Status: Completed
Project overview
This project examined the rule of law that no person acquitted of a crime can be prosecuted again for the same offence.
Status: Completed
Preliminary Paper
Acquittal Following Perversion of the Course of Justice: A Response to R v Moore (NZLC PP42, 2000)
The Commission's Preliminary Paper, Acquittal Following Perversion of the Course of Justice: A Response to R v Moore (NZLC PP42, 2000).
Status: Completed
Report
Acquittal Following Perversion of the Course of Justice (NZLC R70, 2001)
The Commission's Report, Acquittal Following Perversion of the Course of Justice (NZLC R70, 2001).
Status: Completed
Government response
Some recommendations were reflected in amendments contained in the Criminal Procedure Bill 2004 – assent given June 2008, split between several statutes.
There was no requirement for the Government to present a formal response to Commission reports before April 2009.
See Official Government response process | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).