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New South Wales
Crimes Amendment (Grievous Bodily
Harm) Bill 2010
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Crimes Act 1900 No 40 2
b2003-604-35.d09a
New South Wales
Crimes Amendment (Grievous Bodily
Harm) Bill 2010
No , 2010
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to ensure that offences under that Act relating
to the infliction of grievous bodily harm extend to the destruction of a child in utero
of a pregnant woman (other than in the course of a medical procedure).
Clause 1 Crimes Amendment (Grievous Bodily Harm) Bill 2010
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Crimes Amendment (Grievous Bodily Harm) Act 2010. 3
2 Commencement 4
This Act commences on the date of assent. 5
3 Amendment of Crimes Act 1900 No 40 6
(1) Section 4 Definitions 7
Omit paragraph (a) of the definition of Grievous bodily harm from 8
section 4 (1). 9
Insert instead: 10
(a) the destruction (other than in the course of a medical 11
procedure) of a child in utero of a pregnant woman, 12
whether or not the woman suffers any other harm, 13
and 14
(2) Section 4 (1), definition of "Grievous bodily harm" 15
Insert at the end of the definition: 16
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of this definition, a child 17
in utero is any form of human life in either the embryonic 18
or foetal stage of development. 19
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