LAW1114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mens Rea, Crimes Act 1958, Crimes Act 1914
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State: (the victorian crimes we study in this unit will be examinable) Federal: (federal crimes are not examinable in this unit) The victorian police enforce state law by investigating crimes on. The australian federal police investigate crimes that may cross borders or relate to nation-wide commonwealth legislation: eg. crimes act 1914 (cth, criminal code act 1995 (cth, criminal code amendment (terrorism) act 2003 (cth) And: the office of the director of. The commonwealth dpp prosecutes all federal crimes (eg. centrelink fraud, Victoria (dpp) prosecutes all victorian indictable crimes (in the county & Criminal law principles in victoria are derived from the common law and various statutes that exist side by side (as unlike other jurisdictions, victoria does not have one comprehensive code). Murder and manslaughter (principles discussed in r v. Magisrates court act 1989 (vic) s 4. Criminal jurisdiction: all summary offences, indictable offences that are triable summarily, see: criminal procedure act 2009 (vic) s 27.
