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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.”
You could also call this:

“The Court of Appeal could decide what to do when someone asked them to look at a legal question, but this rule no longer exists.”

This part of the law used to explain what the Court of Appeal could do when someone appealed a case based on a question of law. However, this section no longer applies. On 1 July 2013, it was removed from the Crimes Act 1961. The government made this change through the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011. If you want to know more about why this change happened, you might need to look at that amendment act.

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or “You can ask for a second look at your case if you think the court made a mistake.”
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Part 13 Appeals
Appeal on question of law

382Powers of Court of Appeal where appeal is on question of law (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 382: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).