Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LAW REFORM (ABOLITIONS AND REPEALS) ACT 1996 (NO 1 OF 1996)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Abolitions and Repeals) Act 1996.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      The estate pur autre vie is abolished.  
   4.      The common law misdemeanours of criminal libel, blasphemous libel, seditious libel and obscene libel are abolished.  
   5.      The right to levy or make distress for rent is abolished.  
   6.      The Acts and provisions specified in the Schedule are repealed.  
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