2004-2005-2006

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE



Presented and read a first time




Removal of Recognition of US Military
Commissions (David Hicks) Bill 2006
No.           , 2006
(Senators Nettle and Bob Brown)




A Bill for an Act to remove recognition of the US
Military Commissions, intended to try Australian
citizen David Hicks, from the Proceeds of Crime Act
2002


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            1     Short title ........................................................................................... 1
            2     Commencement ................................................................................. 1
            3     Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1--Amendment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to
            remove recognition of US Military Commissions                                                                3


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     Military Commissions, intended to try Australian
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     citizen David Hicks, from the Proceeds of Crime Act
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     2002
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     The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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     Part 1--Preliminary
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     1 Short title
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                  This Act may be cited as the Removal of Recognition of US
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                  Military Commissions (David Hicks) Act 2006.
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     2 Commencement
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                  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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                  Assent.
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      Removal of Recognition of US Military Commissions (David Hicks) Bill 2006   No.   , 2006
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              Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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              repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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              concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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              according to its terms.
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     Schedule 1--Amendment of the Proceeds of
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           Crime Act 2002 to remove recognition
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           of US Military Commissions
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     1 Subsection 337A(3)
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          Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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           (3) In this section:
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               offence against a law of a foreign country does not include an
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               offence triable by a military commission of the United States of
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               America established by The United States Military Commissions
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               Act 2006 or established under a Military Order of 13 November
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               2001 made by the President of the United States of America and
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               entitled "Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens
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               in the War Against Terrorism".
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