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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 ]
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 ...
For summary conviction offences that fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government (including all criminal law), section 787 of the Criminal Code specifies that, unless another punishment is provided for by law, the maximum penalty for a summary conviction offence is a sentence of 2 years less a day of imprisonment, a fine of $5,000 or ...
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 ...
This is a somewhat complete list of all Singapore Acts of Parliament which have been passed - the entire list of acts passed is available online at the Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers website, at Singapore Statutes. Approved Budgets and annual debates may be found at the Supply Act.
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.
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.
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.