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380: Reserving question of law
or “A way for judges to ask for help with tricky legal questions during a trial”
You could also call this:

“You can ask for a review of a legal decision even if no questions were set aside for later discussion.”

This part of the law used to talk about how you could appeal a court decision even if no specific legal question was set aside for review. However, this section no longer exists. It was removed from the Crimes Act 1961 on 1 July 2013. This change was made by another law called the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011. If you want to know more about why this change happened, you might need to look at section 6 of that amendment act.

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Next up: 381A: Question of law arising out of discharge under section 347 or stay of prosecution may be referred to Court of Appeal

or “You can ask the higher court if the lower court made the right choice to stop or end your case.”
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Part 13 Appeals
Appeal on question of law

381Appeal where no question reserved (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 381: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).