give recording of proceeding to another) -- 23 Court security (refuse to comply with requirement by authorised officer for search, scan or surrender of items) -- 24 Detained person (act in manner prejudicial or threatening to security, good order or management of police gaol) -- 25 Detained person (disobey lawful order) -- 26 Discharge stone, arrow or missile etc -- 27 Disguised with unlawful intent -- 28 Disorderly conduct (public place) -- 29 Drug of dependence (use) -- 30 Drunk and disorderly in public place -- 31 Drunk in public place -- 32 Drunk (riotous or disorderly behaviour, or in charge of carriage) -- 33 Escape from lawful custody -- 34 False report of emergency to ambulance service -- 35 False report of fire -- 36 False report of fire -- 37 False report to police -- 38 Family violence (contravene intervention order) -- 39 Family violence (contravene safety notice) -- 40 Fire (causing in country area in extreme conditions of weather) -- 41 Fire (light in the open air on total fire ban day) -- 42 Firearm (carry or use in a town or populous place) -- 43 Firearm (carry or use under influence of intoxicating liquor or drug) -- 44 Firearm (contravene licence conditions) -- 45 Firearm (damage property with) -- 46 Firearm (incorrectly store longarm, or cartridge ammunition) -- 47 Firearm (non-prohibited person possessing etc) -- 48 Firearm (possess etc on private property without consent) -- 49 Firearm (possess cartridge ammunition) -- 50 Firearm (use in a dangerous manner) -- 51 Genital or anal region (distribute image) -- 52 Genital or anal region (observation aided by device) -- 53 Genital or anal region (visually capture) -- 54 Going equipped for stealing, burglary or cheating -- 55 Graffiti marking -- 56 Graffiti marking (offensive) -- 57 Graffiti (possessing prescribed implement) -- 58 Harass witnesses -- 59 Housebreaking implements (possess) -- 60 Impersonating police -- 61 Intimate images (distributing) -- 62 Intimate images (threat to distribute) -- 63 Liquor (drunk, violent or quarrelsome person refuse or fail to leave licensed premises on request) -- 64 Liquor (licensee or permittee supplying to intoxicated person, or allowing on licensed premises) -- 65 Liquor (possess or consumed by person under age of 18 years) -- 66 Litter (deposit) -- 67 Litter (deposit advertising material in certain mailboxes) -- 68 Litter (deposit document in or on vehicle) -- 69 Loitering with intent to commit indictable offence -- 70 Move on (contravene direction) -- 71 Name and address etc (fail or refuse to supply or falsely provide to authorised officer) -- 72 Name and address (refuse to give etc to local government authorised officer) -- 73 Name or address (fail to state, or state false name or address) -- 74 Name or address (refuse or fail to state or falsely state to police on request) -- 75 Name or rank or place of duty (police officer refusing or failing to state on request) -- 76 Obscene, indecent, threatening language and behaviour etc in public -- 77 Parole (breach term or condition) -- 78 Personal safety (contravene intervention order) -- 79 Proceeds of crime (dealing with property reasonably suspected as such) -- 80 Recordings (possess, play, supply, copy, tamper with or publish) -- 81 Registrable offender failing to comply with obligation to report infrequently changed personal details -- 82 Scheduled poison (possess) -- 83 Spiking food or drink -- 84 Trespass (enter private or public place in manner likely to cause breach of the peace) -- 85 Trespass (land or premises of Roads Corporation or Rail Track) -- 86 Trespass (land or premises of Water Authority) -- 87 Trespass (refuse or neglect to leave private or scheduled public place) --88 Trespass (wilfully enter private or scheduled public place) -- 89 Trespass (wilfully trespass in and refuse to leave any public place) -- 90 Unlawful possession (property reasonably suspected of being stolen) -- 91 Weapon – controlled (possess, use or carry weapon) -- 92 Weapon – dangerous article (possess or carry in public place) -- 93 Weapon – prohibited (possess, carry or use) 326 94 Wilful and obscene exposure -- 95 Wilful damage --Index |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes Table of Cases and Table of Statutes |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Practice of law -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Procedure (Law) -- Australia -- Victoria.
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| ISBN |
9780455237039 |
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