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The objects of this Act shall be-
(a)
to set out the rights and entitlements of victims of crime and witnesses;
(b)
to set out duties and responsibilities of the State, judicial officers and public officers in upholding, promoting and protecting the rights and entitlements of victims of crime and witnesses;
(c)
to stipulate conduct that constitute offences against victims of crime and witnesses;
(d)
to provide assistance and protection to victims of crime and witnesses;
(e)
to provide for a mechanism to enable the victims of crime and witnesses to exercise and enforce their rights and entitlements and to obtain relief;
(f)
to provide for the granting of redress including compensation, restitution, reparation and rehabilitation to victims of crime and witnesses;
(g)
to establish a National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses and a Victims of
Crime and Witnesses Assistance and Protection
Division;
(h)
to make provision for the victims of crime and witnesses to testify through contemporaneous audio-visual means; and
(i)
to recognize and implement internationally recognized best practices relating to assistance to and protection of victims of crime and witnesses.
Part II
Rights and Entitlements of Victims of Crime and Witnesses