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The Criminal Code Compilation Act 1913 (WA) [28] itself is the compiling Act of the Parliament of Western Australia but does not contain any criminal offences. The criminal offences are provided for in Schedule of the Act, and citing criminal offences in the Schedule is simply to the Criminal Code (WA). [ 29 ]
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court.In Victoria, Australia, all summary offences are heard in the Magistrates' Court. A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, [1] [2] [3] without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence).
A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen – a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. [1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval England and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers.
The Police Offences Act 1908 prescribed imprisonment with hard labor for anyone who "willfully and obscenely exposes his person in any public place or within the view thereof". Male offenders could, at the court's discretion, also be sentenced to be whipped. [ 29 ]
Other serious offences are created by statutes such as the Arms Offences Act, Kidnapping Act, Misuse of Drugs Act and Vandalism Act. Singapore retains both corporal punishment (in the form of caning) and capital punishment (by hanging) as legal penalties. For certain offences, the imposition of these penalties is mandatory.
Specific declared offences of the Act include parts from the following Acts that are deemed to be 'serious offences' for the purpose of the Act: [citation needed] the Corrective Services Act 2006 (1 offence); the Criminal Code (Queensland) (59 offences); the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 (1 offence); the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 (5 ...
Offences committed via electronic medium – The scope of certain sections will be expanded to cover offences committed via an electronic medium, including s. 292 (sale of obscene books. etc. ), s. 298 (uttering words, etc. , with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person), s. 499 (defamation) and s. 505 (statements ...
Queensland is the only state left within Australia that has a specific criminal offence of public drunkenness still in force. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In late 2024, the Northern Territory immediately re-introduced enacted laws to explicitly ban public drunkenness and being a public nuisance as two board stand alone criminal offenses.