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Act index » Chapter 7A - Limitations on rules relating to double jeopardy
327D Meaning of tainted acquittal
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For the purposes of this Chapter, if at the trial of an offence a person is acquitted of the offence, the acquittal will be tainted if—
(a)the person or another person has been convicted (whether or not in Victoria) of an administration of justice offence in connection with the trial resulting in the acquittal; and
(b)it is more likely than not that, had it not been for the commission of the administration of justice offence, the person would have been convicted of the first mentioned offence at the trial.