Section 411 — Crimes Act 1961: Consequential amendments

411 Consequential amendments (1) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that Schedule. (2) Every reference in any other enactment— (a) To a crime involving dishonesty, or an offence involving dishonesty, within the meaning of Part 9 of the Crimes Act 1908, or within the meaning of section 237 of that Act; or (b) To a conviction of any such crime or offence as aforesaid— shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to a crime involving dishonesty within the meaning of section 2 of this Act, and, in the case of a reference to a conviction as aforesaid, to a conviction of any such crime, whether on indictment or on summary prosecution. (3) Every reference in any enactment to a bill of indictment, or to the preferring or filing of a bill of indictment before the grand jury, or to the filing or finding of an indictment by the grand jury, or to an indictment found, or any other similar expression, shall be read as a reference to an indictment or, as the case may require, to the filing of an indictment in the High Court or in a District Court (as the case may require), or to an indictment filed. Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 May 1985, by section 24 Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1980 (1980 No 85) by inserting the words “ or in a District Court (as the case may require) ” . Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 March 1996, by section 4(1) Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 68) by substituting the word “ filing ” for the word “ presenting ” , and by substituting the word “ filed ” for the word “ presented ” . See clause 2 Crimes Amendment Act Commencement Order 1996 (SR 1996/1).