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CRIMES (COMMON NIGHTWALKERS) AMENDMENT
BILL 1993
NEW SOUTH WALES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Explanatory Note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament)
The common law is the unwritten law as distinct from the written, or statute, law.
The object of this Bill is to amend the Crimes Act 1900 in order to abolish the common
law offence of being a common nightwalker.
A "common nightwalker" is a person who sleeps by day and walks by night and is
often a pilferer and disturber of the peace.
Clause 1 specifies the short title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the proposed Act to commence on the date of assent.
Clause 3 amends the Crimes Act 1900 in order to abolish the common law offence
of being a common nightwalker.