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The Criminal Code (WA) is a complete codification of Western Australia's criminal law. The code is substantially similar to Queensland's criminal code and was constructed with close reference to the Griffith code. Section 4 in appendix B of the Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (WA) provides that: [27]
[citation needed] The associated acts enacted on the same date were the Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations Disruption) Amendment Act 2013 and the Tattoo Parlours Act 2013. [1] The Act was repealed in 2016, with the passing of the Serious and Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2016. [2] [3]
[citation needed] The act was passed on 16 October 2013, and as of 17 October 2013, the Attorney-General of Queensland had indicated that the law had received Royal Assent and was in force. [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] [ better source needed ] In 2016 it was repealed as part of the introduction of the Serious and Organised Crime Amendment Bill .
In the Australian state of Queensland, the power to arrest is granted by section 546 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld). [9] Under the Act, any person who finds another committing an offence may, without warrant, arrest the other person. The power to arrest in Queensland also allows for arrest on suspicion of an offence:
The Criminal Code of Queensland, [11] Western Australia [12] and the Northern Territory [13] also provide for life imprisonment for aircraft hijacking, aiding a suicide, terrorism and for perjuring to procure a conviction of an offence punishable by life imprisonment. The Criminal Code of the Northern Territory also provides for life ...
The state has criminal codes for hooning, [3] graffiti, [4] sharing intimate images without consent [5] and fare evasion. [6] Wage theft became a crime in 2020. [7] The minimum age of criminal responsibility in Queensland is 10 years old. The long-term trend is for a decrease in crime in Queensland across all categories. [8]
The District Court of Queensland (QDC) is the second tier in the court hierarchy of Queensland, Australia. [1] The Court deals with serious criminal offences such as rape, armed robbery and fraud. Juries are used to decide if defendants are guilty or not guilty.
The criminal law of Queensland was codified in 1899 with the enactment of the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld). [26] Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, who was responsible for the development of the Code, stated that it did not include those provisions of English law which were "manifestly obsolete or inapplicable to Australia".