(1988) 34 A Crim R 438; Bolamatu R v Jensen and Ward [1980] VicRp 24; [1980] VR 194. (3) Nothing in this section imposes liability on a person for an offence that, as a matter of policy, is intended to benefit or protect that person. S. 324A 324A Other offenders need not be prosecuted or found inserted by guilty No. 63/2014 s. 6. A person who is involved in the commission of an offence may be found guilty of the offence whether or not any other person is prosecuted for or found guilty of the offence. 324B Offender's role need not be determined S. 324B inserted by No. 63/2014 A person may be found guilty of an offence by s. 6. virtue of section 324 if the trier of fact is satisfied that the person is guilty either as the person who committed the offence or as a person involved in the commission of the offence but is unable to determine which applies. 324C Abolition of certain aspects of complicity at common S. 324C inserted by law No. 63/2014 s. 6. (1) The law of complicity at common law in relation to aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence is abolished. (2) The doctrines at common law of acting in concert, joint criminal enterprise and common purpose (including extended common purpose) are abolished. Note The common law concerning the circumstances in which a person may withdraw from an offence in which the person would otherwise be complicit is not abolished by this section.
Bolamatu (1988) 34 A Crim R 438; R v Jensen and Ward [1980] VicRp 24; [1980] VR 194. (3) Nothing in this section imposes liability on a person for an offence that, as a matter of policy, is intended to benefit or protect that person. S. 324A inserted by No. 63/2014 s. 6. 324A Other offenders need not be prosecuted or found guilty A person who is involved in the commission of an offence may be found guilty of the offence whether or not any other person is prosecuted for or found guilty of the offence. S. 324B inserted by No. 63/2014 s. 6. 324B Offender's role need not be determined A person may be found guilty of an offence by virtue of section 324 if the trier of fact is satisfied that the person is guilty either as the person who committed the offence or as a person involved in the commission of the offence but is unable to determine which applies. S. 324C inserted by No. 63/2014 s. 6. 324C Abolition of certain aspects of complicity at common law (1) The law of complicity at common law in relation to aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence is abolished. (2) The doctrines at common law of acting in concert, joint criminal enterprise and common purpose (including extended common purpose) are abolished. Note The common law concerning the circumstances in which a person may withdraw from an offence in which the person would otherwise be complicit is not abolished by this section.
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