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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988

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AG EXPLAINS OBJECT OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES BILL

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WILL GO A LONG WAY SUCA CASES, THE MATHEWS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE

THE COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES BILL 1988 TOWARDS ENSURING A MORE LOGICAL MANNER OF TRIAL FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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THE HONG

OF

"THIS BILL IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF KONG CONSULTATIVE PROCESS, HE SAID WHEN MOVING THE SECOND READING THE BILL.

THAT IT

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE "IT IS A BILL SEEKING TO REFORM AN AREA OF BY MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE DESIRED END IS ACHIEVED BUT ACCORDS WITH THE INTERESTS AND WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY,"

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THE BILL WAS ΤΟ ESTABLISH MR MATHEWS SAID THE OBJECT OF

A COMPLEX COMMERCIAL PROCEDURE WHEREBY THE REAL MATTERS AT ISSUE IN CRIME TRIAL WERE IDENTIFIED AT AN EARLY STAGE.

JURY WOULD THE THEREAFTER, QUESTIONS OF FACT AND PERFORM THEIR INNOCENCE MORE EFFECTIVELY.

THE LENGTH

ΤΟ

BE ABLB

DECIDE DISPUTED TASK OF ESTABLISHING GUILT

OR

AND COMPLEXITY OF SOMB MODERN ENCOUNTERED IN THEIR TRIAL

MR MATHEWS SAID COMMERCIAL CRIME CASES AND THE PROBLEMS WERE A MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS RECOGNISED AS LONG GENERAL'S CHAMBERS ISSUED A PROPOSAL TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME.

WHEN THE ATTORNEY

METHOD THE

AGO AS 1984 REFORM FOR

OF

HE SAID MUCH HAD BEEN LEARNT SINCE THEN THROUGH THE WISDOM OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEE AND AD THE

THE LEGISLATION ROSKILL COMMITTEE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

OF

COLLECTIVE HOU GROUP,

IMPLEMENTING

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THE PROBLEMS LOGICAL MANNER OF

"THE INITIATIVES IN THIS BILL WILL NOT SOLVE ALL BUT THEY DO GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS ENSURING A MORE TRIAL, HE SAID.

"THE BILL REFLECTS THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY.

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ANY

CRIMINAL

TRIAL

IT

MUST

BE REMEMBERED THAT

THE

COMMUNITY TOO ARE A PARTY.

"THE ACCUSED AND THE COMMUNITY BOTH HAVE THE FAIR, IMPARTIAL AND EFFICIENT JUSTICE.

RIGHT TO EXPEC

"ALL OF US INVOLVED IN

THAT CONTINUE TO KEEP IN MIND IMPORTANT.

THE PROCESS

THE

OF

CRIMINAL

INTERESTS

OF

TRIAL MUST BOTH PARTIES ARK

"TE THAT