CRIMES ACT 1900 - As at 12 November 2009 - Act 40 of 1900 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART 1 - PRELIMINARY AND INTERPRETATION 1. Name of Act 2. (Repealed) 3. Application of certain provisions of Act 3A, 3B. (Repealed) 4. Definitions 4A. Recklessness 5, 6. (Repealed) 7. “Possession” when criminal 8. “Public place” etc 9, 10. (Repealed) PART 1A - GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION 10A. Application and effect of Part 10B. Interpretation 10C. Extension of offences if there is a geographical nexus 10D. Provisions relating to double criminality 10E. Procedural and other provisions PART 2 - OFFENCES AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN 11. Provisions of 36 Geo III, c 7, and 57 Geo III, c 6, repealed except as to offences against the person of the Sovereign 12. Compassing etc deposition of the Sovereign—overawing Parliament etc 13–15. (Repealed) 16. Nothing herein to affect 25 Ed III, c 2 16A. (Repealed) PART 3 - OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON Division 1 - Homicide 17. (Repealed) 17A. Date of death 18. Murder and manslaughter defined 19. (Repealed) 19A. Punishment for murder 20. Child murder—when child deemed born alive 21. Child murder by mother—verdict of contributing to death etc 22. Trial for child murder—verdict of concealment of birth 22A. Infanticide 23. Trial for murder—provocation 23A. Substantial impairment by abnormality of mind 24. Manslaughter—punishment 25. (Repealed) Division 2 - Conspiracy to murder 26. Conspiring to commit murder Division 3 - Attempts to murder 27. Acts done to the person with intent to murder 28. Acts done to property with intent to murder 29. Certain other attempts to murder 30. Attempts to murder by other means Division 4 - Documents containing threats 31. Documents containing threats Division 5 - Suicide 31A. Suicide and attempt to commit suicide 31B. Survivor of suicide pact 31C. Aiding etc suicide Division 6 - Acts causing danger to life or bodily harm 32. Impeding endeavours to escape shipwreck 32A–32C. (Repealed) 33. Wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent 33A. Discharging firearm etc with intent 33B. Use or possession of weapon to resist arrest etc 34. (Repealed) 35. Reckless grievous bodily harm or wounding 35A. Causing dog to inflict grievous bodily harm or actual bodily harm 36. (Repealed) 37. Attempts to choke etc (garrotting) 38. Using intoxicating substance to commit an indictable offence 38A. Spiking drink or food 39. Using poison etc to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm 40. (Repealed) 41. Using poison etc to injure or to cause distress or pain 41A. Poisoning etc of water supply 42. Injuries to child at time of birth 43. Abandoning or exposing a child under 7 years 43A. Failure of persons with parental responsibility to care for child 44. Not providing wife or servant with food etc 45. Prohibition of female genital mutilation 46. Causing bodily injury by gunpowder etc 47. Using etc explosive substance or corrosive fluid etc 48. Causing explosives to be placed in or near building, conveyance or public place 49. Setting trap etc 49A. Throwing rocks and other objects at vehicles and vessels 50, 51. (Repealed) 51A. Predatory driving 52. (Repealed) 52A. Dangerous driving: substantive matters 52AA. Dangerous driving: procedural matters 52AB. Offence of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or grievous bodily harm 52B. Dangerous navigation: substantive matters 52BA. Dangerous navigation: procedural matters 53. Injuries by furious driving etc 54. Causing grievous bodily harm Division 7 - Possessing or making explosive etc with intent to injure the person 55. Possessing or making explosives or other things with intent to injure Division 8 - Assaults 56. Obstructing member of the clergy in discharge of his or her duties 57. Assault on persons preserving wreck 58. Assault with intent to commit a serious indictable offence on certain officers 59. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 59A. Assault during public disorder Division 8A - Assaults and other actions against police and other law enforcement officers 60AA. Meaning of “law enforcement officer” 60. Assault and other actions against police officers 60A. Assault and other actions against law enforcement officers (other than police officers) 60B. Actions against third parties connected with law enforcement officers 60C. Obtaining of personal information about law enforcement officers Division 8B - Assaults etc at schools 60D. Definitions 60E. Assaults etc at schools Division 9 - Common assaults 61. Common assault prosecuted by indictment Division 9A - Defence of lawful correction 61AA. Defence of lawful correction Division 10 - Offences in the nature of rape, offences relating to other acts of sexual assault etc 61A–61G. (Repealed) 61H. Definition of “sexual intercourse” and other terms 61HA. Consent in relation to sexual assault offences 61I. Sexual assault 61J. Aggravated sexual assault 61JA. Aggravated sexual assault in company 61K. Assault with intent to have sexual intercourse 61L. Indecent assault 61M. Aggravated indecent assault 61N. Act of indecency 61O. Aggravated act of indecency 61P. Attempt to commit offence under sections 61I–61O 61Q. Alternative verdicts 61R. (Repealed) 61S. Offenders who are minors 61T. Offender married to victim 61U. Circumstances of certain sexual offences to be considered in passing sentence 62. (Repealed) 63. Common law offences of rape and attempted rape abolished 64. (Renumbered) 65–66. (Repealed) 66A. Sexual intercourse—child under 10 66B. Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child under 10 66C. Sexual intercourse—child between 10 and 16 66D. Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child between 10 and 16 66E. Alternative verdicts 66EA. Persistent sexual abuse of a child 66EB. Procuring or grooming child under 16 for unlawful sexual activity 66F. Sexual offences—cognitive impairment 67, 68. (Repealed) 69. (Renumbered) 70. (Renumbered) 71–72A. (Repealed) 73. Sexual intercourse with child between 16 and 18 under special care 74–76A. (Repealed) 77. Consent no defence in certain cases 77A, 78. (Repealed) 78A. Incest 78B. Incest attempts 78C. Defences 78D. (Repealed) 78E. (Renumbered) 78F. Sanction of Attorney-General 78G–78S. (Repealed) 78T. (Renumbered) 79. Bestiality 80. Attempt to commit bestiality 80A. Sexual assault by forced self-manipulation 80AA. Referral to child protection agency Division 10A - Sexual servitude 80B. Meaning of “sexual servitude” 80C. Meaning of “circumstances of aggravation” 80D. Causing sexual servitude 80E. Conduct of business involving sexual servitude 80F. Alternative verdicts Division 10B - Incitement to commit sexual offence 80G. Incitement to commit sexual offence 81–81B. (Repealed) Division 11 - Misconduct with regard to corpses 81C. Misconduct with regard to corpses Division 12 - Attempts to procure abortion 82. Administering drugs etc to herself by woman with child 83. Administering drugs etc to woman with intent 84. Procuring drugs etc Division 13 - Concealing birth of a child 85. Concealment of birth Division 13A - (Renumbered) None Division 14 - Kidnapping 86. Kidnapping 87. Child abduction 88–91. (Repealed) Division 14A - Procuring for prostitution 91A. Procuring etc 91B. Procuring person by drugs etc Division 15 - Child prostitution 91C. Definitions 91D. Promoting or engaging in acts of child prostitution 91E. Obtaining benefit from child prostitution 91F. Premises not to be used for child prostitution Division 15A - Child pornography 91FA. Definitions 91G. Children not to be used for pornographic purposes 91H. Production, dissemination or possession of child pornography Division 15B - Voyeurism and related offences 91I. Definitions 91J. Voyeurism 91K. Filming a person engaged in private act 91L. Filming a person’s private parts 91M. Installing device to facilitate observation or filming Division 16 - Bigamy 92. Bigamy 93. Participator in bigamy PART 3A - OFFENCES RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER Division 1 - Riot and affray 93A. Definition 93B. Riot 93C. Affray 93D. Mental element under sections 93B and 93C 93E. (Repealed) Division 2 - Explosives and firearms offences 93F. Interpretation 93FA. Possession, supply or making of explosives 93FB. Possession of dangerous articles other than firearms 93G. Causing danger with firearm or spear gun 93GA. Firing at dwelling-houses or buildings 93H. Trespassing with or dangerous use of firearm or spear gun 93I. Possession of unregistered firearm in public place Division 3 - Contamination of goods 93J. Definitions of “contaminate” and “goods” 93K. Contaminating goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss 93L. Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss 93M. Making false statements concerning contamination of goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss 93N. Aggravated circumstances—unwarranted demand 93O. Aggravated circumstances—death or grievous bodily harm 93P. Special provisions relating to geographical application of this Division Division 4 - Bomb and other hoaxes 93Q. Conveying false information that a person or property is in danger 93R. Leaving or sending an article with intent to cause alarm Division 5 - Participation in criminal groups 93S. Definitions 93T. Participation in criminal groups 93U. Alternative verdicts Division 6 - Unlawful gambling 93V. Offence of conducting unlawful gambling operation PART 4 - OFFENCES RELATING TO PROPERTY Division 1 - Stealing and like offences Subdivision 1 - General 94AA. Property previously stolen Subdivision 2 - Robbery 94. Robbery or stealing from the person 95. Same in circumstances of aggravation 96. Same (robbery) with wounding 97. Robbery etc or stopping a mail, being armed or in company 98. Robbery with arms etc and wounding Subdivision 3 - Demanding property with intent to steal 99. Demanding property with intent to steal 100–105. (Repealed) Subdivision 4 - Sacrilege and housebreaking 105A. Definitions 106–108. (Repealed) 109. Breaking out of dwelling-house after committing, or entering with intent to commit, indictable offence 110. Breaking, entering and assaulting with intent to murder etc 111. Entering dwelling-house 112. Breaking etc into any house etc and committing serious indictable offence 113. Breaking etc into any house etc with intent to commit serious indictable offence 114. Being armed with intent to commit indictable offence 115. Being convicted offender armed with intent to commit indictable offence 115A. Alternative verdicts Subdivision 5 - Larceny 116. All larcenies to be of same nature 117. Punishment for larceny 118. Intent to return property no defence 119. Verdict where several takings proved 120. Trial for larceny—verdict of embezzlement etc 121. Verdict of “larceny or receiving” 122. Verdict where persons indicted for joint larceny or receiving 123. Verdict of minor indictable offence 124. Fraudulent appropriation 125. Larceny by bailee 126. Stealing cattle or killing with intent to steal 127. Stealing or killing cattle—uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal 128. Trial for stealing cattle—verdict of stealing skins 129. Trial for killing cattle—verdict of stealing 130. Trial for stealing cattle—verdict of misdemeanour 131. Unlawfully using etc another person’s cattle 132. Stealing dogs 133. Taking money to restore dogs 134. Stealing, destroying etc valuable security 135. Stealing, destroying etc wills or codicils 136. Proviso to sections 134 and 135 137. Civil remedies not affected by conviction 138. Stealing, destroying etc records etc of any court or public office 139. Stealing etc metal, glass, wood etc fixed to house or land 140. Stealing etc trees etc in pleasure-grounds etc 141–147. (Repealed) 148. Stealing property in a dwelling-house 149. The same with menaces 150. Stealing goods in process of manufacture 151. Selling etc materials to be manufactured 152. Stealing from ship in port or on wharfs etc 153. Stealing from ship in distress or wrecked 154. Tenants etc stealing articles let to hire 154A. Taking a conveyance without consent of owner 154AA. (Repealed) 154B. Stealing aircraft and unlawfully taking or exercising control of aircraft 154C. Taking motor vehicle or vessel with assault or with occupant on board 154D. Stealing firearms Subdivision 5A - Offences relating to theft of motor vehicles and vessels 154E. Definitions 154F. Stealing motor vehicle or vessel 154G. Facilitating organised car or boat rebirthing activities 154H. Making, using and interfering with unique identifiers 154I. Possession of motor vehicle or vessel where unique identifier has been interfered with 154J. Possession of vehicle identification plate not attached to motor vehicle Subdivision 6 - Embezzlement or larceny 155. Definition of clerk or servant 156. Larceny by clerks or servants 157. Embezzlement by clerks or servants 158. Destruction, falsification of accounts etc by clerk or servant 159. Larceny by persons in Public Service 160. Embezzlement etc by persons in the Public Service 161. Proof of general deficiency in accounts 162. Larceny etc by joint owners 163. Trial for embezzlement—verdict of larceny Subdivision 7 - Frauds by factors and other agents 164. Terms “agents”, “intrusted” and “misappropriate” 165. Agent misappropriating money etc intrusted to him or her 166. The like as to goods etc intrusted to him or her 167. Not to affect trustees or mortgagees nor to restrain agents from receiving money on valuable securities etc 168. Fraudulent sale of property by agent 169. The same by person under power of attorney 170. Agent obtaining advances on property of his or her principal 171. What to be deemed intrusting with goods etc 172. Trustees fraudulently disposing of property 173. Directors etc fraudulently appropriating etc property 174. Directors etc omitting certain entries 175. Director etc wilfully destroying etc books of company etc 176. Director or officer publishing fraudulent statements 176A. Directors etc cheating or defrauding 177. Proviso to sections 165 to 176 inclusive 178. No relief from compulsory disclosures Subdivision 8 - Fraudulent misappropriation 178A. Fraudulent misappropriation of moneys collected or received Subdivision 9 - Valueless cheques 178B. Valueless cheques Subdivision 10 - Obtaining money etc by deception 178BA. Obtaining money etc by deception Subdivision 11 - Obtaining money etc by false or misleading statements 178BB. Obtaining money etc by false or misleading statements Subdivision 12 - Obtaining credit by fraud 178C. Obtaining credit by fraud Subdivision 13 - False pretences 179. False pretences etc 180. Causing payment etc by false pretence etc 181. False pretence of title 182. Accused may be convicted on a charge of false pretences etc though property obtained partly by a false promise 183. Trial for false pretences etc—verdict of larceny 184. Fraudulent personation 184A. Personating owner of stock or property 185. Inducing persons by fraud to execute instruments Subdivision 14 - Fraudulent arrangements 185A. Inducing persons to enter into certain arrangements by misleading etc statements etc Subdivision 15 - Corrupt rewards 186. Taking reward for helping to recover stolen property Subdivision 16 - Receivers 187. Term “stealing” in sections 188 and 189 188. Receiving stolen property where stealing a serious indictable offence 189. Receiving etc where principal guilty of minor indictable offence 189A. Receiving etc goods stolen out of New South Wales 189B. Prosecution under section 188 or 189 where property stolen in course of transmission 190. Receiving etc cattle unlawfully killed, or carcass etc 191. Uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal 192. Receiving material or tools intrusted for manufacture 193. Verdict where several persons are indicted for jointly receiving Division 1A - Money laundering 193A. Definitions 193B. Money laundering 193C. Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime 193D. Dealing with property that subsequently becomes an instrument of crime 193E. Alternative verdicts 193F. Proof of other offences not required 193G. Transitional provision Division 2 - Criminal destruction and damage Subdivision 1 - Interpretation 194. Interpretation Subdivision 2 - Crimes against property generally 195. Destroying or damaging property 196. Destroying or damaging property with intent to injure a person 197. Dishonestly destroying or damaging property 198. Destroying or damaging property with intention of endangering life 199. Threatening to destroy or damage property 200. Possession etc of explosive or other article with intent to destroy or damage property Subdivision 3 - Crimes relating to particular kinds of property 201. Interfering with a mine 202. Causing damage etc to sea, river, canal and other works 203. (Repealed) Subdivision 4 - Sabotage 203A. Definitions 203B. Sabotage 203C. Threaten sabotage Subdivision 5 - Bushfires 203D. Definitions 203E. Offence PART 4AA - OFFENCES RELATING TO TRANSPORT SERVICES Division 1 - Offences relating to aircraft, vessels etc 204. Destruction of, or damage to, an aircraft or vessel with intent or reckless indifference 205. Prejudicing the safe operation of an aircraft or vessel 206. Assault etc on member of crew of aircraft or vessel 207. Placing etc dangerous articles on board an aircraft or vessel 208. Threatening to destroy etc an aircraft, vessel or vehicle 209. False information as to plan etc to prejudice the safety of an aircraft or vessel or persons on board an aircraft or vessel 210. Destroying, damaging etc an aid to navigation Division 2 - Offences relating to railways etc 211. Criminal acts relating to railways 212. Endangering passengers etc on railway 213. Obstructing a railway 214. Obstructing a railway—verdict of misdemeanour 215–249. (Repealed) PART 4A - CORRUPTLY RECEIVING COMMISSIONS AND OTHER CORRUPT PRACTICES 249A. Definitions 249B. Corrupt commissions or rewards 249C. Misleading documents or statements used or made by agents 249D. Corrupt inducements for advice 249E. Corrupt benefits for trustees and others 249F. Aiding, abetting etc 249G. Repayment of value of gift etc 249H. Disqualification for office 249I. Dismissal of trivial case 249J. Custom not a defence PART 4B - BLACKMAIL 249K. Blackmail offence 249L. Unwarranted demands—meaning 249M. Menaces—meaning 249N. Obtaining gain or causing loss—meaning 249O. Public duty—meaning PART 5 - FORGERY AND FALSE INSTRUMENT OFFENCES Division 1 - Forgery 250. Forging and uttering defined 251. Uttering to be offence of same degree and subject to same punishment as forging 252. (Repealed) 253. Royal or public seals 254. (Repealed) 255. Acts, proclamations etc 256–259. (Repealed) 260. East India bonds, Exchequer bills, or debentures etc 261–264. (Repealed) 265. Forging etc a bank note etc 266. Engraving or having any plate etc for making bank notes or paper 267. Engraving etc any part of a bank note etc 268. Instruments in blank 269. Having moulds for paper with the name of any banker 270. Engraving plates for foreign bills or notes 271. Forging wills 272–277. (Repealed) 278. Forging signature of Supreme Court Judge to decree etc or tendering same in evidence with forged signature 279–284. (Repealed) 285. Forgery of signature to copies etc admissible in evidence of decrees etc 286–288. (Repealed) 289. Forgery of seal etc on public documents etc and copies admissible in evidence 290. (Repealed) 291. Forging etc certificate issued by officer outside New South Wales 292–295. (Repealed) 296. Falsifying entries of births etc or giving false certificates 297. Making false entries in copies sent to registrar 298. Demanding property on forged instruments Division 2 - False instruments 299. Interpretation 300. Making or using false instruments 301. Making or using copies of false instruments 302. Custody of false instruments etc 302A. Making or possession of implements for making false instruments 303. Response of machine to false instrument etc 304. When a false instrument is made 305. When an act or omission is prejudicial 306. Intention to induce may be general 307. (Repealed) Division 3 - False and misleading information 307A. False or misleading applications 307B. False or misleading information 307C. False or misleading documents PART 6 - COMPUTER OFFENCES 308. General definitions 308A. Meaning of access to data, modification of data and impairment of electronic communication 308B. Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment 308C. Unauthorised access, modification or impairment with intent to commit serious indictable offence 308D. Unauthorised modification of data with intent to cause impairment 308E. Unauthorised impairment of electronic communication 308F. Possession of data with intent to commit serious computer offence 308G. Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence 308H. Unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in computer (summary offence) 308I. Unauthorised impairment of data held in computer disk, credit card or other device (summary offence) 309, 310. (Repealed) PART 6A - OFFENCES RELATING TO ESCAPE FROM LAWFUL CUSTODY 310A. Definitions 310B. Rescuing inmate from lawful custody 310C. Aiding escape 310D. Escaping 310E. Tunnels to facilitate escape 310F. Permitting escape 310G. Harbouring escapee 310H. Application of Part PART 6B - TERRORISM 310I. Definitions 310J. Membership of terrorist organisation 310K. Multiplicity of offences 310L. Repeal of Part PART 7 - PUBLIC JUSTICE OFFENCES Division 1 - Definitions 311. Definitions 312. Meaning of “pervert the course of justice” 313. Knowledge that offence is a serious indictable offence is unnecessary Division 2 - Interference with the administration of justice 314. False accusations etc 315. Hindering investigation etc 315A. Threatening or intimidating victims or witnesses 316. Concealing serious indictable offence 317. Tampering etc with evidence 318. Making or using false official instrument to pervert the course of justice 319. General offence of perverting the course of justice Division 3 - Interference with judicial officers, witnesses, jurors etc 320. Extended meaning of “giving evidence” 321. Corruption of witnesses and jurors 322. Threatening or intimidating judges, witnesses, jurors etc 323. Influencing witnesses and jurors 324. Increased penalty if serious indictable offence involved 325. Preventing, obstructing or dissuading witness or juror from attending etc 326. Reprisals against judges, witnesses, jurors etc Division 4 - Perjury, false statements etc 327. Offence of perjury 328. Perjury with intent to procure conviction or acquittal 329. Conviction for false swearing on indictment for perjury 330. False statement on oath not amounting to perjury 331. Contradictory statements on oath 332. Certain technical defects provided for 333. Subornation of perjury 334. General provisions applicable to perjury and false statement offences 335. False statements in evidence on commission 336. False entry on public register 337. False instruments issued by public officers 338. Restrictions on prosecutions for perjury 339. Application of Division to perjury under other Acts Division 5 - Miscellaneous 340. Extent of abolition of offences 341. Certain common law offences abolished 342. Certain conspiracy offences not affected 343. Certain common law offences not abolished 343A. Saving of other punishments PART 8 - (Repealed) PART 8A - ATTEMPTS 344A. Attempts PART 9 - ABETTORS AND ACCESSORIES 345. Principals in the second degree—how tried and punished 346. Accessories before the fact—how tried and punished 347. Accessories after the fact—how tried and punished 347A. Wife may be accessory after fact to husband’s felony 348. Punishment of accessories after the fact to certain treason-related offences 349. Punishment of accessories after the fact to murder etc 350. Punishment of accessories after the fact to other serious indictable offences 351. Trial and punishment of abettors of minor indictable offences 351A. Recruiting persons to engage in criminal activity 351B. Aiders and abettors punishable as principals PART 10 - (Repealed) PARTS 10A, 10B - (Repealed) None PART 11 - CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY—DEFENCES Division 1 - (Repealed) None Division 2 - Lawful authority or excuse 417. Proof of lawful authority or excuse 417A. Proof of exceptions Division 3 - Self-defence 418. Self-defence—when available 419. Self-defence—onus of proof 420. Self-defence—not available if death inflicted to protect property or trespass to property 421. Self-defence—excessive force that inflicts death 422. Self-defence—response to lawful conduct 423. Offences to which Division applies 424–428. (Repealed) PART 11A - INTOXICATION 428A. Definitions 428B. Offences of specific intent to which Part applies 428C. Intoxication in relation to offences of specific intent 428D. Intoxication in relation to other offences 428E. Intoxication in relation to murder and manslaughter 428F. Intoxication in relation to the reasonable person test 428G. Intoxication and the actus reus of an offence 428H. Abolition of common law relating to self-induced intoxication 428I. Application of Part 428J–428YB. (Repealed) PART 11B - (Repealed) None PART 12 - SENTENCES 429, 430. (Repealed) 431. Convicted persons not to be liable to death penalty 431A. Life sentences 431B–447B. (Repealed) PARTS 13, 13A - (Repealed) None PART 13B - OFFENCES PUNISHABLE BY THE SUPREME COURT IN ITS SUMMARY JURISDICTION 475A. Offences punishable summarily 475B. Election for summary trial PART 14 - (Repealed) None PART 14A - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES Division 1 - Larceny and similar summary offences 501. (Renumbered) 502. Possession of skin etc of stolen cattle 503. Stealing dogs 504. Possessing stolen dog or skin 505. Stealing animals etc ordinarily kept in confinement 506. Stealing animals etc ordinarily kept in confinement—second offence 507. Possession of stolen animals etc 508. Possession of stolen animals etc—second offence 509. Restoration of such stolen animals etc 510. Setting engine for deer etc 511. (Repealed) 512. Taking fish in waters on private property 513. Stealing shrubs etc 514. (Repealed) 515. Stealing etc live or dead fence etc 516. (Repealed) 517. Unlawful possession of trees, fences etc 518. Stealing dead wood 519. (Repealed) 520. Stealing plants etc in gardens 521. Stealing plants etc not growing in gardens 521A. Stealing of rock, stone etc 522. Possession of shipwrecked goods 523. Offering shipwrecked goods for sale 524. Seizure of such goods 525. Stealing or damaging books and other things in public library and other places 526. Term “Public Library” 526A, 526B. (Repealed) 527. Fraudulently appropriating or retaining property 527A. Obtaining money etc by wilfully false representation 527B. Framing a false invoice 527C. Persons unlawfully in possession of property 528. Advertising reward for return of stolen property Division 2 - Other offences 529. Criminal defamation 530. Serious animal cruelty 531. Killing or seriously injuring animals used for law enforcement 532–545. (Repealed) 545A. Bogus advertisements 545AB. (Repealed) 545B. Intimidation or annoyance by violence or otherwise 545C. Knowingly joining or continuing in etc an unlawful assembly 545D. (Repealed) 545E. (Renumbered) 546. Abetting or procuring 546A. Consorting with convicted persons 546B. Convicted persons found with intent to commit offence 546C. Resisting etc police 546D. Impersonation of police officers 547, 547AA. (Repealed) 547A. False statement respecting births, deaths or marriages 547B. Public mischief 547C. Peeping or prying 547D. Person apprehended carrying razor etc Division 3 - General 548–555. (Repealed) 556. Summary conviction a bar to further proceedings PARTS 15, 15A - (Repealed) None PART 16 - MISCELLANEOUS ENACTMENTS 563–573. (Repealed) 574. Prosecutions for blasphemy 574A. (Repealed) 574B. Prevention of suicide 575–578. (Repealed) 578A. Prohibition of publication identifying victims of certain sexual offences 578B. (Repealed) 578C. Publishing indecent articles 578D. (Repealed) 578E. Offences relating to advertising or displaying products associated with sexual behaviour 579. Evidence of proceedings dealt with by way of recognizance after 15 years 580. Certain charges not to be brought at common law 580A. Abolition of offence of being a common nightwalker 580B. Abolition of offences of eavesdropping and being a common scold 580C. Abolition of common law offences relating to brothels 580D. Abolition of rule that husband and wife cannot be guilty of conspiracy 580E. Abolition of distinction between felony and misdemeanour 580F. Abolition of penal servitude 580G. Abolition of imprisonment with light or hard labour 580H. Abolition of common law offences and rules 581. Savings and transitional provisions 582. Regulations Schedule 1 (Repealed) SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 Fourth–Ninth Schedules - (Repealed) SCHEDULE 10 SCHEDULE 11 CRIMES ACT 1900 - LONG TITLE An Act to consolidate the Statutes relating to Criminal Law. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act is the Crimes Act 1900. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 3 Application of certain provisions of Act 3 Application of certain provisions of Act The Parts and sections mentioned in Schedule 2, so far as their provisions can be applied, shall be in force with respect to all offences, whether at Common Law or by Statute, whensoever committed and in whatsoever Court tried. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 4 Definitions 4 Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires: "Aircraft" includes any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air. "Armed", in relation to a weapon, or instrument, or an offensive weapon, or instrument, that is a dangerous weapon, includes bearing or having the immediate physical possession of the weapon, or instrument. "Authorised officer" has the same meaning as it has in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986. "Banker" includes every director or manager of any banking company, whether incorporated or not, or of any branch thereof, and every person carrying on the business of a banker. "Cattle" includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, foal, filly, ass, mule, bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, calf, ram, ewe, sheep, lamb, pig, goat, deer, alpaca, llama, vicuna, camel, or dromedary, and every hybrid or cross thereof. "Court" and "Judge" respectively shall be equally taken to mean the Court in which or the Judge before whom the trial or proceeding is had in respect of which either word is used. "Dangerous weapon" means: (a) a firearm (within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996), or (b) a prohibited weapon within the meaning of the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998, or (c) a spear gun. "Document of title to goods" includes every bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, warehousekeeper’s certificate, warrant, or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, and every bought and sold note or document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or purporting to authorise by indorsement or delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to. "Document of title to land" includes every deed, certificate of title, map, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out of real estate. "Dwelling-house" includes: (a) any building or other structure intended for occupation as a dwelling and capable of being so occupied, although it has never been so occupied, (b) a boat or vehicle in or on which any person resides, and (c) any building or other structure within the same curtilage as a dwelling-house, and occupied therewith or whose use is ancillary to the occupation of the dwelling- house. "Governor" means, except in respect of the exercise of the pardoning power, the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council. "Grievous bodily harm" includes: (a) the destruction (other than in the course of a medical procedure) of the foetus of a pregnant woman, whether or not the woman suffers any other harm, and (b) any permanent or serious disfiguring of the person, and (c) any grievous bodily disease (in which case a reference to the infliction of grievous bodily harm includes a reference to causing a person to contract a grievous bodily disease). "Indictment" includes any information presented or filed as provided by law for the prosecution of offences. "Intoxicating substance" includes alcohol or a narcotic drug or any other substance that affects a person’s senses or understanding. "Judge" —see "Court". "Loaded arms" means any gun, pistol, or other arms, loaded in the barrel or chamber or magazine with gunpowder or other explosive substance, and with ball, shot, slug, or other destructive material, although the attempt to discharge may fail from want of proper priming, or from any other cause; and every gun, pistol, or other arms, unlawfully presented at any person, shall be deemed to be loaded unless the contrary is shown. "Member of the crew" in relation to an aircraft means a person having functions or duties on board the aircraft. "Minor indictable offence" means an indictable offence that is not a serious indictable offence. "Money" includes all coined money, whether current within New South Wales or not, and all bank notes or instruments ordinarily so called, if current as such, and payable to the bearer. "Night" means the period of time commencing at nine of the clock in the evening of each day and concluding at six of the clock in the morning of the next succeeding day. "Offensive weapon or instrument" means: (a) a dangerous weapon, or (b) any thing that is made or adapted for offensive purposes, or (c) any thing that, in the circumstances, is used, intended for use or threatened to be used for offensive purposes, whether or not it is ordinarily used for offensive purposes or is capable of causing harm. "Officer", in relation to a body corporate or public company, includes a person who has been appointed, or acts, as an auditor of the body corporate or public company. "Person", "Master", and "Employer" severally include any society, company, or corporation. "Place of Divine worship" includes any building or structure ordinarily used for Divine worship. "Property" includes every description of real and personal property; money, valuable securities, debts, and legacies; and all deeds and instruments relating to, or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods; and includes not only property originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or for which the same may have been converted or exchanged, and everything acquired by such conversion or exchange, whether immediately or otherwise. "Property belonging to a vessel" includes every portion of its cargo, and property belonging to any of the officers, crew, or passengers thereof. "Public disorder" means a riot or other civil disturbance that gives rise to a serious risk to public safety, whether at a single location or resulting from a series of incidents in the same or different locations. "Railway" includes a tramway, and also includes all stations, buildings, structures and equipment belonging to or associated with a railway or tramway. "Serious indictable offence" means an indictable offence that is punishable by imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more. "Trustee" means a trustee on some express trust howsoever created, and includes the heir or personal representative of such trustee, and every other person upon whom the duty of such trust shall have devolved, and also any official manager, assignee, liquidator, or other like officer, acting under any Act relating to joint stock companies or to bankruptcy or insolvency and also an executor or administrator. "Valuable security" includes every order or other security whatsoever entitling or evidencing the title of any person to any share or interest in any public stock or fund, whether of any part of the British dominions or of any Foreign State, or in any fund of any body corporate, company, or society, whether within or without the British dominions, or to any deposit in any bank; and every debenture, deed, bond, bill, note, cheque, warrant, order, or security whatsoever for money, or for payment of money, whether current in any part of the British dominions or in any Foreign State, and every document of title to land or goods, as herein defined. (2) A dwelling-house does not cease to be a dwelling-house by reason only of being temporarily unoccupied. (4) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires, a reference to an offence mentioned in a specified provision of this Act that has been amended or repealed is, or includes, a reference to an offence mentioned in the provision as in force before the amendment or repeal. (7) A reference in any offence under this Act to causing any poison, intoxicating substance or other destructive or noxious thing to be administered to or taken by any person includes a reference to causing any person to inhale, take or be exposed to the poison, intoxicating substance or thing by its release into the person’s environment. (8) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 4A Recklessness 4A Recklessness For the purposes of this Act, if an element of an offence is recklessness, that element may also be established by proof of intention or knowledge. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 7 “Possession” when criminal 7 “Possession” when criminal Where by this or any other Act the unlawful receiving of any property, or its possession without lawful cause or excuse, is expressed to be an offence, every person shall be deemed to have such property in his or her possession within the meaning of such Act who: (a) has any such property in his or her custody, or (b) knowingly has any such property in the custody of another person, or (c) knowingly has any such property in a house, building, lodging, apartment, field, or other place, whether belonging to or occupied by himself or herself or not, and whether such property is there had or placed for his or her own use, or the use of another. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 8 “Public place” etc 8 “Public place” etc Where, by this or any other Act, or by any rule, regulation, ordinance or by- law, duly made under or by virtue of the provisions of any Act, any offence, conduct, or language, in a public place, or open and public place, or place of public resort, is made punishable, or a person guilty thereof is made liable to apprehension, the place shall be deemed public for the purposes of the enactment or taken to be otherwise within the meaning if the same, although a vessel or vehicle only, or a room, or field, or place, ordinarily private, was at the time used for a public purpose, or as a place of common resort, or was open to the public on the payment of money or otherwise. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 10A Application and effect of Part 10A Application and effect of Part (1) This Part applies to all offences. (2) This Part extends, beyond the territorial limits of the State, the application of a law of the State that creates an offence if there is the nexus required by this Part between the State and the offence. (3) If the law that creates an offence makes provision with respect to any geographical consideration concerning the offence, that provision prevails over any inconsistent provision of this Part. (4) This Part is in addition to and does not derogate from any other basis on which the courts of the State may exercise criminal jurisdiction. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 10B Interpretation 10B Interpretation (1) For the purposes of this Part, the necessary geographical nexus is the geographical nexus required by section 10C. (2) For the purposes of this Part, the place in which an offence is committed is the place in which the physical elements of the offence occur. (3) For the purposes of this Part, the place in which an offence has an effect includes: (a) any place whose peace, order or good government is threatened by the offence, and (b) any place in which the offence would have an effect (or would cause such a threat) if the criminal activity concerned were carried out. (4) A reference in this Part to the State includes a reference to the coastal waters of the State in which the criminal law of the State applies (including in any part of the adjacent area of the State in which the substantive criminal law of the State applies by force of the law of the State or of the Commonwealth in accordance with the Crimes at Sea Act 1998). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 10C Extension of offences if there is a geographical nexus 10C Extension of offences if there is a geographical nexus (1) If: (a) all elements necessary to constitute an offence against a law of the State exist (disregarding geographical considerations), and (b) a geographical nexus exists between the State and the offence, the person alleged to have committed the offence is guilty of an offence against that law. (2) A geographical nexus exists between the State and an offence if: (a) the offence is committed wholly or partly in the State (whether or not the offence has any effect in the State), or (b) the offence is committed wholly outside the State, but the offence has an effect in the State. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 10D Provisions relating to double criminality 10D Provisions relating to double criminality (1) This Part applies to an offence that is committed partly in the State and partly in another place outside the State, irrespective of whether it is also an offence in that other place. (2) This Part applies to an offence that is committed wholly in a place outside the State only if: (a) it is also an offence in that place, or (b) it is not also an offence in that place, but the trier of fact is satisfied that the offence constitutes such a threat to the peace, order or good government of the State that the offence warrants criminal punishment in the State. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 10E Procedural and other provisions 10E Procedural and other provisions (1) The existence of the necessary geographical nexus for an offence is to be presumed and the presumption is conclusive unless rebutted under subsection (2). (2) If a person charged with an offence disputes the existence of the necessary geographical nexus, the court is to proceed with the trial of the offence in the usual way. If, at the conclusion of the trial, the trier of fact is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the necessary geographical nexus does not exist, it must (subject to subsection (3)) make or return a finding to that effect and the charge is to be dismissed. (3) If the trier of fact would, disregarding any geographical considerations, find the person not guilty of the offence, it must make or return a finding of not guilty. The trier of fact must make or return a finding of not guilty on the grounds of mental illness in any such case if they were the only grounds on which the trier of fact would have found the person not guilty of the offence. (4) This section also applies to any alternative verdict available by law to the trier of fact in respect of another offence with which the person was not charged. A finding of guilt may be made or returned in any such case, unless the trier of fact is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the necessary geographical nexus for that other offence does not exist. (5) The issue of whether the necessary geographical nexus exists must, if raised before the trial, be reserved for consideration at the trial. (6) A power or authority exercisable on reasonable suspicion or belief that an offence has been committed may be exercised in the State if the person in whom the power or authority is vested suspects on reasonable grounds or believes that the elements necessary to constitute the offence exist (whether or not the person suspects or believes or has any ground to suspect or believe that the necessary geographical nexus with the State exists). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 11 Provisions of 36 Geo III, c 7, and 57 Geo III, c 6, repealed except as to offences against the person of the Sovereign 11 Provisions of 36 Geo III, c 7, and 57 Geo III, c 6, repealed except as to offences against the person of the Sovereign The provisions of the Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, thirty-sixth George the Third chapter seven, made perpetual by the Act of the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland fifty-seventh George the Third chapter six, and all the provisions of the last mentioned Act in relation thereto, save such of the same respectively as relate to the compassing, imagining, inventing, devising, or intending death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maim, or wounding, imprisonment, or restraint of the person of the heirs and successors of His said Majesty King George the Third, and the expressing, uttering, or declaring of such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions, or any of them, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 12 Compassing etc deposition of the Sovereign—overawing Parliament etc 12 Compassing etc deposition of the Sovereign—overawing Parliament etc Whosoever, within New South Wales or without, compasses, imagines, invents, devises, or intends to deprive or depose Our Most Gracious Lady the Queen, her heirs or successors, from the style, honour, or Royal name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom, or of any other of Her Majesty’s dominions and countries, or to levy war against Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, within any part of the United Kingdom, or any other of Her Majesty’s dominions, in order, by force or constraint, to compel her or them to change her or their measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or in order to intimidate or overawe, both Houses or either House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or the Parliament of New South Wales, or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade the United Kingdom, or any other of Her Majesty’s dominions, or countries under the obeisance of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, and expresses, utters, or declares such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions, or any of them, by publishing any printing or writing, or by open and advised speaking, or by any overt act or deed, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 16 Nothing herein to affect 25 Ed III, c 2 16 Nothing herein to affect 25 Ed III, c 2 Nothing contained in this Part shall lessen the force of, or in any matter affect, anything enacted by the Statute passed in the twenty-fifth year of King Edward the Third “A declaration which offences shall be adjudged Treason”. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 17A Date of death 17A Date of death (1) The rule of law that it is conclusively presumed that an injury was not the cause of death of a person if the person died after the expiration of the period of a year and a day after the date on which the person received the injury is abrogated. (2) This section does not apply in respect of an injury received before the commencement of this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 18 Murder and manslaughter defined 18 Murder and manslaughter defined (1) (a) Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or immediately after the commission, by the accused, or some accomplice with him or her, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for life or for 25 years. (b) Every other punishable homicide shall be taken to be manslaughter. (2) (a) No act or omission which was not malicious, or for which the accused had lawful cause or excuse, shall be within this section. (b) No punishment or forfeiture shall be incurred by any person who kills another by misfortune only. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 19A Punishment for murder 19A Punishment for murder (1) A person who commits the crime of murder is liable to imprisonment for life. (2) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life for the crime of murder is to serve that sentence for the term of the person’s natural life. (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 21 (1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (which authorises the passing of a lesser sentence than imprisonment for life). (4) This section applies to murder committed before or after the commencement of this section. (5) However, this section does not apply where committal proceedings (or proceedings by way of ex officio indictment) for the murder were instituted against the convicted person before the commencement of this section. In such a case, section 19 as in force before that commencement continues to apply. (6) Nothing in this section affects the prerogative of mercy. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 20 Child murder—when child deemed born alive 20 Child murder—when child deemed born alive On the trial of a person for the murder of a child, such child shall be held to have been born alive if it has breathed, and has been wholly born into the world whether it has had an independent circulation or not. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 21 Child murder by mother—verdict of contributing to death etc 21 Child murder by mother—verdict of contributing to death etc Whosoever, being a woman delivered of a child is indicted for its murder, shall, if the jury acquit her of the murder, and specially find that she has in any manner wilfully contributed to the death of such child, whether during delivery, or at or after its birth, or has wilfully caused any violence, the mark of which has been found on its body, be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 22 Trial for child murder—verdict of concealment of birth 22 Trial for child murder—verdict of concealment of birth Where, on the trial of a person for the murder or manslaughter of a child, the jury are not satisfied that the person is guilty thereof, but are satisfied that the person is guilty of an offence within section 85, they may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence under the said section, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 22A Infanticide 22A Infanticide (1) Where a woman by any wilful act or omission causes the death of her child, being a child under the age of twelve months, but at the time of the act or omission the balance of her mind was disturbed by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child, then, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for this section the offence would have amounted to murder, she shall be guilty of infanticide, and may for such offence be dealt with and punished as if she had been guilty of the offence of manslaughter of such child. (2) Where upon the trial of a woman for the murder of her child, being a child under the age of twelve months, the jury are of opinion that she by any wilful act or omission caused its death, but that at the time of the act or omission the balance of her mind was disturbed by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to such child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child, then the jury may, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for the provisions of this section they might have returned a verdict of murder, return in lieu thereof a verdict of infanticide, and the woman may be dealt with and punished as if she had been guilty of the offence of manslaughter of the said child. (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the power of the jury upon an indictment for the murder of a child to return a verdict of manslaughter or a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity, or a verdict of concealment of birth. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 23 Trial for murder—provocation 23 Trial for murder—provocation (1) Where, on the trial of a person for murder, it appears that the act or omission causing death was an act done or omitted under provocation and, but for this subsection and the provocation, the jury would have found the accused guilty of murder, the jury shall acquit the accused of murder and find the accused guilty of manslaughter. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an act or omission causing death is an act done or omitted under provocation where: (a) the act or omission is the result of a loss of self- control on the part of the accused that was induced by any conduct of the deceased (including grossly insulting words or gestures) towards or affecting the accused, and (b) that conduct of the deceased was such as could have induced an ordinary person in the position of the accused to have so far lost self-control as to have formed an intent to kill, or to inflict grievous bodily harm upon, the deceased, whether that conduct of the deceased occurred immediately before the act or omission causing death or at any previous time. (3) For the purpose of determining whether an act or omission causing death was an act done or omitted under provocation as provided by subsection (2), there is no rule of law that provocation is negatived if: (a) there was not a reasonable proportion between the act or omission causing death and the conduct of the deceased that induced the act or omission, (b) the act or omission causing death was not an act done or omitted suddenly, or (c) the act or omission causing death was an act done or omitted with any intent to take life or inflict grievous bodily harm. (4) Where, on the trial of a person for murder, there is any evidence that the act causing death was an act done or omitted under provocation as provided by subsection (2), the onus is on the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the act or omission causing death was not an act done or omitted under provocation. (5) This section does not exclude or limit any defence to a charge of murder. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 23A Substantial impairment by abnormality of mind 23A Substantial impairment by abnormality of mind (1) A person who would otherwise be guilty of murder is not to be convicted of murder if: (a) at the time of the acts or omissions causing the death concerned, the person’s capacity to understand events, or to judge whether the person’s actions were right or wrong, or to control himself or herself, was substantially impaired by an abnormality of mind arising from an underlying condition, and (b) the impairment was so substantial as to warrant liability for murder being reduced to manslaughter. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b), evidence of an opinion that an impairment was so substantial as to warrant liability for murder being reduced to manslaughter is not admissible. (3) If a person was intoxicated at the time of the acts or omissions causing the death concerned, and the intoxication was self-induced intoxication (within the meaning of section 428A), the effects of that self-induced intoxication are to be disregarded for the purpose of determining whether the person is not liable to be convicted of murder by virtue of this section. (4) The onus is on the person accused to prove that he or she is not liable to be convicted of murder by virtue of this section. (5) A person who but for this section would be liable, whether as principal or accessory, to be convicted of murder is to be convicted of manslaughter instead. (6) The fact that a person is not liable to be convicted of murder in respect of a death by virtue of this section does not affect the question of whether any other person is liable to be convicted of murder in respect of that death. (7) If, on the trial of a person for murder, the person contends: (a) that the person is entitled to be acquitted on the ground that the person was mentally ill at the time of the acts or omissions causing the death concerned, or (b) that the person is not liable to be convicted of murder by virtue of this section, evidence may be offered by the prosecution tending to prove the other of those contentions, and the Court may give directions as to the stage of the proceedings at which that evidence may be offered. (8) In this section: "underlying condition" means a pre-existing mental or physiological condition, other than a condition of a transitory kind. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 24 Manslaughter—punishment 24 Manslaughter—punishment Whosoever commits the crime of manslaughter shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years: Provided that, in any case, if the Judge is of the opinion that, having regard to all the circumstances, a nominal punishment would be sufficient, the Judge may discharge the jury from giving any verdict, and such discharge shall operate as an acquittal. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 26 Conspiring to commit murder 26 Conspiring to commit murder Whosoever: conspires and agrees to murder any person, whether a subject of Her Majesty or not, and whether within the Queen’s dominions or not, or solicits, encourages, persuades, or endeavours to persuade, or proposes to, any person to commit any such murder, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 27 Acts done to the person with intent to murder 27 Acts done to the person with intent to murder Whosoever: administers to, or causes to be taken by, any person any poison, or other destructive thing, or by any means wounds, or causes grievous bodily harm to any person, with intent in any such case to commit murder, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 28 Acts done to property with intent to murder 28 Acts done to property with intent to murder Whosoever: sets fire to any vessel, or any chattel therein, or any part of her tackle apparel or furniture, or casts away or destroys any vessel, or by the explosion of gunpowder, or other explosive substance, destroys, or damages any building, or places, or throws, any matter or thing upon or across a railway, or removes, or displaces any sleeper, or other thing belonging to a railway, with intent in any such case to commit murder, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 29 Certain other attempts to murder 29 Certain other attempts to murder Whosoever: attempts to administer to, or cause to be taken by, any person any poison, or other destructive thing, or shoots at, or in any manner attempts to discharge any kind of loaded arms at any person, or attempts to drown, suffocate, or strangle any person, with intent in any such case to commit murder, shall, whether any bodily injury is effected or not, be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 30 Attempts to murder by other means 30 Attempts to murder by other means Whosoever, by any means other than those specified in sections 27 to 29 both inclusive, attempts to commit murder shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 31 Documents containing threats 31 Documents containing threats (1) A person who intentionally or recklessly, and knowing its contents, sends or delivers, or directly or indirectly causes to be received, any document threatening to kill or inflict bodily harm on any person is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) It is immaterial for the purposes of an offence under this section whether or not a document sent or delivered is actually received, and whether or not the threat contained in a document sent, delivered or received is actually communicated to the person concerned or to the recipient or intended recipient of the document (as relevant in the circumstances). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 31A Suicide and attempt to commit suicide 31A Suicide and attempt to commit suicide The rule of law that it is a crime for a person to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide is abrogated. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 31B Survivor of suicide pact 31B Survivor of suicide pact (1) The survivor of a suicide pact shall not be guilty of murder or manslaughter but may be guilty of an offence under section 31C. (2) In this section, "suicide pact" means a common agreement between 2 or more persons having for its object the death of all of them, whether or not each is to take his or her own life, but nothing done by a person who enters into a suicide pact shall be treated as being done by the person in pursuance of the pact unless it is done while the person has the settled intention of dying in pursuance of the pact. (3) The onus of proving the existence of a suicide pact shall lie with the accused person on the balance of probabilities. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 31C Aiding etc suicide 31C Aiding etc suicide (1) A person who aids or abets the suicide or attempted suicide of another person shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) Where: (a) a person incites or counsels another person to commit suicide, and (b) that other person commits, or attempts to commit, suicide as a consequence of that incitement or counsel, the firstmentioned person shall be liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 32 Impeding endeavours to escape shipwreck 32 Impeding endeavours to escape shipwreck Whosoever: intentionally or recklessly prevents or impedes any person on board of, or having quitted, any ship or vessel in distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, in his or her endeavour to save his or her life, or intentionally or recklessly prevents or impedes any person in his or her endeavour to save the life of such first-mentioned person, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 33 Wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent 33 Wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent (1) Intent to cause grievous bodily harm A person who: (a) wounds any person, or (b) causes grievous bodily harm to any person, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to that or any other person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years. (2) Intent to resist arrest A person who: (a) wounds any person, or (b) causes grievous bodily harm to any person, with intent to resist or prevent his or her (or another person’s) lawful arrest or detention is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years. (3) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against this section the jury is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against section 35, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against section 35. The person is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 33A Discharging firearm etc with intent 33A Discharging firearm etc with intent (1) Intent to cause grievous bodily harm A person who: (a) discharges any firearm or other loaded arms, or (b) attempts to discharge any firearm or other loaded arms, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to any person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years. (2) Intent to resist arrest etc A person who: (a) discharges any firearm or other loaded arms, or (b) attempts to discharge any firearm or other loaded arms, with intent to resist or prevent his or her (or another person’s) lawful arrest or detention is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 33B Use or possession of weapon to resist arrest etc 33B Use or possession of weapon to resist arrest etc (1) Any person who: (a) uses, attempts to use, threatens to use or possesses an offensive weapon or instrument, or (b) threatens injury to any person or property, with intent to commit an indictable offence or with intent to prevent or hinder the lawful apprehension or detention either of himself or herself or any other person or to prevent or hinder a police officer from investigating any act or circumstance which reasonably calls for investigation by the officer is liable to imprisonment for 12 years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in the company of another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 15 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 35 Reckless grievous bodily harm or wounding 35 Reckless grievous bodily harm or wounding (1) Reckless grievous bodily harm—in company A person who, in the company of another person or persons, recklessly causes grievous bodily harm to any person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years. (2) Reckless grievous bodily harm A person who recklessly causes grievous bodily harm to any person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (3) Reckless wounding—in company A person who, in the company of another person or persons, recklessly wounds any person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (4) Reckless wounding A person who recklessly wounds any person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years. (5) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against any subsection of this section the jury is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against any other subsection of this section (that carries a lesser maximum penalty), the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against that other subsection. The person is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 35A Causing dog to inflict grievous bodily harm or actual bodily harm 35A Causing dog to inflict grievous bodily harm or actual bodily harm (1) Cause dog to inflict grievous bodily harm A person who: (a) has control of a dog, and (b) does any act that causes the dog to inflict grievous bodily harm on another person, and (c) is reckless as to the injury that may be caused to a person by the act, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (2) Cause dog to inflict actual bodily harm A person who: (a) has control of a dog, and (b) does any act that causes the dog to inflict actual bodily harm on another person, and (c) is reckless as to the injury that may be caused to a person by the act, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (3) Alternative finding If, on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (1), it appears that grievous bodily harm was not inflicted on the other person but that actual bodily harm was inflicted, the person may be found not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under subsection (2) and be liable to punishment accordingly. (4) Doing an act includes omitting to do the act In this section, a reference to the doing of an act includes a reference to omitting to do the act. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 37 Attempts to choke etc (garrotting) 37 Attempts to choke etc (garrotting) Whosoever: by any means attempts to choke suffocate or strangle any person, or by any means calculated to choke suffocate or strangle, attempts to render any person insensible unconscious or incapable of resistance, with intent in any such case to enable himself or herself or another person to commit, or with intent in any such case to assist any person in committing, an indictable offence, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 38 Using intoxicating substance to commit an indictable offence 38 Using intoxicating substance to commit an indictable offence A person who: (a) administers an intoxicating substance to another person, or (b) causes another person to take an intoxicating substance, with intent to enable himself or herself, or to assist a third person, to commit an indictable offence is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 38A Spiking drink or food 38A Spiking drink or food (1) In this section: "harm" includes an impairment of the senses or understanding of a person that the person might reasonably be expected to object to in the circumstances. "impair" includes further impair. (2) A person: (a) who causes another person to be given or to consume drink or food: (i) containing an intoxicating substance that the other person is not aware it contains, or (ii) containing more of an intoxicating substance than the other person would reasonably expect it to contain, and (b) who intends a person to be harmed by the consumption of the drink or food, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 100 penalty units, or both. (3) For the purposes of this section, giving a person drink or food includes preparing the drink or food for the person or making it available for consumption by the person. (4) A person does not commit an offence against this section if the person has reasonable cause to believe that each person who was likely to consume the drink or food would not have objected to consuming the drink or food if the person had been aware of the presence and quantity of the intoxicating substance in the drink or food. (5) A person who uses an intoxicating substance in the course of any medical, dental or other health professional practice does not commit an offence against this section. (6) An offence against this section is a summary offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 39 Using poison etc to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm 39 Using poison etc to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm (1) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person administers to another person, or causes another person to take, any poison, intoxicating substance or other destructive or noxious thing, and (b) the poison, intoxicating substance or other thing endangers the life of, or inflicts grievous bodily harm on, the other person, and (c) the person intends to injure, or is reckless about injuring, the other person. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (2) If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against this section the jury is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against section 41 or 41A, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against section 41 or 41A. The person is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 41 Using poison etc to injure or to cause distress or pain 41 Using poison etc to injure or to cause distress or pain A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person administers to another person, or causes another person to take, any poison, intoxicating substance or other destructive or noxious thing, and (b) the person intends to injure, or to cause distress or pain to, the other person. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 41A Poisoning etc of water supply 41A Poisoning etc of water supply A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person introduces any poison or other destructive or noxious thing into a supply of water, and (b) the person intends to injure any person or persons. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 42 Injuries to child at time of birth 42 Injuries to child at time of birth Whosoever, during or after the delivery of a child, intentionally or recklessly inflicts on such child, whether then wholly born or not, any grievous bodily harm, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 43 Abandoning or exposing a child under 7 years 43 Abandoning or exposing a child under 7 years A person who, without reasonable excuse, intentionally abandons or exposes a child under 7 years of age is guilty of an offence if it causes a danger of death or of serious injury to the child. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 43A Failure of persons with parental responsibility to care for child 43A Failure of persons with parental responsibility to care for child (1) In this section: "child" means a child under 16 years of age. "parental responsibility" means the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority in respect of a child that, by law, parents have in relation to their children. (2) A person: (a) who has parental responsibility for a child, and (b) who, without reasonable excuse, intentionally or recklessly fails to provide the child with the necessities of life, is guilty of an offence if the failure causes a danger of death or of serious injury to the child. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 44 Not providing wife or servant with food etc 44 Not providing wife or servant with food etc Whosoever: being legally liable to provide any wife, apprentice, or servant or any insane person with necessary food, clothing, or lodging, wilfully and without lawful excuse refuses or neglects to provide the same, so that, in any such case, his or her life is endangered, or his or her health becomes or is likely to be seriously injured, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 45 Prohibition of female genital mutilation 45 Prohibition of female genital mutilation (1) A person who: (a) excises, infibulates or otherwise mutilates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person, or (b) aids, abets, counsels or procures a person to perform any of those acts on another person, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) An offence is committed against this section even if one or more of the acts constituting the offence occurred outside New South Wales if the person mutilated by or because of the acts is ordinarily resident in the State. (3) It is not an offence against this section to perform a surgical operation if that operation: (a) is necessary for the health of the person on whom it is performed and is performed by a medical practitioner, or (b) is performed on a person in labour or who has just given birth, and for medical purposes connected with that labour or birth, by a medical practitioner or authorised professional, or (c) is a sexual reassignment procedure and is performed by a medical practitioner. (4) In determining whether an operation is necessary for the health of a person only matters relevant to the medical welfare of the person are to be taken into account. (5) It is not a defence to a charge under this section that the person mutilated by or because of the acts alleged to have been committed consented to the acts. (6) This section applies only to acts occurring after the commencement of the section. (7) In this section: "authorised professional" means: (a) a midwife within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 or undergoing a course of training with a view to being so authorised, or (b) in relation to an operation performed in a place outside New South Wales—a person authorised to practise midwifery by a body established under the law of that place having functions similar to the functions of the Nurses and Midwives Board, or undergoing a course of training with a view to being so authorised, or (c) a medical student. "medical practitioner", in relation to an operation performed in a place outside New South Wales, includes a person authorised to practise medicine by a body established under the law of that place having functions similar to the functions of the New South Wales Medical Board. "medical student" means: (a) a registered medical student within the meaning of the Medical Practice Act 1992, or (b) in relation to an operation performed in a place outside New South Wales—a person undergoing a course of training with a view to being authorised to be a medical practitioner in that place. "sexual reassignment procedure" means a surgical procedure to alter the genital appearance of a person to the appearance (as nearly as practicable) of the opposite sex to the sex of the person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 46 Causing bodily injury by gunpowder etc 46 Causing bodily injury by gunpowder etc Whosoever intentionally or recklessly by the explosion of gunpowder or other substance, or the use of any corrosive fluid, or destructive matter, burns maims disfigures disables, or does grievous bodily harm to, any person, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 47 Using etc explosive substance or corrosive fluid etc 47 Using etc explosive substance or corrosive fluid etc Whosoever: causes any gunpowder or other explosive substance to explode, or sends, or delivers to, or causes to be taken, or received by, any person, any explosive substance, or other dangerous or noxious thing, or puts or lays at any place, or casts or throws at, or upon, or otherwise applies to, any person, any corrosive fluid or any destructive or explosive substance, with intent in any such case to burn maim disfigure disable, or do grievous bodily harm to, any person, shall, whether bodily injury is effected or not, be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 48 Causing explosives to be placed in or near building, conveyance or public place 48 Causing explosives to be placed in or near building, conveyance or public place (1) A person who causes an explosive to be placed in or near: (a) a building, or (b) a vehicle, vessel, train or other conveyance, or (c) a public place, with the intention of causing bodily harm to any person, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years. (2) A person commits an offence under this section whether or not: (a) any explosion occurs, or (b) any bodily harm is caused. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 49 Setting trap etc 49 Setting trap etc (1) Any person who: (a) places or sets, or causes to be placed or set, any trap, device or thing (whether its nature be electronic, electric, mechanical, chemical or otherwise) capable of destroying human life or inflicting grievous bodily harm on any person, or (b) knowingly permits any such trap, device or thing to continue to be placed or set, with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall extend to any gin or trap, placed with the intention of destroying vermin, or to any trap, device or thing placed in a dwelling-house for the protection thereof. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 49A Throwing rocks and other objects at vehicles and vessels 49A Throwing rocks and other objects at vehicles and vessels (1) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person intentionally throws an object at, or drops an object on or towards, a vehicle or vessel that is on any road, railway or navigable waters, and (b) there is a person in the vehicle or vessel, and (c) the conduct risks the safety of any person. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) This section extends to a vehicle or vessel that is stationary at the time that the object is thrown or dropped. (3) In the prosecution of an offence under this section, it is not necessary to prove: (a) that the accused was aware that his or her conduct risked the safety of any person, or (b) that the object made contact with the vehicle or vessel. (4) In this section: "road" means a road or road related area within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005. "throw" includes propel. "vehicle" includes: (a) a motor vehicle, and (b) a train or tram, and (c) a bicycle, and (d) a vehicle drawn by an animal or an animal ridden by a person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 51A Predatory driving 51A Predatory driving (1) The driver of a vehicle who, while in pursuit of or travelling near another vehicle: (a) engages in a course of conduct that causes or threatens an impact involving the other vehicle, and (b) intends by that course of conduct to cause a person in the other vehicle actual bodily harm, is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) This section does not take away the liability of any person to be prosecuted for or found guilty of an offence under this Act or of any other offence, or affect the punishment that may be imposed for any such offence. However, a person who: (a) has been convicted or acquitted of an offence under this section cannot be prosecuted for any other offence under this Act on the same, or substantially the same, facts, or (b) has been convicted or acquitted of any other offence under this Act cannot be prosecuted for an offence under this section on the same, or substantially the same, facts. (3) In this section: "impact" involving a vehicle includes: (a) an impact with any other vehicle or with a person or object, or (b) the vehicle overturning or leaving a road. "vehicle" has the same meaning it has in section 52A. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 52A Dangerous driving: substantive matters 52A Dangerous driving: substantive matters (1) Dangerous driving occasioning death A person is guilty of the offence of dangerous driving occasioning death if the vehicle driven by the person is involved in an impact occasioning the death of another person and the driver was, at the time of the impact, driving the vehicle: (a) under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug, or (b) at a speed dangerous to another person or persons, or (c) in a manner dangerous to another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) Aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death A person is guilty of the offence of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death if the person commits the offence of dangerous driving occasioning death in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm A person is guilty of the offence of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm if the vehicle driven by the person is involved in an impact occasioning grievous bodily harm to another person and the driver was, at the time of the impact, driving the vehicle: (a) under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug, or (b) at a speed dangerous to another person or persons, or (c) in a manner dangerous to another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (4) Aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm A person is guilty of the offence of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm if the person commits the offence of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 11 years. (5) When vehicle is involved in impact—generally For the purposes of this section, the circumstances in which a vehicle is involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person include if the death or harm is occasioned through any of the following: (a) the vehicle overturning or leaving a road while the person is being conveyed in or on that vehicle (whether as a passenger or otherwise), (b) an impact between any object and the vehicle while the person is being conveyed in or on that vehicle (whether as a passenger or otherwise), (c) an impact between the person and the vehicle, (d) the impact of the vehicle with another vehicle or an object in, on or near which the person is at the time of the impact, (e) an impact with anything on, or attached to, the vehicle, (f) an impact with anything that is in motion through falling from the vehicle, (g) the person falling from the vehicle, or being thrown or ejected from the vehicle, while being conveyed in or on the vehicle (whether as a passenger or otherwise), (h) an impact between any object (including the ground) and the person, as a consequence of the person (or any part of the person) being or protruding outside the vehicle, while the person is being conveyed in or on the vehicle (whether as a passenger or otherwise). (6) When vehicle is involved in causing other impacts For the purposes of this section, a vehicle is also involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person if: (a) the death or harm is occasioned through the vehicle causing an impact between other vehicles or between another vehicle and any object or person or causing another vehicle to overturn or leave a road, and (b) the prosecution proves that the vehicle caused the impact. (7) Circumstances of aggravation In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means any circumstances at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm in which: (a) the prescribed concentration of alcohol was present in the accused’s breath or blood, or (b) the accused was driving the vehicle concerned on a road at a speed that exceeded, by more than 45 kilometres per hour, the speed limit (if any) applicable to that length of road, or (c) the accused was driving the vehicle to escape pursuit by a police officer, or (d) the accused’s ability to drive was very substantially impaired by the fact that the accused was under the influence of a drug (other than intoxicating liquor) or a combination of drugs (whether or not intoxicating liquor was part of that combination). (8) Defences It is a defence to any charge under this section if the death or grievous bodily harm occasioned by the impact was not in any way attributable (as relevant): (a) to the fact that the person charged was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug or a combination of drugs, or (b) to the speed at which the vehicle was driven, or (c) to the manner in which the vehicle was driven. (9) Definitions In this section: "drug" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999. "object" includes an animal, building, structure, earthwork, embankment, gutter, stormwater channel, drain, bridge, culvert, median strip, post or tree. "prescribed concentration of alcohol" means a concentration of 0.15 grammes or more of alcohol in 210 litres of breath or 100 millilitres of blood. "road" means: (a) a road or road related area within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 (other than a road or road related area that is the subject of a declaration made under section 15 (1) (b) of that Act relating to all of the provisions of that Act), or (b) any other place. "vehicle" means: (a) any motor car, motor carriage, motor cycle or other vehicle propelled wholly or partly by volatile spirit, steam, gas, oil, electricity, or by any other means other than human or animal power, or (b) a horse-drawn vehicle, whether or not it is adapted for road use, but does not mean a vehicle used on a railway or tramway. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 52AA Dangerous driving: procedural matters 52AA Dangerous driving: procedural matters (1) Presumption as to intoxication For the purposes of section 52A, the accused is conclusively presumed to be under the influence of liquor if the prosecution proves that the prescribed concentration of alcohol was present in the accused’s breath or blood at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm. (2) Evidence of intoxication—alcohol For the purposes of section 52A, evidence may be given of the concentration of alcohol present in the accused’s blood at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm occurring at a place that is not a road or road related area within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 (other than a road or road related area that is the subject of a declaration made under section 15 (1) (b) of that Act relating to all of the provisions of that Act) as determined by a blood analysis carried out in accordance with Division 4 or 4A of Part 2 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999. (3) Time of intoxication A concentration of alcohol determined by the means referred to in subsection (2) is taken to be the concentration of alcohol in the accused’s blood at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm: (a) if the blood sample that was analysed was taken within 2 hours after the impact, and (b) unless the accused proves that the concentration of alcohol in the accused’s blood at the time of the impact was less than the prescribed concentration of alcohol. (3A) Evidence of intoxication—drugs For the purposes of section 52A, evidence may be given of the concentration of a drug (other than alcohol) present in the accused’s blood or urine at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm occurring at a place that is not a road or road related area within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 (other than a road or road related area that is the subject of a declaration made under section 15 (1) (b) of that Act relating to all of the provisions of that Act) as determined by a blood or urine analysis carried out in accordance with Division 4 or 4A of Part 2 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999. (3B) Time of intoxication A concentration of a drug (other than alcohol) determined by the means referred to in subsection (3A) is taken to be the concentration of the drug in the accused’s blood or urine at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm: (a) if the blood or urine sample that was analysed was taken within 4 hours after the impact, and (b) unless the accused proves that there was no such drug in the accused’s blood or urine at the time of the impact. (4) Alternative verdicts If on the trial of a person who is indicted for murder or manslaughter or for an offence under section 53 or 54 the jury is satisfied that the person is guilty of an offence under section 52A, it may find the accused guilty of the offence under section 52A, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (5) Question of aggravation If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 52A (2) or (4) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 52A (1) or (3), it may find that the accused is guilty of the offence under section 52A (1) or (3), and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (6) Double jeopardy This section does not take away the liability of any person to be prosecuted for or found guilty of murder, manslaughter or any other offence or affect the punishment that may be imposed for any such offence. However, a person who: (a) has been convicted or acquitted of an offence under section 52A cannot be prosecuted for murder or manslaughter or for any other offence under this Act on the same, or substantially the same, facts, or (b) has been convicted or acquitted of murder or manslaughter or of any other offence under this Act cannot be prosecuted for an offence under section 52A on the same, or substantially the same, facts. (7) Definitions In this section: "prescribed concentration of alcohol" means a concentration of 0.15 grammes or more of alcohol in 210 litres of breath or 100 millilitres of blood. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 52AB Offence of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or grievous bodily harm 52AB Offence of failing to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death or grievous bodily harm (1) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) a vehicle being driven by the person is involved in an impact occasioning the death of another person, and (b) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the vehicle has been involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person, and (c) the person fails to stop and give any assistance that may be necessary and that it is in his or her power to give. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) a vehicle being driven by the person is involved in an impact occasioning grievous bodily harm to another person, and (b) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the vehicle has been involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person, and (c) the person fails to stop and give any assistance that may be necessary and that it is in his or her power to give. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years. (3) The provisions of section 52A (5) and (6) (which prescribe circumstances in which a vehicle is taken to be involved in an impact) apply for the purposes of this section in the same way as they apply for the purposes of section 52A. (4) In this section, "vehicle" has the same meaning as it has in section 52A. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 52B Dangerous navigation: substantive matters 52B Dangerous navigation: substantive matters (1) Dangerous navigation occasioning death A person is guilty of the offence of dangerous navigation occasioning death if the vessel navigated by the person is involved in an impact occasioning the death of another person and the person navigating the vessel was, at the time of the impact, navigating the vessel: (a) under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug, or (b) at a speed dangerous to another person or persons, or (c) in a manner dangerous to another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) Aggravated dangerous navigation occasioning death A person is guilty of the offence of aggravated dangerous navigation occasioning death if the person commits the offence of dangerous navigation occasioning death in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) Dangerous navigation causing grievous bodily harm A person is guilty of the offence of dangerous navigation causing grievous bodily harm if the vessel navigated by the person is involved in an impact occasioning grievous bodily harm to another person and the person navigating the vessel was, at the time of the impact, navigating the vessel: (a) under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug, or (b) at a speed dangerous to another person or persons, or (c) in a manner dangerous to another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (4) Aggravated dangerous navigation occasioning grievous bodily harm A person is guilty of the offence of aggravated dangerous navigation occasioning grievous bodily harm if the person commits the offence of dangerous navigation occasioning grievous bodily harm in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 11 years. (5) When vessel is involved in impact—generally For the purposes of this section, the circumstances in which a vessel is involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person include if the death or harm is occasioned through any of the following: (a) the vessel overturning or running aground while the person is being conveyed in or on the vessel (whether as a passenger or otherwise), (b) an impact between any object and the vessel while the person is being conveyed in or on that vessel (whether as a passenger or otherwise), (c) an impact between the person and the vessel, (d) the impact of the vessel with another vessel or an object in, on or near which the person is at the time of the impact, (e) an impact with anything on, or attached to, the vessel, (f) an impact with anything that was in motion through falling from the vessel, (g) the person falling from the vessel, or being thrown or ejected from the vessel, while being conveyed in or on the vessel (whether as a passenger or otherwise), (h) an impact between any object (including the water and the ground) and the person, as a consequence of the person (or any part of the person) being or protruding outside the vessel, while the person is being conveyed in or on the vessel (whether as a passenger or otherwise). (6) When vessel is involved in causing other impacts For the purposes of this section, a vessel is also involved in an impact occasioning the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person if the death or harm is occasioned through the vessel causing an impact between other vessels or between another vessel and any object or person or causing another vessel to overturn or run aground. (7) Circumstances of aggravation In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means any circumstances at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm in which: (a) the prescribed concentration of alcohol was present in the accused’s breath or blood, or (b) the accused was navigating the vessel at a speed that exceeds the speed limit (if any) applicable to the person navigating the vessel, or to the navigable waters, on which the vessel was navigated at the time of the impact, or (c) the accused was navigating the vessel in an attempt to escape pursuit by a police officer, or (d) the accused’s ability to navigate was very substantially impaired by the fact that the accused was under the influence of a drug (other than intoxicating liquor) or a combination of drugs (whether or not intoxicating liquor was part of that combination). (8) Defences It is a defence to any charge under this section if the death or grievous bodily harm occasioned by the impact was not in any way attributable (as relevant): (a) to the fact that the person charged was under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug or a combination of drugs, or (b) to the speed at which the vessel was navigated, or (c) to the manner in which the vessel was navigated. (9) Definitions In this section: "drug" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999. "object" includes a pier, wharf, jetty, pontoon, buoy, breakwater, bridge, support, mooring post or platform, navigation aid, retaining wall, marina, boatshed, slipway or swimming enclosure. "prescribed concentration of alcohol" means a concentration of 0.15 grams or more of alcohol in 210 litres of breath or 100 millilitres of blood. "vessel" means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine Safety Act 1998. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 52BA Dangerous navigation: procedural matters 52BA Dangerous navigation: procedural matters (1) Presumption as to intoxication For the purposes of section 52B, the accused is conclusively presumed to be under the influence of liquor if the prosecution proves that the prescribed concentration of alcohol was present in the accused’s breath or blood at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm. (2) Evidence of intoxication For the purposes of section 52B, evidence may be given of the concentration of alcohol present in the accused’s blood at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm as determined by a blood analysis carried out in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Marine Safety Act 1998. (3) Time of intoxication A concentration of alcohol determined by the means referred to in subsection (2) is taken to be the concentration of alcohol in the accused’s blood at the time of the impact occasioning death or grievous bodily harm: (a) if the blood sample that was analysed was taken within 2 hours after the impact, and (b) unless the accused proves that the concentration of alcohol in the accused’s blood at that time was less than the prescribed concentration of alcohol. (4) Alternative verdicts If on the trial of a person who is indicted for murder or manslaughter or for an offence under section 54 the jury is satisfied that the person is guilty of an offence under section 52B, it may find the accused guilty of the offence under section 52B, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (5) Question of aggravation If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 52B (2) or (4) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 52B (1) or (3), it may find that the accused is guilty of the offence under section 52B (1) or (3), and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (6) Double jeopardy This section does not take away the liability of any person to be prosecuted for or found guilty of murder, manslaughter or any other offence or affect the punishment that may be imposed for any such offence. However, a person who: (a) has been convicted or acquitted of an offence under section 52B cannot be prosecuted for murder or manslaughter or for any other offence under this Act on the same, or substantially the same, facts, or (b) has been convicted or acquitted of murder or manslaughter or of any other offence under this Act cannot be prosecuted for an offence under section 52B on the same, or substantially the same, facts. (7) Definition In this section: "prescribed concentration of alcohol" means a concentration of 0.15 grams or more of alcohol in 210 litres of breath or 100 millilitres of blood. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 53 Injuries by furious driving etc 53 Injuries by furious driving etc Whosoever, being at the time on horseback, or in charge of any carriage or other vehicle, by wanton or furious riding, or driving, or racing, or other misconduct, or by wilful neglect, does or causes to be done to any person any bodily harm, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 54 Causing grievous bodily harm 54 Causing grievous bodily harm Whosoever by any unlawful or negligent act, or omission, causes grievous bodily harm to any person, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 55 Possessing or making explosives or other things with intent to injure 55 Possessing or making explosives or other things with intent to injure Whosoever knowingly has in his or her possession, or makes, or manufactures, any gunpowder, explosive substance, or dangerous or noxious thing, or any machine, engine, instrument, or thing: (a) with intent by means thereof to injure, or otherwise commit a serious indictable offence against the person of any one, or (b) for the purpose of enabling another person to injure, or otherwise commit a serious indictable offence against the person of any one, shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 56 Obstructing member of the clergy in discharge of his or her duties 56 Obstructing member of the clergy in discharge of his or her duties Whosoever: by threats or force prevents, or endeavours to prevent, any member of the clergy, or other person duly authorised in that behalf, from officiating in a place of divine worship, or from the performance of his or her duty in the lawful burial of the dead in a burial-place, or strikes, or offers any violence to, any member of the clergy, or minister engaged in, or to the knowledge of the offender about to engage in, any of the duties aforesaid, or going to perform the same, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 57 Assault on persons preserving wreck 57 Assault on persons preserving wreck Whosoever wounds, strikes, or assaults, any person while in the execution of his or her duty concerning the preservation of a vessel in distress, or any vessel or effects, stranded, or cast on shore, or lying under water, with intent to obstruct him or her, or thereby in fact obstructing him or her in the execution of such duty, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 58 Assault with intent to commit a serious indictable offence on certain officers 58 Assault with intent to commit a serious indictable offence on certain officers Whosoever: assaults any person with intent to commit a serious indictable offence, or assaults, resists, or wilfully obstructs any officer while in the execution of his or her duty, such officer being a constable, or other peace officer, custom-house officer, prison officer, sheriff’s officer, or bailiff, or any person acting in aid of such officer, or assaults any person, with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of any person for any offence, shall be liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 59 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 59 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (1) Whosoever assaults any person, and thereby occasions actual bodily harm, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in the company of another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 59A Assault during public disorder 59A Assault during public disorder (1) A person who assaults any person during a large-scale public disorder, although not occasioning actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who assaults any person during a large-scale public disorder, and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60AA Meaning of “law enforcement officer” 60AA Meaning of “law enforcement officer” In this Division: "law enforcement officer" means: (a) a police officer, or (b) the Commissioner for the Independent Commission Against Corruption or an Assistant Commissioner for that Commission, or (c) an officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, within the meaning of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988, who performs investigation functions, or (d) the Commissioner for the Police Integrity Commission or an Assistant Commissioner for that Commission, or (e) an officer of the Police Integrity Commission, within the meaning of the Police Integrity Commission Act 1996, who performs investigation or confiscation functions, or (f) the Commissioner for the New South Wales Crime Commission or an Assistant Commissioner for that Commission, or (g) a member of staff of the New South Wales Crime Commission, within the meaning of the New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985, who performs investigation or confiscation functions, or (h) the Commissioner of Corrective Services, or (i) governors of correctional centres, correctional officers and probation and parole officers, within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, or (j) an officer of the Department of Juvenile Justice who works with children who have, or are alleged to have, committed offences and who is employed at or works from a community centre or children’s detention centre, or (k) an officer of the Department of Juvenile Justice who is involved in the conduct of youth justice conferences, or (l) a Crown Prosecutor or an Acting Crown Prosecutor, or (m) an Australian legal practitioner who is employed as a member of staff of the Director of Public Prosecutions, or (n) a sheriff’s officer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60 Assault and other actions against police officers 60 Assault and other actions against police officers (1) A person who assaults, throws a missile at, stalks, harasses or intimidates a police officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, although no actual bodily harm is occasioned to the officer, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (1A) A person who, during a public disorder, assaults, throws a missile at, stalks, harasses or intimidates a police officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, although no actual bodily harm is occasioned to the officer, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) A person who assaults a police officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2A) A person who, during a public disorder, assaults a police officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 9 years. (3) A person who recklessly by any means: (a) wounds a police officer, or (b) inflicts grievous bodily harm on a police officer, while in the execution of the officer’s duty is liable to imprisonment for 12 years. (3A) A person who, recklessly by any means, and during a public disorder: (a) wounds a police officer, or (b) inflicts grievous bodily harm on a police officer, while in the execution of the officer’s duty is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (4) For the purposes of this section, an action is taken to be carried out in relation to a police officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, even though the police officer is not on duty at the time, if it is carried out: (a) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by that police officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) because the officer is a police officer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60A Assault and other actions against law enforcement officers (other than police officers) 60A Assault and other actions against law enforcement officers (other than police officers) (1) A person who assaults, throws a missile at, stalks, harasses or intimidates a law enforcement officer (other than a police officer) while in the execution of the officer’s duty, although no actual bodily harm is occasioned to the officer, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who assaults a law enforcement officer (other than a police officer) while in the execution of the officer’s duty, and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) A person who recklessly by any means: (a) wounds a law enforcement officer (other than a police officer), or (b) inflicts grievous bodily harm on a law enforcement officer (other than a police officer), while in the execution of the officer’s duty is liable to imprisonment for 12 years. (4) For the purposes of this section, an action is taken to be carried out in relation to a law enforcement officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, even though the officer is not on duty at the time, if it is carried out: (a) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by that officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) because the officer is a law enforcement officer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60B Actions against third parties connected with law enforcement officers 60B Actions against third parties connected with law enforcement officers (1) A person who assaults, stalks, harasses or intimidates any person with whom a law enforcement officer has a domestic relationship, with the intention of causing the law enforcement officer to fear physical or mental harm: (a) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by the law enforcement officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) because the law enforcement officer is a law enforcement officer, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who obtains personal information about a person with whom a law enforcement officer has a domestic relationship, with the intention of using or permitting the use of the information to cause the officer to fear physical or mental harm: (a) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by the law enforcement officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) because the law enforcement officer is a law enforcement officer, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (3) For the purposes of this section, causing a law enforcement officer to fear physical or mental harm includes causing the officer to fear physical or mental harm to another person with whom he or she has a domestic relationship. (4) For the purposes of this section, a person intends to cause fear of physical or mental harm if he or she knows that the conduct is likely to cause fear in the other person. (5) For the purposes of this section, the prosecution is not required to prove that the person alleged to have been assaulted, stalked, harassed or intimidated, or the law enforcement officer, actually feared physical or mental harm. (6) In this section, "domestic relationship" has the same meaning as in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60C Obtaining of personal information about law enforcement officers 60C Obtaining of personal information about law enforcement officers A person who obtains personal information about a law enforcement officer, with the intention of using or permitting the use of the information for the purpose of assaulting, stalking, harassing, intimidating, or otherwise harming, the officer: (a) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by the law enforcement officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) because the officer is a law enforcement officer, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60D Definitions 60D Definitions (1) In this Division: "member of staff" of a school includes a person who performs voluntary work for the school. "school" means: (a) an infants school, primary school or secondary school (however described), and (b) a child care facility for children under school age. "school premises" includes parks and other community premises that are used by a school (but only while they are being used for the purposes of the school). "school student" includes a child attending a child care facility. (2) For the purposes of this Division, a school student or member of staff of a school is taken to be attending a school: (a) while the student or member of staff is on school premises for the purposes of school work or duty (even if not engaged in school work or duty at the time), or (b) while the student or member of staff is on school premises for the purposes of before school or after school child care, or (c) while entering or leaving school premises in connection with school work or duty or before school or after school care. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60E Assaults etc at schools 60E Assaults etc at schools (1) A person who assaults, stalks, harasses or intimidates any school student or member of staff of a school while the student or member of staff is attending a school, although no actual bodily harm is occasioned, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who assaults a school student or member of staff of a school while the student or member of staff is attending a school and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) A person who recklessly by any means: (a) wounds a school student or member of staff of a school, or (b) inflicts grievous bodily harm on a school student or member of staff of a school, while the student or member of staff is attending a school, is liable to imprisonment for 12 years. (4) A person who enters school premises with intent to commit an offence under another provision of this section is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (5) Nothing in subsection (1) applies to any reasonable disciplinary action taken by a member of staff of a school against a school student. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61 Common assault prosecuted by indictment 61 Common assault prosecuted by indictment Whosoever assaults any person, although not occasioning actual bodily harm, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61AA Defence of lawful correction 61AA Defence of lawful correction (1) In criminal proceedings brought against a person arising out of the application of physical force to a child, it is a defence that the force was applied for the purpose of the punishment of the child, but only if: (a) the physical force was applied by the parent of the child or by a person acting for a parent of the child, and (b) the application of that physical force was reasonable having regard to the age, health, maturity or other characteristics of the child, the nature of the alleged misbehaviour or other circumstances. (2) The application of physical force, unless that force could reasonably be considered trivial or negligible in all the circumstances, is not reasonable if the force is applied: (a) to any part of the head or neck of the child, or (b) to any other part of the body of the child in such a way as to be likely to cause harm to the child that lasts for more than a short period. (3) Subsection (2) does not limit the circumstances in which the application of physical force is not reasonable. (4) This section does not derogate from or affect any defence at common law (other than to modify the defence of lawful correction). (5) Nothing in this section alters the common law concerning the management, control or restraint of a child by means of physical contact or force for purposes other than punishment. (6) In this section: "child" means a person under 18 years of age. "de facto spouse" means one of two adult persons: (a) who live together as a couple, and (b) who are not married to one another or related by family. "parent" of a child means a person having all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority in respect of the child which, by law, parents have in relation to their children. "person acting for a parent" of a child means a person: (a) who: (i) is a step-parent of the child, a de facto spouse of a parent of the child, a relative (by blood or marriage) of a parent of the child or a person to whom the parent has entrusted the care and management of the child, and (ii) is authorised by a parent of the child to use physical force to punish the child, or (b) who, in the case of a child who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998), is recognised by the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community to which the child belongs as being an appropriate person to exercise special responsibilities in relation to the child. (7) This section does not apply to proceedings arising out of an application of physical force to a child if the application of that force occurred before the commencement of this section. (8) The Attorney General is to review this section to determine whether its provisions continue to be appropriate for securing the policy objectives of the section. The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 3 years from the commencement of this section. A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 6 months after the end of the period of 3 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61H Definition of “sexual intercourse” and other terms 61H Definition of “sexual intercourse” and other terms (1) For the purposes of this Division, "sexual intercourse" means: (a) sexual connection occasioned by the penetration to any extent of the genitalia (including a surgically constructed vagina) of a female person or the anus of any person by: (i) any part of the body of another person, or (ii) any object manipulated by another person, except where the penetration is carried out for proper medical purposes, or (b) sexual connection occasioned by the introduction of any part of the penis of a person into the mouth of another person, or (c) cunnilingus, or (d) the continuation of sexual intercourse as defined in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (1A) For the purposes of this Division, a person has a "cognitive impairment" if the person has: (a) an intellectual disability, or (b) a developmental disorder (including an autistic spectrum disorder), or (c) a neurological disorder, or (d) dementia, or (e) a severe mental illness, or (f) a brain injury, that results in the person requiring supervision or social habilitation in connection with daily life activities. (2) For the purposes of this Division, a person is under the authority of another person if the person is in the care, or under the supervision or authority, of the other person. (3) For the purposes of this Act, a person who incites another person to an act of indecency, as referred to in section 61N or 61O, is taken to commit an offence on the other person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61HA Consent in relation to sexual assault offences 61HA Consent in relation to sexual assault offences (1) Offences to which section applies This section applies for the purposes of the offences under sections 61I, 61J and 61JA. (2) Meaning of consent A person "consents" to sexual intercourse if the person freely and voluntarily agrees to the sexual intercourse. (3) Knowledge about consent A person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse if: (a) the person knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse, or (b) the person is reckless as to whether the other person consents to the sexual intercourse, or (c) the person has no reasonable grounds for believing that the other person consents to the sexual intercourse. For the purpose of making any such finding, the trier of fact must have regard to all the circumstances of the case: (d) including any steps taken by the person to ascertain whether the other person consents to the sexual intercourse, but (e) not including any self-induced intoxication of the person. (4) Negation of consent A person does not consent to sexual intercourse: (a) if the person does not have the capacity to consent to the sexual intercourse, including because of age or cognitive incapacity, or (b) if the person does not have the opportunity to consent to the sexual intercourse because the person is unconscious or asleep, or (c) if the person consents to the sexual intercourse because of threats of force or terror (whether the threats are against, or the terror is instilled in, that person or any other person), or (d) if the person consents to the sexual intercourse because the person is unlawfully detained. (5) A person who consents to sexual intercourse with another person: (a) under a mistaken belief as to the identity of the other person, or (b) under a mistaken belief that the other person is married to the person, or (c) under a mistaken belief that the sexual intercourse is for medical or hygienic purposes (or under any other mistaken belief about the nature of the act induced by fraudulent means), does not consent to the sexual intercourse. For the purposes of subsection (3), the other person knows that the person does not consent to sexual intercourse if the other person knows the person consents to sexual intercourse under such a mistaken belief. (6) The grounds on which it may be established that a person does not consent to sexual intercourse include: (a) if the person has sexual intercourse while substantially intoxicated by alcohol or any drug, or (b) if the person has sexual intercourse because of intimidatory or coercive conduct, or other threat, that does not involve a threat of force, or (c) if the person has sexual intercourse because of the abuse of a position of authority or trust. (7) A person who does not offer actual physical resistance to sexual intercourse is not, by reason only of that fact, to be regarded as consenting to the sexual intercourse. (8) This section does not limit the grounds on which it may be established that a person does not consent to sexual intercourse. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61I Sexual assault 61I Sexual assault Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and who knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61J Aggravated sexual assault 61J Aggravated sexual assault (1) Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and in circumstances of aggravation and who knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. (2) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby, or (b) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender threatens to inflict actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby by means of an offensive weapon or instrument, or (c) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, or (d) the alleged victim is under the age of 16 years, or (e) the alleged victim is (whether generally or at the time of the commission of the offence) under the authority of the alleged offender, or (f) the alleged victim has a serious physical disability, or (g) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment, or (h) the alleged offender breaks and enters into any dwelling-house or other building with the intention of committing the offence or any other serious indictable offence, or (i) the alleged offender deprives the alleged victim of his or her liberty for a period before or after the commission of the offence. (3) In this section, "building" has the same meaning as it does in Subdivision 4 of Division 1 of Part 4. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61JA Aggravated sexual assault in company 61JA Aggravated sexual assault in company (1) A person: (a) who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and who knows that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse, and (b) who is in the company of another person or persons, and (c) who: (i) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby, or (ii) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, threatens to inflict actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby by means of an offensive weapon or instrument, or (iii) deprives the alleged victim of his or her liberty for a period before or after the commission of the offence, is liable to imprisonment for life. (2) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life for an offence under this section is to serve that sentence for the term of the person’s natural life. (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 21 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (which authorises the passing of a lesser sentence than imprisonment for life). (4) Nothing in this section affects the prerogative of mercy. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61K Assault with intent to have sexual intercourse 61K Assault with intent to have sexual intercourse Any person who, with intent to have sexual intercourse with another person: (a) intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on the other person or a third person who is present or nearby, or (b) threatens to inflict actual bodily harm on the other person or a third person who is present or nearby by means of an offensive weapon or instrument, is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61L Indecent assault 61L Indecent assault Any person who assaults another person and, at the time of, or immediately before or after, the assault, commits an act of indecency on or in the presence of the other person, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61M Aggravated indecent assault 61M Aggravated indecent assault (1) Any person who assaults another person in circumstances of aggravation, and, at the time of, or immediately before or after, the assault, commits an act of indecency on or in the presence of the other person, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) Any person who assaults another person, and, at the time of, or immediately before or after, the assault, commits an act of indecency on or in the presence of the other person, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years, if the other person is under the age of 16 years. (3) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, or (c) the alleged victim is (whether generally or at the time of the commission of the offence) under the authority of the alleged offender, or (d) the alleged victim has a serious physical disability, or (e) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61N Act of indecency 61N Act of indecency (1) Any person who commits an act of indecency with or towards a person under the age of 16 years, or incites a person under that age to an act of indecency with or towards that or another person, is liable to imprisonment for 2 years. (2) Any person who commits an act of indecency with or towards a person of the age of 16 years or above, or incites a person of the age of 16 years or above to an act of indecency with or towards that or another person, is liable to imprisonment for 18 months. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61O Aggravated act of indecency 61O Aggravated act of indecency (1) Any person who commits an act of indecency with or towards a person under the age of 16 years, or incites a person under that age to an act of indecency with or towards that or another person, in either case in circumstances of aggravation, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (1A) Any person who commits an act of indecency with or towards a person of the age of 16 years or above, or incites a person of the age of 16 years or above to an act of indecency with or towards that or another person, in either case in circumstances of aggravation, is liable to imprisonment for 3 years. (2) Any person who commits an act of indecency with or towards a person under the age of 10 years, or incites a person under that age to an act of indecency with or towards that or another person, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2A) A person: (a) who commits an act of indecency with or towards a person under the age of 16 years, or incites a person under the age of 16 years to an act of indecency with or towards that person or another person, and (b) who knows that the act of indecency is being filmed for the purposes of the production of child pornography, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (3) For the purposes subsections (1) and (1A), "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, or (b) the alleged victim is (whether generally or at the time of the commission of the offence) under the authority of the alleged offender, or (c) the alleged victim has a serious physical disability, or (d) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment. (4) For the purposes of subsection (2A): (a) "child pornography" has the meaning given by Division 15A, and (b) an act of indecency is being "filmed" if one or more images (whether still or moving) of the act of indecency are being recorded or transmitted for the purpose of enabling those images to be observed by any person (whether during the filming or later). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61P Attempt to commit offence under sections 61I–61O 61P Attempt to commit offence under sections 61I–61O Any person who attempts to commit an offence under section 61I, 61J, 61JA, 61K, 61L, 61M, 61N or 61O is liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61Q Alternative verdicts 61Q Alternative verdicts (1) Question of aggravation If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61J, 61M or 61O the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 61I, 61L or 61N, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (1A) Question of aggravation in company If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61JA the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 61I or 61J, it may find the person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (2) Question of consent regarding alleged victim under 16 If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61I the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66C (3) or 66C (4), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (3) Question of consent or authority regarding alleged victim under 16 If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61J or 61JA the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66A or 66C, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (4) Question of consent regarding incest If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61I or 61J the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 78A or 78B, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (5) Question of consent regarding cognitive impairment If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61I, 61J or 61JA, the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66F, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (6) Question of whether offence committed for purposes of production of child pornography If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 61O (2A) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 61O (2) or 61N, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61S Offenders who are minors 61S Offenders who are minors (1) For the purposes of any offence, a person is not, by reason only of age, to be presumed incapable of having sexual intercourse with another person or of having an intent to have sexual intercourse with another person. (2) Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of any law relating to the age at which a child can be convicted of an offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61T Offender married to victim 61T Offender married to victim The fact that a person is married to a person: (a) upon whom an offence under section 61I, 61J, 61JA or 61K is alleged to have been committed is no bar to the firstmentioned person being convicted of the offence, or (b) upon whom an offence under any of those sections is alleged to have been attempted is no bar to the firstmentioned person being convicted of the attempt. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 61U Circumstances of certain sexual offences to be considered in passing sentence 61U Circumstances of certain sexual offences to be considered in passing sentence Where a person is convicted of: (a) both an offence under section 61I and an offence under section 61K, or (b) both an offence under section 61J and an offence under section 61K, or (c) both an offence under section 61JA and an offence under section 61K, whether at the same time or at different times, the Judge passing sentence on the person in respect of the two convictions or the later of the two convictions is required, if it appears that the two offences arose substantially out of the one set of circumstances, to take that fact into account in passing sentence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 63 Common law offences of rape and attempted rape abolished 63 Common law offences of rape and attempted rape abolished (1) The common law offences of rape and attempted rape are abolished. (2) Parts 1A, 1 and 19 of Schedule 11 make provision with respect to rape and other former sexual offences. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 64 64 (Renumbered as clause 51 of Schedule 11) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66A Sexual intercourse—child under 10 66A Sexual intercourse—child under 10 (1) Child under 10 Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who is under the age of 10 years is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 25 years. (2) Child under 10—aggravated offence Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who is under the age of 10 years in circumstances of aggravation is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for life. (3) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby, or (b) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender threatens to inflict actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby by means of an offensive weapon or instrument, or (c) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, or (d) the alleged victim is (whether generally or at the time of the commission of the offence) under the authority of the alleged offender, or (e) the alleged victim has a serious physical disability, or (f) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment, or (g) the alleged offender took advantage of the alleged victim being under the influence of alcohol or a drug in order to commit the offence, or (h) the alleged offender deprives the alleged victim of his or her liberty for a period before or after the commission of the offence, or (i) the alleged offender breaks and enters into any dwelling-house or other building with the intention of committing the offence or any other serious indictable offence. (4) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life for an offence under subsection (2) is to serve that sentence for the term of the person’s natural life. (5) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 21 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (which authorises the passing of a lesser sentence than imprisonment for life). (6) Nothing in this section affects the prerogative of mercy. (7) If on the trial of a person charged with another offence against this Act the person is instead found guilty of an offence against this section (as provided by section 61Q), the maximum penalty that may be imposed on the person for the offence against this section is the penalty for the offence charged. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66B Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child under 10 66B Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child under 10 Any person who attempts to have sexual intercourse with another person who is under the age of 10 years, or assaults any such person with intent to have sexual intercourse, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66C Sexual intercourse—child between 10 and 16 66C Sexual intercourse—child between 10 and 16 (1) Child between 10 and 14 Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who is of or above the age of 10 years and under the age of 14 years is liable to imprisonment for 16 years. (2) Child between 10 and 14—aggravated offence Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who is of or above the age of 10 years and under the age of 14 years in circumstances of aggravation is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. (3) Child between 14 and 16 Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who is of or above the age of 14 years and under the age of 16 years is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (4) Child between 14 and 16—aggravated offence Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who is of or above the age of 14 years and under the age of 16 years in circumstances of aggravation is liable to imprisonment for 12 years. (5) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby, or (b) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender threatens to inflict actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby by means of an offensive weapon or instrument, or (c) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, or (d) the alleged victim is (whether generally or at the time of the commission of the offence) under the authority of the alleged offender, or (e) the alleged victim has a serious physical disability, or (f) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment, or (g) the alleged offender took advantage of the alleged victim being under the influence of alcohol or a drug in order to commit the offence, or (h) the alleged offender deprives the alleged victim of his or her liberty for a period before or after the commission of the offence, or (i) the alleged offender breaks and enters into any dwelling-house or other building with the intention of committing the offence or any other serious indictable offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66D Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child between 10 and 16 66D Attempting, or assaulting with intent, to have sexual intercourse with child between 10 and 16 Any person who attempts to commit an offence under section 66C upon another person who is of or above the age of 10 years, and under the age of 16 years, or assaults any such person with intent to commit such an offence, shall be liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66E Alternative verdicts 66E Alternative verdicts (1) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 66A (1) or (2) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66B, 66C (1), (2), (3) or (4) or 66D, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 66B, 66C (1), (2), (3) or (4) or 66D. The accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (2) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 66A (2) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66A (1), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 66A (1). The accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (3) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 66C (2) or (4) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66C (1) or (3), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 66C (1) or (3). The accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (4) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 66C (1) or (2) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66C (3) or (4), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 66C (3) or (4). The accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (5) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 66C the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 66D, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 66D. The accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66EA Persistent sexual abuse of a child 66EA Persistent sexual abuse of a child (1) A person who, on 3 or more separate occasions occurring on separate days during any period, engages in conduct in relation to a particular child that constitutes a sexual offence is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (2) It is immaterial whether or not the conduct is of the same nature, or constitutes the same offence, on each occasion. (3) It is immaterial that the conduct on any of those occasions occurred outside New South Wales, so long as the conduct on at least one of those occasions occurred in New South Wales. (4) In proceedings for an offence against this section, it is not necessary to specify or to prove the dates or exact circumstances of the alleged occasions on which the conduct constituting the offence occurred. (5) A charge of an offence against this section: (a) must specify with reasonable particularity the period during which the offence against this section occurred, and (b) must describe the nature of the separate offences alleged to have been committed by the accused during that period. (6) In order for the accused to be convicted of an offence against this section: (a) the jury must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the evidence establishes at least 3 separate occasions, occurring on separate days during the period concerned, on which the accused engaged in conduct constituting a sexual offence in relation to a particular child of a nature described in the charge, and (b) the jury must be so satisfied about the material facts of the 3 such occasions, although the jury need not be so satisfied about the dates or the order of those occasions, and (c) if more than 3 such occasions are relied on as evidence of the commission of an offence against this section, all the members of the jury must be so satisfied about the same 3 occasions, and (d) the jury must be satisfied that the 3 such occasions relied on as evidence of the commission of an offence against this section occurred after the commencement of this section. (7) In proceedings for an offence against this section, the judge must inform the jury of the requirements of subsection (6). (8) A person who has been convicted or acquitted of an offence against this section may not be convicted of a sexual offence in relation to the same child that is alleged to have been committed in the period during which the accused was alleged to have committed an offence against this section. This subsection does not prevent an alternative verdict under subsection (10). (9) A person who has been convicted or acquitted of a sexual offence may not be convicted of an offence against this section in relation to the same child if any of the occasions relied on as evidence of the commission of the offence against this section includes the occasion of that sexual offence. (10) If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against this section the jury is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has, in respect of any of the occasions relied on as evidence of the commission of the offence against this section, committed a sexual offence, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of that sexual offence. The person is liable to punishment accordingly. (11) Proceedings for an offence against this section may only be instituted by or with the approval of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (12) In this section: "child" means a person under the age of 18 years. "sexual offence" means any of the following: (a) an offence under section 61I, 61J, 61JA, 61K, 61L, 61M, 61N, 61O, 66A, 66B, 66C, 66D, 66F, 73, 74, 78H, 78I, 78K, 78L, 78N, 78O, 78Q or 80A, (b) an offence of attempting to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (c) an offence under the law of a place outside New South Wales that would, if it had been committed in New South Wales, be an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66EB Procuring or grooming child under 16 for unlawful sexual activity 66EB Procuring or grooming child under 16 for unlawful sexual activity (1) Definitions In this section: "adult person" means a person who is of or over the age of 18 years. "child" means a person who is under the age of 16 years. "conduct" includes: (a) communicating in person or by telephone, the internet or other means, or (b) providing any computer image, video or publication. "unlawful sexual activity" means an act that constitutes an offence under this Division or Division 10A, 15 or 15A (or, in the case of an act occurring outside this State, that would constitute such an offence if it occurred in this State). (2) Procuring children An adult person who intentionally procures a child for unlawful sexual activity with that or any other person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: (a) in the case of a child who is under the age of 14 years—imprisonment for 15 years, or (b) in any other case—imprisonment for 12 years. (2A) Meeting child following grooming An adult person: (a) who intentionally meets a child, or travels with the intention of meeting a child, whom the adult person has groomed for sexual purposes, and (b) who does so with the intention of procuring the child for unlawful sexual activity with that adult person or any other person, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: (a) in the case of a child who is under the age of 14 years—imprisonment for 15 years, or (b) in any other case—imprisonment for 12 years. (2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A), a child has been "groomed for sexual purposes" by an adult person if, on one or more previous occasions, the adult person has engaged in conduct that exposed the child to indecent material. (3) Grooming children An adult person: (a) who engages in any conduct that exposes a child to indecent material or provides a child with an intoxicating substance, and (b) who does so with the intention of making it easier to procure the child for unlawful sexual activity with that or any other person, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: (a) in the case of a child who is under the age of 14 years—imprisonment for 12 years, or (b) in any other case—imprisonment for 10 years. (4) Unlawful sexual activity need not be particularised In any proceedings for an offence against this section, it is necessary to prove that the child was or was to be procured for unlawful sexual activity, but it is not necessary to specify or to prove any particular unlawful sexual activity. (5) Fictitious children A reference in this section to a child includes a reference to a person who pretends to be a child if the accused believed that the person was a child. In that case, a reference in this section: (a) to unlawful sexual activity includes a reference to anything that would be unlawful sexual activity if the person were a child, and (b) to the age of the child is a reference to the age that the accused believed the person to be. (6) Charge for aggravated offence The higher maximum penalty under subsection (2), (2A) or (3) in the case of a child under the age of 14 years does not apply unless the age of the child is set out in the charge for the offence. (7) Defence It is a defence in proceedings for an offence against this section if the accused reasonably believed that the other person was not a child. (8) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against subsection (2) or (2A) the jury is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against subsection (3), the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against subsection (3). The person is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 66F Sexual offences—cognitive impairment 66F Sexual offences—cognitive impairment (1) Meaning of “person responsible for care” For the purposes of this section, a person is responsible for the care of a person who has a cognitive impairment if the person provides care to that person: (a) at a facility at which persons with a cognitive impairment are detained, reside or attend, or (b) at the home of that person in the course of a program under which any such facility or other government or community organisation provides care to persons with a cognitive impairment. The care of a person with a cognitive impairment includes voluntary care, health professional care, education, home care and supervision. (2) Sexual intercourse: person responsible for care A person: (a) who has sexual intercourse with a person who has a cognitive impairment, and (b) who is responsible for the care of that person (whether generally or at the time of the sexual intercourse), is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (3) Sexual intercourse: taking advantage of impairment A person who has sexual intercourse with a person who has a cognitive impairment, with the intention of taking advantage of that person’s cognitive impairment, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 8 years. (4) Attempts A person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (2) or (3) is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. (5) Consent not a defence for sexual intercourse The consent of a person who has a cognitive impairment is not a defence to a charge for an offence under subsection (2)–(4). (6) Consent not a defence for indecent assault or act of indecency The consent of a person who has a cognitive impairment is not a defence to a charge for an offence under section 61L, 61M (1), 61N (2) or 61O (1A) (or under section 61P in connection with such an offence) if: (a) the accused was responsible for the care of that person (whether generally or at the time of the conduct constituting the offence), or (b) the accused engaged in the conduct constituting the offence with the intention of taking advantage of that person’s cognitive impairment. (7) Defences It is a defence to a charge for an offence under subsection (2)–(4) or an offence referred to in subsection (6) in which the prosecution relies on the operation of that subsection: (a) if, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence: (i) the accused did not know the person to whom the charge relates had a cognitive impairment, or (ii) the accused was married to the person to whom the charge relates or was an established de facto partner of that person, or (b) if the act constituting the offence was carried out for any proper medical or hygienic purpose. (8) Approval of Attorney General for prosecution A prosecution for any of the following offences may not be commenced without the approval of the Attorney General: (a) an offence under subsection (2)–(4), (b) an offence referred to in subsection (6) in which the prosecution relies on the operation of that subsection. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 69 69 (Renumbered as clause 52 of Schedule 11) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 70 70 (Renumbered as clause 53 of Schedule 11) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 73 Sexual intercourse with child between 16 and 18 under special care 73 Sexual intercourse with child between 16 and 18 under special care (1) Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who: (a) is under his or her special care, and (b) is of or above the age of 16 years and under the age of 17 years, is liable to imprisonment for 8 years. (2) Any person who has sexual intercourse with another person who: (a) is under his or her special care, and (b) is of or above the age of 17 years and under the age of 18 years, is liable to imprisonment for 4 years. (3) For the purposes of this section, a person ( "the victim") is under the special care of another person ( "the offender") if, and only if: (a) the offender is the step-parent, guardian or foster parent of the victim, or (b) the offender is a school teacher and the victim is a pupil of the offender, or (c) the offender has an established personal relationship with the victim in connection with the provision of religious, sporting, musical or other instruction to the victim, or (d) the offender is a custodial officer of an institution of which the victim is an inmate, or (e) the offender is a health professional and the victim is a patient of the health professional. (4) Any person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. (5) A person does not commit an offence under this section if the person and the other person to whom the charge relates were, at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, married to each other. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 77 Consent no defence in certain cases 77 Consent no defence in certain cases (1) The consent of the child or other person to whom the charge relates shall be no defence to a charge under section 61E (1A), (2) or (2A), 61M (2), 61N (1), 61O (1), (2) or (2A), 66A (1) or (2), 66B, 66C, 66D, 66EA, 66EB, 67, 68, 71, 72, 72A, 73, 74 or 76A or, if the child to whom the charge relates was under the age of 16 years at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, to a charge under section 61E (1), 61L, 61M (1) or 76. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78A Incest 78A Incest (1) Any person who has sexual intercourse with a close family member who is of or above the age of 16 years is liable to imprisonment for 8 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, a "close family member" is a parent, son, daughter, sibling (including a half-brother or half- sister), grandparent or grandchild, being such a family member from birth. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78B Incest attempts 78B Incest attempts Any person who attempts to commit an offence under section 78A is liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78C Defences 78C Defences (1) It shall be a sufficient defence to a charge under section 78A or section 78B that the person charged did not know that the person with whom the offence is alleged to have been committed was related to him or her, as alleged. (2) It shall be no defence to a charge under section 78A or section 78B that the person with whom the offence is alleged to have been committed consented thereto. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78E 78E (Renumbered as clause 54 of Schedule 11) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78F Sanction of Attorney-General 78F Sanction of Attorney-General (1) No prosecution for an offence under sections 78A or 78B shall be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney-General. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 78T 78T (Renumbered as clause 55 of Schedule 11) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 79 Bestiality 79 Bestiality Any person who commits an act of bestiality with any animal shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80 Attempt to commit bestiality 80 Attempt to commit bestiality Any person who attempts to commit an act of bestiality with any animal shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80A Sexual assault by forced self-manipulation 80A Sexual assault by forced self-manipulation (1) In this section: "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby, or (b) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, the alleged offender threatens to inflict actual bodily harm on the alleged victim or any other person who is present or nearby by means of an offensive weapon or instrument, or (c) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, or (d) the alleged victim is under the age of 16 years, or (e) the alleged victim is (whether generally or at the time of the commission of the offence) under the authority of the alleged offender, or (f) the alleged victim has a serious physical disability, or (g) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment. "self-manipulation" means the penetration of the vagina (including a surgically constructed vagina) or anus of any person by an object manipulated by the person, except where the penetration is carried out for proper medical or other proper purposes. "threat" means: (a) a threat of physical force, or (b) intimidatory or coercive conduct, or other threat, which does not involve a threat of physical force. (2) Any person who compels another person to engage in self- manipulation, by means of a threat that the other person could not reasonably be expected to resist, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (2A) Any person who compels another person to engage in self- manipulation: (a) by means of a threat that the other person could not reasonably be expected to resist, and (b) in circumstances of aggravation, is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. (3) A person does not commit an offence under this section unless the person knows that the other person engages in the self-manipulation as a result of the threat. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80AA Referral to child protection agency 80AA Referral to child protection agency On conviction of a person for an offence under this Division, the court may refer the matter to an appropriate child protection agency if the person against whom or with whom the offence was committed is under the authority of the offender. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80B Meaning of “sexual servitude” 80B Meaning of “sexual servitude” (1) For the purposes of this Division, sexual servitude is the condition of a person who provides sexual services and who, because of the use of force or threats: (a) is not free to cease providing sexual services, or (b) is not free to leave the place or area where the person provides sexual services. (2) In this section: "sexual service" means the commercial use or display of the body of the person providing the service for the sexual arousal or sexual gratification of others. "threat" means: (a) a threat of force, or (b) a threat to cause a person’s deportation, or (c) a threat of any other detrimental action unless there are reasonable grounds for the threat of that action in connection with the provision of sexual services by a person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80C Meaning of “circumstances of aggravation” 80C Meaning of “circumstances of aggravation” In this Division, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances involving either or both of the following: (a) the alleged victim is under the age of 18 years, (b) the alleged victim has a cognitive impairment (within the meaning of Division 10). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80D Causing sexual servitude 80D Causing sexual servitude (1) A person: (a) who causes another person to enter into or remain in sexual servitude, and (b) who intends to cause, or is reckless as to causing, that sexual servitude, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 20 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80E Conduct of business involving sexual servitude 80E Conduct of business involving sexual servitude (1) A person: (a) who conducts any business that involves the sexual servitude of other persons, and (b) who knows about, or is reckless as to, that sexual servitude, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years. (2) A person commits an offence against this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 19 years. (3) For the purposes of this section, "conducting a business" includes: (a) taking any part in the management of the business, or (b) exercising control or direction over the business, or (c) providing finance for the business. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80F Alternative verdicts 80F Alternative verdicts If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 80D (2) or 80E (2) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 80D (1) or 80E (1), respectively, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 80G Incitement to commit sexual offence 80G Incitement to commit sexual offence (1) A person who incites the commission of an offence under Division 10, 10A or 15A is guilty of an offence and is liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. (2) For the person to be guilty, the person must intend that the offence incited be committed. (3) A person may be found guilty even if committing the offence incited is impossible. (4) Any defences, procedures, limitations or qualifying provisions that apply to the offence incited also apply to an offence under this section. (5) It is not an offence to incite the commission of the following offences: (a) an offence against section 61N or 61O that is constituted by inciting another person to an act of indecency, (b) an offence against section 61P, 66B, 66D, 66EB, 66F (4), 73 (4), 78B or 80. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 81C Misconduct with regard to corpses 81C Misconduct with regard to corpses Any person who: (a) indecently interferes with any dead human body, or (b) improperly interferes with, or offers any indignity to, any dead human body or human remains (whether buried or not), shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 82 Administering drugs etc to herself by woman with child 82 Administering drugs etc to herself by woman with child Whosoever, being a woman with child, unlawfully administers to herself any drug or noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means, with intent in any such case to procure her miscarriage, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 83 Administering drugs etc to woman with intent 83 Administering drugs etc to woman with intent Whosoever: unlawfully administers to, or causes to be taken by, any woman, whether with child or not, any drug or noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means, with intent in any such case to procure her miscarriage, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 84 Procuring drugs etc 84 Procuring drugs etc Whosoever unlawfully supplies or procures any drug or noxious thing, or any instrument or thing whatsoever, knowing that the same is intended to be unlawfully used with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether with child or not, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 85 Concealment of birth 85 Concealment of birth (1) Whosoever by any disposition of the dead body of a child, whether the child died before or after or during its birth, wilfully conceals or attempts to conceal the birth of the child, shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. (2) It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under this section if the accused person shall satisfy the court or jury that the dead body in respect of which the disposition took place had issued from the body of its mother before the expiration of the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT (Renumbered as Part 3 Division 14) 85A(Renumbered as sec 86) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 86 Kidnapping 86 Kidnapping (1) Basic offence A person who takes or detains a person, without the person’s consent: (a) with the intention of holding the person to ransom, or (b) with the intention of obtaining any other advantage, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (2) Aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if: (a) the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in the company of another person or persons, or (b) the person commits an offence under subsection (1) and at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, actual bodily harm is occasioned to the alleged victim. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. (3) Specially aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1): (a) in the company of another person or persons, and (b) at the time of, or immediately before or after, the commission of the offence, actual bodily harm is occasioned to the alleged victim. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (4) Alternative verdicts If on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (2) or (3) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of a lesser offence under this section, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the lesser offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (5) A person who takes or detains a child is to be treated as acting without the consent of the child. (6) A person who takes or detains a child does not commit an offence under this section if: (a) the person is the parent of the child or is acting with the consent of a parent of the child, and (b) the person is not acting in contravention of any order of a court relating to the child. (7) In this section: "child" means a child under the age of 16 years. "detaining" a person includes causing the person to remain where he or she is. "parent" of a child means a person who has, in relation to the child, all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that, by law, parents have in relation to their children. "taking" a person includes causing the person to accompany a person and causing the person to be taken. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 87 Child abduction 87 Child abduction (1) A person who takes or detains a child with the intention of removing or keeping the child from the lawful control of any person having parental responsibility for the child, without the consent of that person, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person who takes or detains a child with the intention of stealing from the child is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (3) In this section: "child" means a child under the age of 12 years. "detaining a child" includes causing the child to remain where he or she is. "taking a child" includes causing the child to accompany a person and causing the child to be taken. (4) In this section, a reference to a person who has parental responsibility for a child is a reference to: (a) a person who has, in relation to a child, all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that, by law, parents have in relation to their children, or (b) a person authorised to be the carer of the child under an Act relating to the care and protection of children. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91A Procuring etc 91A Procuring etc Whosoever procures, entices or leads away any person (not being a prostitute), whether with that person’s consent or not for purposes of prostitution, either within or without New South Wales, shall, notwithstanding that some one or more of the various acts constituting the offence may have been committed outside New South Wales, be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91B Procuring person by drugs etc 91B Procuring person by drugs etc Whosoever by means of any fraud, violence, threat, or abuse of authority, or by the use of any drug or intoxicating liquor, procures, entices, or leads away any person for purposes of prostitution, either within or without New South Wales, shall, notwithstanding that some one or more of the various acts constituting the offence may have been committed outside New South Wales, be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91C Definitions 91C Definitions For the purposes of this Division: "act of child prostitution" means any sexual service, whether or not involving an indecent act: (a) that is provided by a child for the payment of money or the provision of any other material thing (whether or not it is in fact paid or provided to the child or to any other person), and (b) that can reasonably be considered to be aimed at the sexual arousal or sexual gratification of a person or persons other than the child, and includes (but is not limited to) sexual activity between persons of different sexes or the same sex, comprising sexual intercourse (as defined in section 61H) for payment or masturbation committed by one person on another for payment, engaged in by a child. "child" means a person who is under the age of 18 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91D Promoting or engaging in acts of child prostitution 91D Promoting or engaging in acts of child prostitution (1) Any person who: (a) by any means, causes or induces a child to participate in an act of child prostitution, or (b) participates as a client with a child in an act of child prostitution, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years or, if the child is under the age of 14 years, to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) The consent of a child is not a defence to a charge relating to an offence under this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91E Obtaining benefit from child prostitution 91E Obtaining benefit from child prostitution (1) Any person who receives money or any other material benefit knowing that it is derived directly or indirectly from an act of child prostitution is liable to imprisonment for 10 years or, if the act of child prostitution involves a child under the age of 14 years, to imprisonment for 14 years. (2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if the person satisfies the court that the money or other material benefit concerned: (a) was received by the person for the lawful provision of goods or services, or (b) was paid or provided in accordance with a judgment or an order of a court or a legislative requirement, whether or not under New South Wales law. (3) The higher maximum penalty under this section in the case of an offence involving a child under the age of 14 years does not apply unless the age of the child is set out in the charge for the offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91F Premises not to be used for child prostitution 91F Premises not to be used for child prostitution (1) Any person who is capable of exercising lawful control over premises at which a child participates in an act of child prostitution is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, each person: (a) who is an owner, lessee, licensee or occupier of premises, (b) who is concerned in the management of premises or in controlling the entry of persons to, or their movement within, premises, is to be considered as capable of exercising lawful control over the premises, whether or not any other person is capable of exercising lawful control over the premises. (3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section relating to an act of child prostitution if the person satisfies the court: (a) that the person did not know about the act, or (b) that the person did not know that a child was participating in the act or, for any other reason, did not know that the act was an act of child prostitution, or (c) that the person used all due diligence to prevent the child from participating in the act. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91FA Definitions 91FA Definitions For the purposes of this Division: "child" means a person who is under the age of 16 years. "material" includes any film, printed matter, electronic data or any other thing of any kind (including any computer image or other depiction). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91G Children not to be used for pornographic purposes 91G Children not to be used for pornographic purposes (1) Any person who: (a) uses a child who is under the age of 14 years for pornographic purposes, or (b) causes or procures a child of that age to be so used, or (c) having the care of a child of that age, consents to the child being so used or allows the child to be so used, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 14 years. (2) Any person who: (a) uses a child who is of or above the age of 14 years for pornographic purposes, or (b) causes or procures a child of that age to be so used, or (c) having the care of a child of that age, consents to the child being so used or allows the child to be so used, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (3) For the purposes of this section, a child is used by a person for pornographic purposes if: (a) the child is engaged in sexual activity, or (b) the child is placed in a sexual context, or (c) the child is subjected to torture, cruelty or physical abuse (whether or not in a sexual context), for the purposes of the production of pornographic material by that person. (4) For the purposes of this section, a person may have the care of a child without necessarily being entitled by law to have the custody of the child. (5) Where on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (1) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under subsection (2), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91H Production, dissemination or possession of child pornography 91H Production, dissemination or possession of child pornography (1) Definitions In this section: "child pornography" means material that depicts or describes (or appears to depict or describe), in a manner that would in all the circumstances cause offence to reasonable persons, a person who is (or appears to be) a child: (a) engaged in sexual activity, or (b) in a sexual context, or (c) as the victim of torture, cruelty or physical abuse (whether or not in a sexual context). "disseminate" child pornography, includes: (a) send, supply, exhibit, transmit or communicate it to another person, or (b) make it available for access by another person, or (c) enter into any agreement or arrangement to do so. "produce" child pornography includes: (a) film, photograph, print or otherwise make child pornography, or (b) alter or manipulate any image for the purpose of making child pornography, or (c) enter into any agreement or arrangement to do so. (2) Production, dissemination or possession of child pornography A person who produces, disseminates or possesses child pornography is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (4) Defences It is a defence to any charge for an offence under subsection (2): (a) that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that he or she produced, disseminated or possessed (as the case requires) child pornography, or (b) that the material concerned was classified (whether before or after the commission of the alleged offence) under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 of the Commonwealth, other than as refused classification (RC), or (c) that, having regard to the circumstances in which the material concerned was produced, used or intended to be used, the defendant was acting for a genuine child protection, scientific, medical, legal, artistic or other public benefit purpose and the defendant’s conduct was reasonable for that purpose, or (d) that the defendant was a law enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her official duties, or (e) that the defendant was acting in the course of his or her official duties in connection with the classification of the material concerned under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. (5) Defence to possession of child pornography It is a defence to a charge for an offence under subsection (2) not involving the production or dissemination of child pornography that the material concerned came into the defendant’s possession unsolicited and the defendant, as soon as he or she became aware of its pornographic nature, took reasonable steps to get rid of it. (6) Alteration of images A reference in this section to material that appears to depict or describe a person who is a child, or a person as referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of "child pornography", includes a reference to material that contains or displays an image of a person that has been altered or manipulated so that the person appears to be a child, or appears as referred to in any of those paragraphs, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91I Definitions 91I Definitions (1) In this Division: "building" includes a vehicle, vessel, tent or temporary structure. "private parts" means a person’s genital area or anal area, whether bare or covered by underwear. (2) For the purposes of this Division, a person is "engaged in a private act" if: (a) the person is in a state of undress, using the toilet, showering or bathing, engaged in a sexual act of a kind not ordinarily done in public, or engaged in any other like activity, and (b) the circumstances are such that a reasonable person would reasonably expect to be afforded privacy. (3) For the purposes of this Division, a person "films" another person, or another person’s private parts, if the person causes one or more images (whether still or moving) of the other person or the other person’s private parts to be recorded or transmitted for the purpose of enabling the person or a third person to observe those images (whether during the filming or later). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91J Voyeurism 91J Voyeurism (1) General offence A person who, for the purpose of obtaining sexual arousal or sexual gratification, observes a person who is engaged in a private act: (a) without the consent of the person being observed to being observed for that purpose, and (b) knowing that the person being observed does not consent to being observed for that purpose, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both. (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence. (3) Aggravated offence A person who, for the purpose of obtaining sexual arousal or sexual gratification, observes a person who is engaged in a private act: (a) without the consent of the person being observed to being observed for that purpose, and (b) knowing that the person being observed does not consent to being observed for that purpose, and (c) in circumstances of aggravation, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years. (4) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) the person whom the offender observed was a child under the age of 16 years, or (b) the offender constructed or adapted the fabric of any building for the purpose of facilitating the commission of the offence. (5) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against subsection (3) the trier of fact is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against subsection (1), the trier of fact may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against subsection (1). The person is liable to punishment accordingly. (6) Attempts A person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91K Filming a person engaged in private act 91K Filming a person engaged in private act (1) General offence A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, sexual arousal or sexual gratification, films another person who is engaged in a private act: (a) without the consent of the person being filmed to being filmed for that purpose, and (b) knowing that the person being filmed does not consent to being filmed for that purpose, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both. (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence. (3) Aggravated offence A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, sexual arousal or sexual gratification, films another person who is engaged in a private act: (a) without the consent of the person being filmed to being filmed for that purpose, and (b) knowing that the person being filmed does not consent to being filmed for that purpose, and (c) in circumstances of aggravation, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years. (4) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) the person whom the offender filmed was a child under the age of 16 years, or (b) the offender constructed or adapted the fabric of any building for the purpose of facilitating the commission of the offence. (5) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against subsection (3) the trier of fact is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against subsection (1), the trier of fact may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against subsection (1). The person is liable to punishment accordingly. (6) Attempts A person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91L Filming a person’s private parts 91L Filming a person’s private parts (1) General offence A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, sexual arousal or sexual gratification, films another person’s private parts, in circumstances in which a reasonable person would reasonably expect the person’s private parts could not be filmed: (a) without the consent of the person being filmed to being filmed for that purpose, and (b) knowing that the person being filmed does not consent to being filmed for that purpose, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both. (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence. (3) Aggravated offence A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, or enabling another person to obtain, sexual arousal or sexual gratification, films another person’s private parts, in circumstances in which a reasonable person would expect that his or her private parts could not be filmed: (a) without the consent of the person being filmed to being filmed for that purpose, and (b) knowing that the person being filmed does not consent to being filmed for that purpose, and (c) in circumstances of aggravation, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years. (4) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances in which: (a) the person whom the offender filmed was a child under the age of 16 years, or (b) the offender constructed or adapted the fabric of any building for the purpose of facilitating the commission of the offence. (5) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against subsection (3) the trier of fact is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against subsection (1), the trier of fact may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against subsection (1). The person is liable to punishment accordingly. (6) Attempts A person who attempts to commit an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is liable to the penalty provided for the commission of the offence. (7) Double jeopardy A person cannot be convicted of both an offence against this section and an offence against section 91K in respect of conduct occurring on the same occasion. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 91M Installing device to facilitate observation or filming 91M Installing device to facilitate observation or filming (1) Offence A person who, with the intention of enabling that person or any other person to commit an offence against section 91J, 91K or 91L, installs any device, or constructs or adapts the fabric of any building, for the purpose of facilitating the observation or filming of another person, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both. (2) An offence against this section is a summary offence. (3) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against section 91J, 91K or 91L the trier of fact is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against this section, the trier of fact may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against this section. The person is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 92 Bigamy 92 Bigamy Whosoever, being married, marries another person during the life of the former husband or wife, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years: Provided that no person shall be convicted under this section whose husband or wife has at the time of such second marriage been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years, or, if domiciled in New South Wales at the time of the first marriage, has been continually absent from New South Wales for the space of five years then last past, and was, on reasonable grounds, believed by the accused at the time of the second marriage not to be living, of which facts the proof shall lie on the accused. Note: See Marriage Act 1961 (Commonwealth), section 94. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93 Participator in bigamy 93 Participator in bigamy Whosoever, whether married or unmarried, marries the husband or wife of any person not continually so absent, as in the proviso to section 92 mentioned, knowing him or her to be married, and the former wife or husband to be alive, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. Note: See Marriage Act 1961 (Commonwealth), section 94. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93A Definition 93A Definition In this Division: "violence" means any violent conduct, so that: (a) except for the purposes of section 93C, it includes violent conduct towards property as well as violent conduct towards persons, and (b) it is not restricted to conduct causing or intended to cause injury or damage but includes any other violent conduct (for example, throwing at or towards a person a missile of a kind capable of causing injury which does not hit or falls short). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93B Riot 93B Riot (1) Where 12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his or her personal safety, each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot and liable to imprisonment for 15 years. (2) It is immaterial whether or not the 12 or more persons use or threaten unlawful violence simultaneously. (3) The common purpose may be inferred from conduct. (4) No person of reasonable firmness need actually be, or be likely to be, present at the scene. (5) Riot may be committed in private as well as in public places. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93C Affray 93C Affray (1) A person who uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and whose conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his or her personal safety is guilty of affray and liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) If 2 or more persons use or threaten the unlawful violence, it is the conduct of them taken together that must be considered for the purposes of subsection (1). (3) For the purposes of this section, a threat cannot be made by the use of words alone. (4) No person of reasonable firmness need actually be, or be likely to be, present at the scene. (5) Affray may be committed in private as well as in public places. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93D Mental element under sections 93B and 93C 93D Mental element under sections 93B and 93C (1) A person is guilty of riot only if the person intends to use violence or is aware that his or her conduct may be violent. (2) A person is guilty of affray only if the person intends to use or threaten violence or is aware that his or her conduct may be violent or threaten violence. (3) Subsection (1) does not affect the determination for the purposes of riot of the number of persons who use or threaten violence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93F Interpretation 93F Interpretation (1) In this Division: "firearm", "pistol" and "prohibited firearm" have the same meanings as in the Firearms Act 1996. "unregistered firearm" means a firearm that is not registered under the Firearms Act 1996. (2) For the purposes of this Division, a person who is in a vehicle or vessel in a public place is taken to be in that place. (3) In subsection (2), "vehicle" includes a caravan or anything else constructed to be drawn by a vehicle or animal. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93FA Possession, supply or making of explosives 93FA Possession, supply or making of explosives (1) A person who possesses an explosive in a public place is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who possesses, supplies or makes an explosive, under circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that the person did not possess, supply or make the explosive for a lawful purpose, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years or 50 penalty units, or both. (3) An offence against subsection (2) is a summary offence. (4) A person is not guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or (2) for possessing or making an explosive if the person satisfies the court that he or she had a reasonable excuse for doing so or did so for a lawful purpose. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93FB Possession of dangerous articles other than firearms 93FB Possession of dangerous articles other than firearms (1) A person who, in a public place, possesses: (a) anything (not being a firearm within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996) capable of discharging by any means: (i) any irritant matter in liquid, powder, gas or chemical form or any dense smoke, or (ii) any substance capable of causing bodily harm, or (b) a fuse capable of use with an explosive or a detonator, or (c) a detonator, is liable, on conviction before the Local Court, to imprisonment for 2 years, or a fine of 50 penalty units, or both. (2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section for possessing anything referred to in subsection (1) if the person satisfies the court that he or she had a reasonable excuse for possessing it or possessed it for a lawful purpose. (3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section for possessing anything referred to in subsection (1) (a) if the person satisfies the court that he or she possessed it for the purpose of self-defence and that it was reasonable in the circumstances to possess it for that purpose. (4) In considering a defence under subsection (3), the court must have regard to its reasonableness in all the circumstances of the case, including: (a) the immediacy of the perceived threat to the person charged, and (b) the circumstances, such as the time and location, in which the thing was possessed, and (c) the type of thing possessed, and (d) the age, characteristics and experiences of the person charged. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93G Causing danger with firearm or spear gun 93G Causing danger with firearm or spear gun (1) Any person who: (a) possesses a loaded firearm or loaded spear gun: (i) in a public place, or (ii) in any other place so as to endanger the life of any other person, or (b) fires a firearm or spear gun in or near a public place, or (c) carries or fires a firearm or spear gun in a manner likely to injure, or endanger the safety of, himself or herself or any other person or any property, or with disregard for the safety of himself or herself or any other person, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) For the purposes of this section: (a) a firearm is to be regarded as being loaded if there is ammunition: (i) in its chamber or barrel, or (ii) in any magazine or other device which is in such a position that the ammunition can be fitted into its chamber or barrel by operation of some other part of the firearm, and (b) a spear gun is to be regarded as being loaded if a spear, or an instrument or thing similar to a spear, is fitted to it. (3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section for possessing or doing anything referred to in subsection (1) if the person satisfies the court that he or she had a reasonable excuse for possessing it or doing it or possessed it or did it for a lawful purpose. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93GA Firing at dwelling-houses or buildings 93GA Firing at dwelling-houses or buildings (1) A person who fires a firearm at a dwelling-house or other building with reckless disregard for the safety of any person is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (1A) A person who, during a public disorder, fires a firearm at a dwelling-house or other building with reckless disregard for the safety of any person is liable to imprisonment for 16 years. (2) In the prosecution of an offence under this section, it is not necessary to prove that a person was actually placed in danger by the firing of the firearm. (3) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under this section, the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence but is satisfied on the evidence that the person is guilty of an offence under section 93G or 93H, it may find the person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 93G or 93H, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93H Trespassing with or dangerous use of firearm or spear gun 93H Trespassing with or dangerous use of firearm or spear gun (1) A person who, possessing a firearm, imitation firearm, spear gun or imitation spear gun, enters any building or land (other than a road), unless the person: (a) is the owner or occupier of the building or land or has the permission of the owner or occupier, or (b) does so with a reasonable excuse, or (c) does so for a lawful purpose, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who fires a firearm or spear gun in or into any building or on or on to any land, unless the person: (a) is the owner or occupier of the building or land or has the permission of the owner or occupier, or (b) does so with a reasonable excuse, or (c) does so for a lawful purpose, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (3) The onus of proving the matters referred to in subsection (1) (a), (b) and (c) and subsection (2) (a), (b) and (c) lies with the defendant. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93I Possession of unregistered firearm in public place 93I Possession of unregistered firearm in public place (1) A person who: (a) possesses an unregistered firearm in a public place, and (b) is not authorised under the Firearms Act 1996 to possess the firearm, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), an offence under subsection (1) is committed in "circumstances of aggravation" if the offence involves the possession: (a) of more than one unregistered firearm, or (b) of an unregistered firearm that is a pistol, or (c) of an unregistered firearm that is a prohibited firearm. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93J Definitions of “contaminate” and “goods” 93J Definitions of “contaminate” and “goods” (1) In this Division: "contaminate" goods includes: (a) interfere with the goods, or (b) making it appear that the goods have been contaminated or interfered with. "goods" includes any substance or article: (a) whether or not for human consumption, and (b) whether natural or manufactured, and (c) whether or not incorporated or mixed with other goods. (2) In this Division, a reference to economic loss caused through public awareness of the contamination of goods includes a reference to economic loss caused through: (a) members of the public not purchasing or using those goods or similar goods, or (b) steps taken to avoid public alarm or anxiety about those goods or similar goods. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93K Contaminating goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss 93K Contaminating goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss A person who contaminates goods with the intention of: (a) causing public alarm or anxiety, or (b) causing economic loss through public awareness of the contamination, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93L Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss 93L Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss (1) A person who makes a threat that goods will be contaminated with the intention of: (a) causing public alarm or anxiety, or (b) causing economic loss through public awareness of the contamination, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, a threat may be made by any act, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93M Making false statements concerning contamination of goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss 93M Making false statements concerning contamination of goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss (1) A person who makes a statement that the person believes to be false: (a) with the intention of inducing the person to whom the statement is made or others to believe that goods have been contaminated, and (b) with the intention of thereby: (i) causing public alarm or anxiety, or (ii) causing economic loss through public awareness of the contamination, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, making a statement includes conveying information by any means. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93N Aggravated circumstances—unwarranted demand 93N Aggravated circumstances—unwarranted demand (1) A person is guilty of an offence against this section if the person commits an offence under section 93K, 93L or 93M in connection with an unwarranted demand by the person. An unwarranted demand is a demand that the person believes he or she does not have any reasonable grounds for making. (2) A person convicted of an offence against this section is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) If on the trial of a person for an offence against this section the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 93K, 93L or 93M, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93O Aggravated circumstances—death or grievous bodily harm 93O Aggravated circumstances—death or grievous bodily harm (1) A person is guilty of an offence against this section if the person commits an offence against section 93K or 93L and: (a) the contamination of the goods causes the death of any person or grievous bodily harm to any person, or (b) the person intends by that contamination to cause such death or harm. (2) A person convicted of an offence against this section is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (3) If on the trial of a person for an offence against this section the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 93K or 93L, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93P Special provisions relating to geographical application of this Division 93P Special provisions relating to geographical application of this Division (1) A person commits an offence against a provision of this Division if: (a) the person does an act outside the State that constitutes the offence, and (b) (apart from this section) the act would have constituted the offence had it been done within this State, and (c) the offence involves intending to cause public alarm or anxiety, or economic loss, within the State. (2) A person who commits an offence by the operation of this section may be dealt with, and is liable to the same punishment, as if the person had committed the offence within the State. (3) If an offence against a provision of this Division involves intending to cause public alarm or anxiety, or economic loss, within the State, a geographical nexus between the State and any other element of the offence is not required. (4) The other provisions of this Act, the provisions of other Acts and the common law, in so far as these are applicable, apply to an offence to which this section applies as if it had been committed within the State (for example, section 344A and the rules of law relating to attempts to commit offences apply to such an offence). (5) This section is in addition to and does not derogate from any other basis on which the courts of the State may exercise criminal jurisdiction. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93Q Conveying false information that a person or property is in danger 93Q Conveying false information that a person or property is in danger (1) A person who conveys information: (a) that the person knows to be false or misleading, and (b) that is likely to make the person to whom the information is conveyed fear for the safety of a person or of property, or both, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) This section extends to conveying information by any means including making a statement, sending a document, or transmitting an electronic or other message. (3) In this section, a reference to the safety of a person includes the safety of the person who conveys the information and the person to whom it is conveyed. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93R Leaving or sending an article with intent to cause alarm 93R Leaving or sending an article with intent to cause alarm (1) A person: (a) who leaves in any place, or sends by any means, a substance or article, and (b) who intends to induce a false belief that the substance or article is likely to be a danger to the safety of a person or of property, or both, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, a false belief that a substance or article is likely to be a danger includes a false belief that the substance or article is likely to explode, ignite, or contain, consist of or discharge a dangerous matter. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93S Definitions 93S Definitions (1) In this Division: "criminal group" means a group of 3 or more people who have as their objective or one of their objectives: (a) obtaining material benefits from conduct that constitutes a serious indictable offence, or (b) obtaining material benefits from conduct engaged in outside New South Wales (including outside Australia) that, if it occurred in New South Wales, would constitute a serious indictable offence, or (c) committing serious violence offences, or (d) engaging in conduct outside New South Wales (including outside Australia) that, if it occurred in New South Wales, would constitute a serious violence offence. "law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as it has in Division 8A of Part 3. "serious violence offence" means an offence punishable by imprisonment for life or for a term of 10 years or more, where the conduct constituting the offence involves: (a) loss of a person’s life or serious risk of loss of a person’s life, or (b) serious injury to a person or serious risk of serious injury to a person, or (c) serious damage to property in circumstances endangering the safety of any person, or (d) perverting the course of justice (within the meaning of Part 7) in relation to any conduct that, if proved, would constitute a serious violence offence as referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (2) A group of people is capable of being a criminal group for the purposes of this Division whether or not: (a) any of them are subordinates or employees of others, or (b) only some of the people involved in the group are involved in planning, organising or carrying out any particular activity, or (c) its membership changes from time to time. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93T Participation in criminal groups 93T Participation in criminal groups (1) A person who participates in a criminal group: (a) knowing that it is a criminal group, and (b) knowing, or being reckless as to whether, his or her participation in that group contributes to the occurrence of any criminal activity, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who assaults another person, intending by that action to participate in any criminal activity of a criminal group, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (3) A person who destroys or damages property belonging to another person, or threatens to destroy or damage property belonging to another person, intending by that action to participate in any criminal activity of a criminal group, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (4) A person who assaults a law enforcement officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, intending by that action to participate in any criminal activity of a criminal group, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years. (5) For the purposes of this section, an action is taken to be carried out in relation to a law enforcement officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, even though the law enforcement officer is not on duty at the time, if it is carried out: (a) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by that law enforcement officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) because the officer is a law enforcement officer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93U Alternative verdicts 93U Alternative verdicts If, on the trial of a person for an offence under section 93T (2), (3) or (4), the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 93T (1), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under section 93T (1), and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 93V Offence of conducting unlawful gambling operation 93V Offence of conducting unlawful gambling operation (1) A person who conducts an unlawful gambling operation is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 7 years (or both). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), "an unlawful gambling operation" means an operation involving at least 2 of the following elements (one of which must be paragraph (d)): (a) the keeping of at least 2 premises (whether or not either or both are gambling premises) that are used for the purposes of any form of gambling that is prohibited by or under the Unlawful Gambling Act 1998, (b) substantial planning and organisation in relation to matters connected with any such form of prohibited gambling (as evidenced by matters such as the number of persons, and the amount of money and gambling turnover, involved in the operation), (c) the use of sophisticated methods and technology (for example, telephone diverters, telecommunication devices, surveillance cameras and encrypted software programs) in connection with any such form of prohibited gambling or in avoiding detection of that gambling, (d) a substantial loss of potential revenue to the State that would be derived from lawful forms of gambling. (3) In any proceedings for an offence under this section, evidence that persons have been in regular attendance at premises suspected of being used for the purposes of any form of gambling that is prohibited by or under the Unlawful Gambling Act 1998 is relevant to the matters referred to in subsection (2) (a) or (b). (4) In this section: "conduct" includes organise or manage. "gambling premises" has the same meaning as in the Unlawful Gambling Act 1998. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 94AA Property previously stolen 94AA Property previously stolen Where on the trial of a person for any offence which includes the stealing of any property it appears that the property was, at the time when it was taken by the accused, already out of the possession of the owner by reason of its having been previously stolen, the accused may be convicted of the offence charged notwithstanding that it is not proved that the taking by him or her amounted to an interference with the right to possession of, or a trespass against, the owner. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 94 Robbery or stealing from the person 94 Robbery or stealing from the person Whosoever: robs or assaults with intent to rob any person, or steals any chattel, money, or valuable security from the person of another, shall, except where a greater punishment is provided by this Act, be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 95 Same in circumstances of aggravation 95 Same in circumstances of aggravation (1) Whosoever robs, or assaults with intent to rob, any person, or steals any chattel, money, or valuable security, from the person of another, in circumstances of aggravation, shall be liable to imprisonment for twenty years. (2) In this section, "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances that (immediately before, or at the time of, or immediately after the robbery, assault or larceny) involve any one or more of the following: (a) the alleged offender uses corporal violence on any person, (b) the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on any person, (c) the alleged offender deprives any person of his or her liberty. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 96 Same (robbery) with wounding 96 Same (robbery) with wounding Whosoever commits any offence under section 95, and thereby wounds or inflicts grievous bodily harm on any person, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 97 Robbery etc or stopping a mail, being armed or in company 97 Robbery etc or stopping a mail, being armed or in company (1) Whosoever, being armed with an offensive weapon, or instrument, or being in company with another person, robs, or assaults with intent to rob, any person, or stops any mail, or vehicle, railway train, or person conveying a mail, with intent to rob, or search the same, shall be liable to imprisonment for twenty years. (2) Aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) when armed with a dangerous weapon. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (3) Alternative verdict If on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (2) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 98 Robbery with arms etc and wounding 98 Robbery with arms etc and wounding Whosoever, being armed with an offensive weapon, or instrument, or being in company with another person, robs, or assaults with intent to rob, any person, and immediately before, or at the time of, or immediately after, such robbery, or assault, wounds, or inflicts grievous bodily harm upon, such person, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 99 Demanding property with intent to steal 99 Demanding property with intent to steal (1) Whosoever, with menaces, or by force, demands any property from any person, with intent to steal the same, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in the company of another person or persons. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) It is immaterial whether any such menace is of violence or injury by the offender or by any other person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 105A Definitions 105A Definitions (1) In sections 106–115A: "building" includes any place of Divine worship. "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances involving any one or more of the following: (a) the alleged offender is armed with an offensive weapon, or instrument, (b) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, (c) the alleged offender uses corporal violence on any person, (d) the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on any person, (e) the alleged offender deprives any person of his or her liberty, (f) the alleged offender knows that there is a person, or that there are persons, in the place where the offence is alleged to be committed. "circumstances of special aggravation" means circumstances involving either or both of the following: (a) the alleged offender wounds or intentionally or recklessly inflicts grievous bodily harm on any person, (b) the alleged offender is armed with a dangerous weapon. (2) The matters referred to in: (a) paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of "circumstances of aggravation", or (b) paragraph (a) of the definition of "circumstances of special aggravation", can occur immediately before, or at the time of, or immediately after any of the elements of the offence concerned occurred. (2A) For the purposes of paragraph (f) of the definition of "circumstances of aggravation", if there was a person, or there were persons, in the place in relation to which an offence is alleged to have been committed at the time it was committed, the defendant is presumed to have known that fact unless the defendant satisfies the court that he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that there was no one in the place. (3) The definitions in subsection (1) are not mutually exclusive. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 109 Breaking out of dwelling-house after committing, or entering with intent to commit, indictable offence 109 Breaking out of dwelling-house after committing, or entering with intent to commit, indictable offence (1) Whosoever: enters the dwelling-house of another, with intent to commit a serious indictable offence therein, or, being in such dwelling-house commits any serious indictable offence therein, and in either case breaks out of the said dwelling-house shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. (2) Aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. (3) Specially aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (2) in circumstances of special aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 110 Breaking, entering and assaulting with intent to murder etc 110 Breaking, entering and assaulting with intent to murder etc Whosoever breaks and enters any dwelling-house, or any building appurtenant thereto, and while therein or on premises occupied therewith assaults with intent to murder any person, or inflicts grievous bodily harm upon any person, shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 111 Entering dwelling-house 111 Entering dwelling-house (1) Whosoever enters any dwelling-house, with intent to commit a serious indictable offence therein, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. (2) Aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) Specially aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (2) in circumstances of special aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 112 Breaking etc into any house etc and committing serious indictable offence 112 Breaking etc into any house etc and committing serious indictable offence (1) A person who: (a) breaks and enters any dwelling-house or other building and commits any serious indictable offence therein, or (b) being in any dwelling-house or other building commits any serious indictable offence therein and breaks out of the dwelling-house or other building, is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (2) Aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. (3) Specially aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (2) in circumstances of special aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 113 Breaking etc into any house etc with intent to commit serious indictable offence 113 Breaking etc into any house etc with intent to commit serious indictable offence (1) A person who breaks and enters any dwelling-house or other building with intent to commit any serious indictable offence therein is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) Aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) Specially aggravated offence A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (2) in circumstances of special aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 20 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 114 Being armed with intent to commit indictable offence 114 Being armed with intent to commit indictable offence (1) Any person who: (a) is armed with any weapon, or instrument, with intent to commit an indictable offence, (b) has in his or her possession, without lawful excuse, any implement of housebreaking or safebreaking, or any implement capable of being used to enter or drive or enter and drive a conveyance, (c) has his or her face blackened or otherwise disguised, or has in his or her possession the means of blacking or otherwise disguising his or her face, with intent to commit an indictable offence, (d) enters or remains in or upon any part of a building or any land occupied or used in connection therewith with intent to commit an indictable offence in or upon the building, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b) "conveyance" means any cab, carriage, motor car, caravan, trailer, motor lorry, omnibus, motor or other bicycle, or any ship, or vessel, used in or intended for navigation, and "drive" shall be construed accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 115 Being convicted offender armed with intent to commit indictable offence 115 Being convicted offender armed with intent to commit indictable offence Whosoever, having been convicted of any indictable offence, afterwards commits any offence mentioned in section 114, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 115A Alternative verdicts 115A Alternative verdicts (1) Aggravated offence reduced to basic offence If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 106 (2), 107 (2), 109 (2), 111 (2), 112 (2) or 113 (2) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 106 (1), 107 (1), 109 (1), 111 (1), 112 (1) or 113 (1) as appropriate, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (2) Specially aggravated offence reduced to aggravated offence If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 106 (3), 107 (3), 109 (3), 111 (3), 112 (3) or 113 (3) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 106 (2), 107 (2), 109 (2), 111 (2), 112 (2) or 113 (2) as appropriate, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (3) Specially aggravated offence reduced to basic offence If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 106 (3), 107 (3), 109 (3), 111 (3), 112 (3) or 113 (3) the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 106 (1), 107 (1), 109 (1), 111 (1), 112 (1) or 113 (1) as appropriate, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. This subsection does not apply to an offence if the jury proceeds under subsection (2) in relation to it. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 116 All larcenies to be of same nature 116 All larcenies to be of same nature Every larceny, whatever the value of the property stolen, shall be deemed to be of the same nature, and shall be subject to the same incidents in all respects, as grand larceny was before the passing of the Act seventh and eighth George the Fourth, chapter twenty-nine. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 117 Punishment for larceny 117 Punishment for larceny Whosoever commits larceny, or any indictable offence by this Act made punishable like larceny, shall, except in the cases hereinafter otherwise provided for, be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 118 Intent to return property no defence 118 Intent to return property no defence Where, on the trial of a person for larceny, it appears that the accused appropriated the property in question to the accused’s own use, or for the accused’s own benefit, or that of another, but intended eventually to restore the same, or in the case of money to return an equivalent amount, such person shall not by reason only thereof be entitled to acquittal. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 119 Verdict where several takings proved 119 Verdict where several takings proved Where, on the trial of a person for larceny, it appears that the property alleged in any count to have been stolen at one time, was taken at different times, the prosecutor shall not be required to elect upon which taking the prosecutor will proceed, unless the Judge so orders: Provided always that evidence shall not in any such case be given of any taking which occurred more than six months in point of time from any other of such takings. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 120 Trial for larceny—verdict of embezzlement etc 120 Trial for larceny—verdict of embezzlement etc Where, on the trial of a person for larceny, it appears that the person took the property in such manner as to amount in law to the offence of embezzlement or fraudulent misappropriation, or the fraudulent application, or disposition, of property as a clerk, or servant, or person employed in the Public Service, or of obtaining property by any false pretence or by any wilfully false promise, or partly by a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise, the jury may acquit the person of the larceny charged, and find the person guilty of such other offence, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 121 Verdict of “larceny or receiving” 121 Verdict of “larceny or receiving” Where, on the trial of a person charged with larceny, or any offence which includes larceny, and, also, with having unlawfully received the property charged to have been stolen, knowing it to have been stolen, the jury find specially that the person either stole, or unlawfully received, such property, and that they are unable to say which of those offences was committed by the person, such person shall not by reason thereof be entitled to acquittal, but shall be liable to be sentenced for the larceny, or for the unlawful receiving, whichever of the two offences is subject to the lesser punishment. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 122 Verdict where persons indicted for joint larceny or receiving 122 Verdict where persons indicted for joint larceny or receiving On the trial of any two, or more, persons charged with larceny, and also with having unlawfully received property, the jury may find all, or any, of such persons guilty, either of stealing, or unlawfully receiving, the property, or part or parts thereof, or may find one, or more, of the said persons guilty of stealing, and the other, or others, of them guilty of unlawfully receiving the property, or part or parts thereof. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 123 Verdict of minor indictable offence 123 Verdict of minor indictable offence Where, on the trial of a person for larceny, it appears that the property in question was taken, appropriated, or retained, under circumstances amounting to a minor indictable offence, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of the minor indictable offence, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 124 Fraudulent appropriation 124 Fraudulent appropriation Where, upon the trial of a person for larceny, it appears: (a) that the person had fraudulently appropriated to his or her own use or that of another, the property in respect of which the person is indicted, although the person had not originally taken the property with any fraudulent intent, or (b) that the person had fraudulently retained the property in order to secure a reward for its restoration, the jury may return a verdict accordingly, and thereupon the person shall be liable to imprisonment for two years, or to a fine of 20 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 125 Larceny by bailee 125 Larceny by bailee Whosoever, being a bailee of any property, fraudulently takes, or converts, the same, or any part thereof, or any property into or for which it has been converted, or exchanged, to his or her own use, or the use of any person other than the owner thereof, although he or she does not break bulk, or otherwise determine the bailment, shall be deemed to be guilty of larceny and liable to be indicted for that offence. The accused shall be taken to be a bailee within the meaning of this section, although he or she may not have contracted to restore, or deliver, the specific property received by him or her, or may only have contracted to restore, or deliver, the property specifically. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 126 Stealing cattle or killing with intent to steal 126 Stealing cattle or killing with intent to steal Whosoever: steals any cattle, or wilfully kills any cattle with intent to steal the carcass, or skin, or other part, of the cattle so killed, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 127 Stealing or killing cattle—uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal 127 Stealing or killing cattle—uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal Where, on the trial of a person for an offence under section 126 it appears that the person stole, or killed, an animal of the species described in the indictment, but it is uncertain on the evidence what was its sex, or age, such person shall not be entitled to acquittal by reason only of such uncertainty. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 128 Trial for stealing cattle—verdict of stealing skins 128 Trial for stealing cattle—verdict of stealing skins Where, on the trial of a person for stealing cattle, the jury are not satisfied that the person is guilty thereof, but are satisfied that the person is guilty of stealing the carcass, or skin, or part, of such cattle, or of killing the said cattle within section 126, they may acquit the person of the offence charged, and find the person guilty of such last-mentioned stealing, or killing, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 129 Trial for killing cattle—verdict of stealing 129 Trial for killing cattle—verdict of stealing Where, on the trial of a person for the offence of killing cattle within the meaning of section 126, the jury are not satisfied that the person is guilty thereof, but are satisfied that the person is guilty of stealing such cattle, they may acquit the person of the offence charged, and find the person guilty of such stealing, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 130 Trial for stealing cattle—verdict of misdemeanour 130 Trial for stealing cattle—verdict of misdemeanour Where, on the trial of a person for stealing cattle, the jury are not satisfied that the person is guilty thereof, but are satisfied that the person is guilty of an offence within section 131, they may acquit the person of the offence charged, and find the person guilty of an offence under the said last mentioned section, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 131 Unlawfully using etc another person’s cattle 131 Unlawfully using etc another person’s cattle Whosoever: takes and works, or otherwise uses, or takes for the purpose of working, or using, any cattle the property of another person without the consent of the owner, or person in lawful possession thereof, or takes any such cattle for the purpose of secreting the same, or obtaining a reward for the restoration or pretended finding thereof, or for any other fraudulent purpose, or fraudulently brands, or ear-marks, or defaces, or alters, the brands or ear-marks of any cattle the property of another person, shall be liable to imprisonment for three years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 132 Stealing dogs 132 Stealing dogs Whosoever, having been summarily convicted under this or any former Act, of any such offence as is hereinafter in this section mentioned, afterwards, steals any dog, or has unlawfully in his or her possession any stolen dog, or the skin of any stolen dog, knowing such dog to have been stolen, shall be liable to imprisonment for one year. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 133 Taking money to restore dogs 133 Taking money to restore dogs Whosoever corruptly takes any money or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence, or upon account, of aiding any person to recover any dog which has been stolen, or which is in the possession of any person other than its owner, shall be liable to imprisonment for one year. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 134 Stealing, destroying etc valuable security 134 Stealing, destroying etc valuable security Whosoever steals, embezzles, or for any fraudulent purpose destroys, cancels, obliterates, or conceals, the whole or any part of any valuable security, shall be liable, as if he or she had stolen a chattel, to be punished as for larceny. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 135 Stealing, destroying etc wills or codicils 135 Stealing, destroying etc wills or codicils Whosoever steals, or, for any fraudulent purpose destroys, cancels, obliterates, or conceals, the whole or any part of any will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument, either during the life of the testator, or after the testator’s death, or whether the same relates to real, or personal estate, or to both, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 136 Proviso to sections 134 and 135 136 Proviso to sections 134 and 135 No person shall be convicted under section 134 or section 135 in respect of any act done by the person, if, before being charged with the offence, the person first disclosed such act on oath, under compulsory process, in a proceeding instituted in good faith by a party aggrieved, or under compulsory examination in some matter in bankruptcy, or insolvency, or under compulsory examination in some matter in the liquidation of a corporation. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 137 Civil remedies not affected by conviction 137 Civil remedies not affected by conviction (1) Nothing in section 134 or in section 135, nor any proceeding, conviction, or judgment thereupon, shall affect any remedy at law, or in equity, which any party aggrieved would have had if this Act had not been passed. (2) No evidence of the conviction of any person under either of the said sections shall be admissible in any action, or suit, against the person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 138 Stealing, destroying etc records etc of any court or public office 138 Stealing, destroying etc records etc of any court or public office Whosoever steals, or for any fraudulent purpose, takes from its place of deposit, for the time being, or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, or unlawfully and intentionally or recklessly cancels, obliterates, injures, or destroys, the whole or any part, of any record, document, or writing, of, or belonging to, any Court, or relating to any matter or cause, civil or criminal, pending, or terminated, in any Court, or relating to the business of any office or employment under Her Majesty, and being in any public office, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 139 Stealing etc metal, glass, wood etc fixed to house or land 139 Stealing etc metal, glass, wood etc fixed to house or land Whosoever steals, or rips, cuts, severs, or breaks with intent to steal, any glass, or woodwork, belonging to any building, or any metal, or any utensil, or fixture, whether made of metal or other material, or of both respectively, fixed in, or to, any building, or anything made of metal, fixed in any land being private property, or used as a fence to any dwelling-house, garden, or area, or being in any square, or street, or in, or on, any place dedicated to public use or ornament, or in any burial-ground, shall be liable to be punished as for larceny. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 140 Stealing etc trees etc in pleasure-grounds etc 140 Stealing etc trees etc in pleasure-grounds etc Whosoever: steals, or destroys or damages with intent to steal, the whole, or any part, of any tree, sapling, shrub, or plant, or any underwood, growing in any park, pleasure-ground, garden, orchard, or avenue, or in any ground belonging to any dwelling-house, where the value of the article stolen, or the amount of injury done, exceeds two dollars, or steals, or destroys or damages with intent to steal, the whole, or any part, of any tree, sapling, shrub, or plant, or any underwood respectively growing elsewhere than in any situation beforementioned, where the value of the article stolen, or the amount of injury done, exceeds ten dollars, shall be liable to be punished as for larceny. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 148 Stealing property in a dwelling-house 148 Stealing property in a dwelling-house Whosoever steals in a dwelling-house any property shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 149 The same with menaces 149 The same with menaces Whosoever steals any property in a dwelling-house, and uses thereafter any menace or threat to any person therein, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 150 Stealing goods in process of manufacture 150 Stealing goods in process of manufacture Whosoever steals, to the value of one dollar, any goods, article, or material, while anywhere placed, or exposed, during the process or progress of manufacture, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 151 Selling etc materials to be manufactured 151 Selling etc materials to be manufactured Whosoever, being, for the purpose of manufacture, or any special purpose connected with manufacture, employed to make, prepare, or work up, any goods, article, or material, or being for any such purpose entrusted with any such goods, article, or material, or with any tools, or apparatus, sells, pawns, purloins, secretes, embezzles, exchanges, or otherwise fraudulently disposes of the same, or any part thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for four years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 152 Stealing from ship in port or on wharfs etc 152 Stealing from ship in port or on wharfs etc Whosoever: steals any property in any vessel, barge, or boat, while in any haven, or port, or upon any navigable river, or canal, or in any creek, or basin, belonging to, or communicating with, any such haven, port, river, or canal, or steals any property from any dock, wharf, or quay, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 153 Stealing from ship in distress or wrecked 153 Stealing from ship in distress or wrecked Whosoever steals, or plunders, any part of any vessel in distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or any property of any kind to the value of two dollars belonging to such vessel, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154 Tenants etc stealing articles let to hire 154 Tenants etc stealing articles let to hire Whosoever, being the tenant, or occupier, of any house, building, or lodging, steals any chattel, or fixture let to be used therewith, whether the contract was entered into by the accused, or by any person on his or her behalf, shall be liable to be punished as for larceny. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154A Taking a conveyance without consent of owner 154A Taking a conveyance without consent of owner (1) Any person who: (a) without having the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of a conveyance, takes and drives it, or takes it for the purpose of driving it, or secreting it, or obtaining a reward for its restoration or pretended restoration, or for any other fraudulent purpose, or (b) knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such consent, drives it or allows himself or herself to be carried in or on it, shall be deemed to be guilty of larceny and liable to be indicted for that offence. (2) For the purposes of this section "conveyance" means any cart, wagon, cab, carriage, motor car, caravan, trailer, motor lorry, tractor, earth moving equipment, omnibus, motor or other bicycle, tank or other military vehicle, or any ship, or vessel, used or intended for navigation, and "drive" shall be construed accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154B Stealing aircraft and unlawfully taking or exercising control of aircraft 154B Stealing aircraft and unlawfully taking or exercising control of aircraft (1) Whosoever steals any aircraft shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. (2) Whosoever without lawful excuse takes or exercises control, whether direct or through another person, of an aircraft shall be deemed to be guilty of larceny and be liable to imprisonment for seven years. (3) Whosoever without lawful excuse takes or exercises control, whether direct or through another person, of an aircraft while another person, not being an accomplice of the first-mentioned person, is on board the aircraft shall be deemed to be guilty of larceny and be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. (4) Whosoever without lawful excuse, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, or by any trick or false pretence, takes or exercises control, whether direct or through another person, of an aircraft while another person, not being an accomplice of the first- mentioned person, is on board the aircraft shall be deemed to be guilty of larceny and be liable to imprisonment for twenty years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154C Taking motor vehicle or vessel with assault or with occupant on board 154C Taking motor vehicle or vessel with assault or with occupant on board (1) A person who: (a) assaults another person with intent to take a motor vehicle or vessel and, without having the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of it, takes and drives it, or takes it for the purpose of driving it, or (b) without having the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of a motor vehicle or vessel, takes and drives it, or takes it for the purpose of driving it, when a person is in or on it, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence under this subsection if the person commits an offence under subsection (1) in circumstances of aggravation. A person convicted of an offence under this subsection is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) In this section: "circumstances of aggravation" means circumstances involving any one or more of the following: (a) the alleged offender is in the company of another person or persons, (b) the alleged offender is armed with an offensive weapon or instrument, (c) the alleged offender intentionally or recklessly inflicts actual bodily harm on any person. "drive" includes operate. "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005. "vessel" means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine Safety Act 1998. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154D Stealing firearms 154D Stealing firearms (1) A person who steals a firearm is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (2) In this section: "firearm" has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1996. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154E Definitions 154E Definitions (1) In this Subdivision: "interfere" with a thing includes alter, deface, remove, obliterate, conceal or add anything to the thing. "motor vehicle" means: (a) a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 (whether or not the vehicle contains the motor intended to form part of it), or (b) a motor intended to form part of, or capable of forming part of, any such motor vehicle, or (c) any part of any such motor vehicle containing, or consisting of, an identification plate for a vehicle under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth. "unique identifier" means any numbers, letters, symbols or other identification information: (a) marked on or attached to a motor vehicle or vessel, or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel, or (b) marked on a thing that is designed to be attached to a motor vehicle or vessel, or a part of the motor vehicle or vessel, or (c) stored in electronic form in a part of a motor vehicle or vessel, for the primary purpose of: (d) enabling a particular motor vehicle, vessel or part to be distinguished from all other motor vehicles, vessels or parts (including by enabling a part to be identified as a part of a particular motor vehicle or vessel), or (e) identifying different motor vehicle or vessel production batches (including by enabling a part to be identified as a part of a motor vehicle or vessel of a particular production batch). "vessel" means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine Safety Act 1998. (2) For the purposes of this Subdivision, a "part" of a motor vehicle or vessel includes a thing (such as a key) manufactured in connection with the motor vehicle or vessel that enables the operation of the motor vehicle or vessel or prevents the unauthorised operation of the motor vehicle or vessel. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154F Stealing motor vehicle or vessel 154F Stealing motor vehicle or vessel A person who steals a motor vehicle or vessel is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154G Facilitating organised car or boat rebirthing activities 154G Facilitating organised car or boat rebirthing activities (1) A person who facilitates a car or boat rebirthing activity that is carried out on an organised basis knowing that: (a) it is a car or boat rebirthing activity, and (b) it is carried out on an organised basis, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 14 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, a "car or boat rebirthing activity" is an activity involving one or more of the following: (a) the stealing of a motor vehicle or vessel or the receiving of a stolen motor vehicle or stolen vessel, (b) the interference with a motor vehicle or vessel, or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel, or a unique identifier, for the purpose of concealing the fact that a motor vehicle or vessel, or any part of a motor vehicle or vessel, is stolen, (c) the affixing of stolen parts to a motor vehicle or vessel, (d) the interference with a unique identifier, being a unique identifier that wholly or partly identifies a motor vehicle or vessel for registration under a law of any jurisdiction, for the purpose of disguising or misrepresenting the identity of a motor vehicle or vessel, (e) the registration, in this or any other jurisdiction, of a stolen motor vehicle or stolen vessel, or of a motor vehicle or vessel that has had stolen parts affixed to it, (f) the supply of, or offering to supply, a stolen motor vehicle or stolen vessel. (3) A person "facilitates" a car or boat rebirthing activity if the person: (a) takes, or participates in, any step, or causes any step to be taken, that is part of the activity, or (b) provides or arranges finance for any step that is part of the activity, or (c) provides the premises in which any step that is part of the activity is taken, or allows any step that is part of the activity to be taken in premises of which the person is the owner, lessee or occupier or of which the person has the care, control or management. (4) A car or boat rebirthing activity is carried out on an "organised basis" if: (a) it is planned, organised, structured or otherwise carried out in such a manner as to indicate that the activity is carried out on more than one occasion and involves more than one participant, and (b) it is carried out for profit or gain. (5) In proceedings for an offence against this section, for the purpose of proving that an activity was carried out on an organised basis, or that the accused knew it was carried out on an organised basis, it is not necessary to prove: (a) that the accused knew any of the participants in the activity or that any of the participants knew each other, or (b) that the activity was planned, organised, structured or otherwise carried out under the direction of any particular person or persons or in any hierarchical manner, or (c) that the same participants were involved on each occasion on which the activity was carried out. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154H Making, using and interfering with unique identifiers 154H Making, using and interfering with unique identifiers (1) A person who: (a) dishonestly interferes with, or copies, a unique identifier, or (b) possesses a motor vehicle or vessel, or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel, with the intention of dishonestly interfering with, or copying, a unique identifier, or (c) dishonestly makes a unique identifier, or a purported unique identifier, or (d) knowingly induces another person to accept any information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel as a genuine unique identifier for the motor vehicle, vessel or part, when the information is not in fact a genuine unique identifier for that motor vehicle, vessel or part, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, information is "attached" to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel if it is: (a) marked on or attached to the motor vehicle, vessel or part, or (b) marked on a thing attached to the motor vehicle, vessel or part, or (c) stored in electronic form in a part of the motor vehicle or vessel. (3) In proceedings for an offence against this section, if it is necessary to allege a person knowingly induced another person to accept information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel as a genuine unique identifier for the motor vehicle, vessel or part, it is not necessary to allege that the accused knowingly induced a particular person to accept the information as a genuine unique identifier. (4) In this section, a reference to inducing a person to accept information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel as a genuine unique identifier includes a reference to causing a computer to respond to the information attached to the motor vehicle, vessel or part as if it were a genuine unique identifier. (5) In this section: "information" includes numbers, letters or symbols. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154I Possession of motor vehicle or vessel where unique identifier has been interfered with 154I Possession of motor vehicle or vessel where unique identifier has been interfered with (1) A person who dishonestly has possession of a motor vehicle or vessel, or a part of a motor vehicle or vessel, a unique identifier of which has been interfered with, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person "dishonestly" has possession of a thing if: (a) the person obtained or received the thing dishonestly, or (b) the person intends to register, supply or use the thing dishonestly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154J Possession of vehicle identification plate not attached to motor vehicle 154J Possession of vehicle identification plate not attached to motor vehicle (1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, knowingly has possession of a vehicle identification plate not attached to the motor vehicle to which it relates. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years. (2) The onus of proof of reasonable excuse in proceedings for an offence against this section lies on the accused. (3) In this section: "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 (whether or not the vehicle contains the motor intended to form part of it). "vehicle identification number" means a vehicle identification number allocated to a vehicle in accordance with the national standards under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth. "vehicle identification plate" means a plate, label or other thing that has a vehicle identification number on it, is designed to be attached to a motor vehicle and which: (a) enables the motor vehicle to be identified for the purposes of registration under a law of any jurisdiction, or (b) includes information relating to the manufacture of the motor vehicle or compliance with the national standards under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 155 Definition of clerk or servant 155 Definition of clerk or servant Every person employed for any purpose, as, or in the capacity of, a clerk, or servant, or as a collector of moneys, although temporarily only, or employed also by other persons, or employed to pay as well as receive moneys, or although the person had no authority from his or her employer to receive money, or other property, on his or her account, shall be deemed a clerk, or servant. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 156 Larceny by clerks or servants 156 Larceny by clerks or servants Whosoever, being a clerk, or servant, steals any property belonging to, or in the possession, or power of, his or her master, or employer, or any property into or for which it has been converted, or exchanged, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 157 Embezzlement by clerks or servants 157 Embezzlement by clerks or servants Whosoever, being a clerk, or servant, fraudulently embezzles, either the whole or any part of, any property delivered to, or received, or taken into possession by him or her, for, or in the name, or on the account of, his or her master, or employer, shall be deemed to have stolen the same, although such property was not received into the possession of such master, or employer, otherwise than by the actual possession of such clerk, or servant, and shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 158 Destruction, falsification of accounts etc by clerk or servant 158 Destruction, falsification of accounts etc by clerk or servant Whosoever, being a clerk, or servant, or person acting in the capacity of a clerk, or servant, destroys, alters, mutilates, or falsifies, any book, paper, writing, valuable security, or account, belonging to, or in the possession of, or received for his or her employer, or makes, or concurs in making, any false entry in, or omits, or alters, or concurs in omitting or altering, any material particular from, or in, any such book, or writing, or account, with intent in any such case to defraud, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 159 Larceny by persons in Public Service 159 Larceny by persons in Public Service Whosoever, being employed in the Public Service, steals any property, or any part thereof, intrusted to him or her, or taken into his or her possession, or being in his or her custody, or under his or her control, by virtue or colour of such employment, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 160 Embezzlement etc by persons in the Public Service 160 Embezzlement etc by persons in the Public Service Whosoever, being employed in the Public Service, fraudulently embezzles any property, or any part thereof, so intrusted to him or her, or taken into his or her possession, or being in his or her custody, or under his or her control, or fraudulently secretes, removes, or in any manner fraudulently applies, or disposes of, the same, or any part thereof, shall be deemed to have stolen the same, and shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 161 Proof of general deficiency in accounts 161 Proof of general deficiency in accounts On the prosecution of a person for larceny, or embezzlement as a clerk, or servant, or as a person employed in the Public Service, where the charge is in respect of money, it shall not be necessary to prove the larceny, or embezzlement, by the accused of any specific sum of money, if there is proof of a general deficiency on the examination of the books of account, or entries kept, or made by him or her, or otherwise, and the jury are satisfied that he or she stole, or fraudulently embezzled the deficient money, or any part thereof. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 162 Larceny etc by joint owners 162 Larceny etc by joint owners Whosoever, being a member of any copartnership, or being one of two, or more, joint owners, steals, or embezzles, any property of, or belonging to, such copartnership, or joint owners, may be convicted of, and punished for, the offence as if he or she was not a member of the copartnership, or one of such joint owners. "Copartnership" shall, for the purposes of this section, include all corporations and societies whatsoever. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 163 Trial for embezzlement—verdict of larceny 163 Trial for embezzlement—verdict of larceny Where, on the trial of any person for embezzlement, or the fraudulent application, or disposition, of property as a clerk, or servant, or person employed in the Public Service, it appears that the person obtained the property in such manner as to amount in law to larceny, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged, and find the person guilty of larceny, or of larceny as such clerk, servant, or person, as the case may be, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 164 Terms “agents”, “intrusted” and “misappropriate” 164 Terms “agents”, “intrusted” and “misappropriate” For the purposes of sections 165 to 171 both inclusive: "intrusted" means intrusted, either solely, or jointly, with any other person. "agent" includes bankers, merchants, attorneys, factors, brokers, and every other person acting in the capacity of an agent so intrusted. "misappropriate" means appropriate in any manner whether by sale, pledge, or otherwise, to the agent’s own use or benefit, or the use or benefit of some one other than the person, by, or for whom, he or she was so intrusted. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 165 Agent misappropriating money etc intrusted to him or her 165 Agent misappropriating money etc intrusted to him or her Whosoever having been intrusted as an agent with any money, or security for the payment of money, with a direction in writing to apply, pay, or deliver, such money or security, or any part thereof, respectively, or the proceeds, or any part of the proceeds, of such security for any purpose, or to any person specified in such direction, misappropriates in any manner such money, security, or proceeds, or any part thereof, respectively, in violation of good faith, and contrary to the terms of such direction, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 166 The like as to goods etc intrusted to him or her 166 The like as to goods etc intrusted to him or her Whosoever having been intrusted as an agent with any chattel, or valuable security, for safe custody, or for any special purpose, without authority to sell, negotiate, transfer, or pledge the same, or with any power of attorney for the sale, or transfer, of any share, or interest, in any public stock, or fund, or in any stock, or fund of any body corporate, or company, misappropriates in any manner such chattel, or security, or the proceeds of the same, or any part thereof, or the share, or interest, in the stock or fund, to which such power of attorney relates, or any part thereof, in violation of good faith, and contrary to the purpose for which such chattel, security, or power of attorney, was intrusted to him or her shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 167 Not to affect trustees or mortgagees nor to restrain agents from receiving money on valuable securities etc 167 Not to affect trustees or mortgagees nor to restrain agents from receiving money on valuable securities etc Nothing in section 165 or section 166 shall affect any trustee under any instrument, or any mortgagee of property, in respect of any act done by such trustee, or mortgagee, in relation to the property comprised in, or affected by, the trust, or mortgage, or shall restrain an agent from receiving money payable upon any valuable security according to the tenor and effect thereof, or from disposing of property on which he or she has any claim entitling him or her by law so to do, unless such disposal extends to more than is requisite for satisfying such claim. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 168 Fraudulent sale of property by agent 168 Fraudulent sale of property by agent Whosoever, being an agent intrusted with property for safe custody, fraudulently sells, negotiates, transfers, pledges, or in any manner misappropriates, the same, or any part thereof, shall be guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 169 The same by person under power of attorney 169 The same by person under power of attorney Whosoever, being intrusted with any power of attorney for the sale, or transfer, of property, fraudulently sells, transfers, or otherwise misappropriates the same, or any part thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 170 Agent obtaining advances on property of his or her principal 170 Agent obtaining advances on property of his or her principal Whosoever, being an agent intrusted with property for the purpose of sale, or otherwise disposing of the same, otherwise than for the use of his or her principal, and in violation of good faith, transfers, consigns, pledges, or delivers the same, or any part thereof, as security for money, or other valuable thing, borrowed, or received, or to be borrowed, or received, by such agent, or, otherwise than for the use of his or her principal, and in violation of good faith, obtains any advance of money, or other valuable thing, upon any undertaking by him or her to transfer, consign, pledge, or deliver such property, or any part thereof, or assists in the making of any such transfer, consignment, pledge, or delivery, or in the obtaining of any such advance, knowing the same in any such case to be in violation of good faith, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years: Provided that nothing in this section shall extend to any transfer, consignment, pledge, or delivery, made, or agreed to be made, as security for no greater sum than the amount, if any, then due to such agent, and of any current bill, or bills, drawn by, or on account of, his or her principal and accepted by such agent. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 171 What to be deemed intrusting with goods etc 171 What to be deemed intrusting with goods etc For the purposes of section 170: (1) every agent intrusted with the possession of a document of title to property, whether derived immediately from the owner of the property, or obtained by such agent by reason of his or her having possession of such property, or of some other document of title thereto, shall be deemed to have been intrusted with the property indicated by such document, (2) every transfer, pledge, or delivery, of any such document shall be deemed a transfer, pledge, or delivery, of the property indicated by the same, (3) where any such document, or the property thereby indicated, is held by any person on the behalf, or subject to the control, of any such agent, the same shall be taken to be in the possession of such agent, (4) every agent in possession of property, or of any such document of title, shall be taken to have been intrusted therewith by the owner, unless the contrary is shown. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 172 Trustees fraudulently disposing of property 172 Trustees fraudulently disposing of property Whosoever, being a trustee of property for the use or benefit, wholly or partially, of some other person or for any public or charitable purpose, converts, or appropriates, the same, or any part thereof, for the use or benefit of himself or herself, or some other person, or for any other than such public or charitable purpose, or, otherwise disposes of, or destroys such property, or any part thereof, in violation in any such case of good faith, and with intent to defraud, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years: Provided that no prosecution shall be instituted under this section without the leave of the Supreme Court or of the Attorney-General. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 173 Directors etc fraudulently appropriating etc property 173 Directors etc fraudulently appropriating etc property Whosoever, being a director, officer, or member, of any body corporate, or public company, fraudulently takes, or applies, for his or her own use or benefit, or any use or purpose other than the use or purpose of such body corporate, or company, or fraudulently destroys any of the property of such body corporate, or company, shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 174 Directors etc omitting certain entries 174 Directors etc omitting certain entries Whosoever, being a director, or officer of any body corporate, or public company, receives, or possesses himself or herself, of any of the property of such body corporate, or company, otherwise than in payment of a just debt, and, with intent to defraud, omits to make, or direct to be made, a true and sufficient entry thereof in the books, or accounts, of such body corporate, or company, shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 175 Director etc wilfully destroying etc books of company etc 175 Director etc wilfully destroying etc books of company etc Whosoever, being a director, officer, or member, of any body corporate, or public company, destroys, alters, mutilates, or falsifies, any book, entry, paper- writing, or valuable security, belonging to such body corporate, or company, or makes, or concurs in making, any false entry, or omits, or concurs in omitting, any material particular in any book of account, or other document, with intent in any such case to defraud, shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 176 Director or officer publishing fraudulent statements 176 Director or officer publishing fraudulent statements Whosoever, being a director, or officer, of any body corporate, or public company, makes, circulates, or publishes, or concurs in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement, or account, which he or she knows to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive, or defraud, any member, shareholder, or creditor, of such body corporate, or company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder, or partner therein, or to intrust, or advance, any property to such body corporate, or company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 176A Directors etc cheating or defrauding 176A Directors etc cheating or defrauding Whosoever, being a director, officer, or member, of any body corporate or public company, cheats or defrauds, or does or omits to do any act with intent to cheat or defraud, the body corporate or company or any person in his or her dealings with the body corporate or company shall be liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 177 Proviso to sections 165 to 176 inclusive 177 Proviso to sections 165 to 176 inclusive No person shall be convicted of any offence under any of the sections from section 165 to section 176 both inclusive in respect of any act or omission by the person, if, before being charged with the offence, the person first disclosed such act or omission, on oath, under compulsory process, in a proceeding instituted by a party aggrieved, or under compulsory examination in some matter in bankruptcy, or insolvency, or under compulsory examination in some matter in the liquidation of a corporation. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 178 No relief from compulsory disclosures 178 No relief from compulsory disclosures (1) Nothing in sections 165 to 176 both inclusive shall relieve any person from making a full discovery, by answer to interrogatories, or from answering any question in a civil proceeding. (2) No evidence of the conviction of any person, under any of the said sections, shall be admissible in any suit against the person. (3) Nothing in the said sections, nor any proceeding or conviction under them, shall affect any remedy which any party would have had if this Act had not been passed, nor shall affect any agreement entered into, or security given, by a trustee, having for its object the restoration, or repayment, of any trust property misappropriated. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 178A Fraudulent misappropriation of moneys collected or received 178A Fraudulent misappropriation of moneys collected or received Whosoever having collected or received any money or valuable security upon terms requiring him or her to deliver or account for or pay to any person the whole or any part of: (a) such money or valuable security or the proceeds thereof, or (b) any balance of such money, valuable security, or proceeds thereof after any authorised deductions or payments have been made thereout, fraudulently misappropriates to his or her own use or the use of any other person, or fraudulently omits to account for or pay the whole or any part of such money, valuable security, or proceeds, or the whole or any part of such balance in violation of the terms on which he or she collected or received such money or valuable security, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. For the purposes of this section any such money, valuable security, or proceeds thereof, or any balance thereout shall be deemed to be the property of the person who authorised the collection or receipt of the money or valuable security or from whom the money or valuable security was received notwithstanding that the accused may have been authorised to make any deduction thereout on his or her own behalf, or any payment thereout to another person, or to mix such money, valuable security, or proceeds thereof, or such balance with his or her own moneys. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 178B Valueless cheques 178B Valueless cheques Whosoever obtains any chattel, money or valuable security by passing any cheque which is not paid on presentation shall, unless he or she proves: (a) that he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that that cheque would be paid in full on presentation, and (b) that he or she had no intent to defraud, be liable to imprisonment for one year, notwithstanding that there may have been some funds to the credit of the account on which the cheque was drawn at the time it was passed. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 178BA Obtaining money etc by deception 178BA Obtaining money etc by deception (1) Whosoever by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or herself or another person any money or valuable thing or any financial advantage of any kind whatsoever shall be liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) In subsection (1): "deception" means deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or conduct as to fact or as to law, including: (a) a deception as to the present intentions of the person using the deception or of any other person, and (b) an act or thing done or omitted to be done with the intention of causing: (i) a computer system, or (ii) a machine that is designed to operate by means of payment or identification, to make a response that the person doing or omitting to do the act or thing is not authorised to cause the computer system or machine to make. (3) For the purposes of and without limiting Part 1A, the necessary geographical nexus exists between the State and an offence against this section if the offence is committed by a public official (within the meaning of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988) and involves public money of the State or other property held by the public official for or on behalf of the State. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 178BB Obtaining money etc by false or misleading statements 178BB Obtaining money etc by false or misleading statements (1) Whosoever, with intent to obtain for himself or herself or another person any money or valuable thing or any financial advantage of any kind whatsoever, makes or publishes, or concurs in making or publishing, any statement (whether or not in writing) which he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or which is false or misleading in a material particular and is made with reckless disregard as to whether it is true or is false or misleading in a material particular shall be liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) For the purposes of and without limiting Part 1A, the necessary geographical nexus exists between the State and an offence against this section if the offence is committed by a public official (within the meaning of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988) and involves public money of the State or other property held by the public official for or on behalf of the State. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 178C Obtaining credit by fraud 178C Obtaining credit by fraud Whosoever incurring any debt or liability obtains credit by any false pretence or by any wilfully false promise or partly by a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise or by any other fraud shall be liable to imprisonment for one year. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 179 False pretences etc 179 False pretences etc Whosoever, by any false pretence or by any wilfully false promise, or partly by a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise, obtains from any person any property, with intent to defraud, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 180 Causing payment etc by false pretence etc 180 Causing payment etc by false pretence etc Where the accused, by any false pretence or by any wilfully false promise, or partly by a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise, causes, or procures, any money to be paid, or any property to be delivered, to himself or herself, or any other person for the use or benefit, or on account of himself or herself, or any other person, with intent to defraud, the accused shall be deemed to have obtained the same within the meaning of section 179. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 181 False pretence of title 181 False pretence of title Where the accused falsely, and with intent to defraud, represents that the accused has a title, or right, to certain property, or to convey, or dispose of, certain property, knowing such representation to be false, and thereby obtains any property, the accused shall be deemed to have obtained the same within the meaning of section 179. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 182 Accused may be convicted on a charge of false pretences etc though property obtained partly by a false promise 182 Accused may be convicted on a charge of false pretences etc though property obtained partly by a false promise Where, on the trial of a person for obtaining property by any false pretence or by any wilfully false promise, it appears that the property was obtained partly by a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise, such person shall not by reason thereof be entitled to acquittal. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 183 Trial for false pretences etc—verdict of larceny 183 Trial for false pretences etc—verdict of larceny Where, on the trial of a person for obtaining property by any false pretence or by any wilfully false promise, or partly by a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise, it appears that the person obtained the property in such manner as to amount in law to larceny or fraudulent misappropriation, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged, and find the person guilty of larceny, or of larceny as a clerk, or servant, or a person employed in the Public Service, or of fraudulent misappropriation, as the case may be, and the person shall be liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 184 Fraudulent personation 184 Fraudulent personation Whosoever falsely personates, or pretends to be, some other person, with intent fraudulently to obtain any property, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. Nothing in this section shall prevent any person so personating, or pretending, from being proceeded against in respect of such act, or pretence, under any other enactment or at Common Law. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 184A Personating owner of stock or property 184A Personating owner of stock or property A person who falsely and deceitfully personates: (a) any owner of any share or interest of or in any stock, annuities or other public funds or of or in the capital stock of any body corporate, or (b) any owner of any dividend or money payable in respect of a share or interest referred to in paragraph (a), or (c) any owner of any property, or any estate or interest in or charge or encumbrance on property, and transfers, or endeavours to transfer, any share, estate or interest belonging to the owner or receives, or endeavours to receive, any money due to the owner as if the person were the true owner is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 185 Inducing persons by fraud to execute instruments 185 Inducing persons by fraud to execute instruments Whosoever, with intent to defraud or injure any person, causes, or induces, any person, by any false pretence, to execute, make, accept, indorse, or destroy, the whole, or any part, of any valuable security, or to write, impress, or affix, any name, or seal, upon any paper, or parchment, in order that the same may be afterwards made or converted into, or used or dealt with as a valuable security, shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 185A Inducing persons to enter into certain arrangements by misleading etc statements etc 185A Inducing persons to enter into certain arrangements by misleading etc statements etc (1) Whosoever, by any statement, promise or forecast which he or she knows to be misleading, false or deceptive, or by any dishonest concealment of material facts, or by the reckless making (dishonestly or otherwise) of any statement, promise or forecast which is misleading, false or deceptive, induces or attempts to induce another person to take part or offer to take part in any arrangement with respect to property other than marketable securities, being arrangements the purpose or effect, or pretended purpose or effect, of which is to enable persons taking part in arrangements (whether by becoming owners of the property or any part of the property or otherwise) to participate in or receive profits or income alleged to arise or to be likely to arise from the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of such property, or sums to be paid or alleged to be likely to be paid out of such profits or income, shall be liable to imprisonment for five years. (2) Any person guilty of conspiracy to commit an offence under subsection (1) shall be punishable as if he or she had committed such an offence. (3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) a statement, promise or forecast shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be deemed to be misleading or deceptive if it is of such a nature that it would reasonably tend to lead to a belief in the existence of a state of affairs that does not in fact exist, whether or not the statement, promise or forecast indicates that that state of affairs does exist. (4) Where a body corporate is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) any director of the body corporate, or any manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity shall, if he or she consented to or connived at the commission of that offence, be guilty of that offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (5) Without limiting the generality of subsection (4), a person shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be deemed to be a director of a body corporate if he or she occupies in relation thereto the position of a director, by whatever name called, or is a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company or any of them act: Provided that a person shall not, by reason only that the directors of a body corporate act on advice given by the person in a professional capacity, be taken, for the purposes of this subsection, to be a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions those directors act. (6) In this section "marketable securities" has the meaning ascribed to that expression in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 186 Taking reward for helping to recover stolen property 186 Taking reward for helping to recover stolen property Whosoever corruptly takes, or offers, or agrees, to take, any money, or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence, or upon account, of helping any person to recover any property, taken, or obtained, or converted, or disposed of, in such manner as to be punishable by this Act, shall, unless he or she has used all due diligence to cause the offender to be brought to trial for the same, be liable to imprisonment for five years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 187 Term “stealing” in sections 188 and 189 187 Term “stealing” in sections 188 and 189 For the purposes of sections 188 and 189: "Stealing" includes the taking, extorting, obtaining, embezzling, or otherwise disposing of the property in question. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 188 Receiving stolen property where stealing a serious indictable offence 188 Receiving stolen property where stealing a serious indictable offence (1) Whosoever receives, or disposes of, or attempts to dispose of, any property, the stealing whereof amounts to a serious indictable offence, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be guilty of a serious indictable offence, and may be indicted, either as an accessory after the fact, or for a substantive offence, and in the latter case whether the principal offender has been previously tried or not, or is amenable to justice or not, and in either case is liable: (a) if the property is a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle part, or a vessel or a vessel part, to imprisonment for 12 years, or (b) in the case of any other property, to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) In this section: "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as it has in Subdivision 5A. "vessel" means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine Safety Act 1998. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189 Receiving etc where principal guilty of minor indictable offence 189 Receiving etc where principal guilty of minor indictable offence Whosoever receives, or disposes of, or attempts to dispose of, any property, the stealing whereof is a minor indictable offence, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be guilty of a minor indictable offence, and whether the person guilty of the principal offence has been previously tried or not, or is amenable to justice or not, shall be liable to imprisonment for three years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189A Receiving etc goods stolen out of New South Wales 189A Receiving etc goods stolen out of New South Wales (1) Whosoever, without lawful excuse, receives or disposes of, or attempts to dispose of, or has in his or her possession, any property stolen outside the State of New South Wales, knowing the same to have been stolen, and whether or not he or she took part in the stealing of the property, shall be liable to imprisonment for ten years. (2) For the purposes of this section property shall be deemed to have been stolen if it has been taken, extorted, obtained, embezzled, converted, or disposed of under such circumstances that if the act had been committed in the State of New South Wales the person committing it would have been guilty of an indictable offence according to the law for the time being of the State of New South Wales. (3) No person shall be liable to conviction under this section if the taking, extorting, obtaining, embezzling, converting, or disposing is not a criminal offence in the country in which the act is committed. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 189B Prosecution under section 188 or 189 where property stolen in course of transmission 189B Prosecution under section 188 or 189 where property stolen in course of transmission (1) Where in the trial of a person for the offence under section 188 or 189 of receiving, or disposing of, or attempting to dispose of, any property knowing it to have been stolen, it is proved that the property was stolen in the course of transmission between New South Wales and any other jurisdiction or between any other jurisdiction and New South Wales: (a) the person shall be liable to be convicted of the offence without proof that the stealing took place in New South Wales, and (b) for the purpose of determining whether or not the stealing amounts to a serious indictable offence or a minor indictable offence, the stealing shall be deemed to have taken place in New South Wales. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) "other jurisdiction" means a State (other than New South Wales) or Territory of the Commonwealth. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 190 Receiving etc cattle unlawfully killed, or carcass etc 190 Receiving etc cattle unlawfully killed, or carcass etc Whosoever: receives any animal, unlawfully killed, with intent to steal the carcass, or skin, or other part thereof, knowing the same to have been so killed, or receives, or disposes of, or attempts to dispose of, any part of an animal so killed, or of an animal unlawfully stolen, knowing it to have been so killed or so stolen, shall be guilty of a serious indictable offence, and may be indicted and punished as if the animal had been stolen, and the accused had unlawfully received the same. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 191 Uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal 191 Uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal Where, on the trial of a person for an offence under section 190, it appears that the animal was of the species mentioned in the indictment, but it is uncertain on the evidence what was its sex or age, such person shall not be entitled to acquittal by reason only of such uncertainty. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 192 Receiving material or tools intrusted for manufacture 192 Receiving material or tools intrusted for manufacture Whosoever receives any goods, article, or material or any tools, or apparatus for manufacturing, or working up, the same, knowing the same to have been purloined, embezzled, or secreted, within the meaning of section 151, or that the person offering the same is fraudulently disposing thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for four years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193 Verdict where several persons are indicted for jointly receiving 193 Verdict where several persons are indicted for jointly receiving Where, on the trial of two or more persons for jointly receiving property, it appears that one, or more, separately received such property, or any part thereof, the jury may convict such one or more of the said persons as is, or are, proved to have so received the same. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193A Definitions 193A Definitions In this Division: "deal with" includes: (a) receive, possess, conceal or dispose of, or (b) bring or cause to be brought into New South Wales, including transfer or cause to be transferred by electronic communication, or (c) engage directly or indirectly in a transaction, including receiving or making a gift. "instrument of crime" means property that is used in the commission of, or to facilitate the commission of, a serious offence. "proceeds of crime" means any property that is substantially derived or realised, directly or indirectly, by any person from the commission of a serious offence. "serious offence" means: (a) an offence (including a common law offence) against the laws of New South Wales, being an offence that may be prosecuted on indictment, or (b) the offence of supplying any restricted substance prescribed for the purposes of section 16 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 that arises under section 18A (1) of that Act, or (c) an offence committed outside New South Wales (including outside Australia) that would be an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) if it had been committed in New South Wales. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193B Money laundering 193B Money laundering (1) A person who deals with proceeds of crime: (a) knowing that it is proceeds of crime, and (b) intending to conceal that it is proceeds of crime, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 20 years. (2) A person who deals with proceeds of crime knowing that it is proceeds of crime is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 15 years. (3) A person who deals with proceeds of crime being reckless as to whether it is proceeds of crime is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the defendant dealt with the proceeds of crime to assist the enforcement of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193C Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime 193C Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime (1) A person who deals with property that is property that there are reasonable grounds to suspect is proceeds of crime is guilty of a summary offence. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both. (2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the defendant had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the property was substantially derived or realised, directly or indirectly, from an act or omission constituting an offence against a law in force in the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or another country. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193D Dealing with property that subsequently becomes an instrument of crime 193D Dealing with property that subsequently becomes an instrument of crime (1) If: (a) a person deals with property intending that the property will become an instrument of crime, and (b) the property subsequently becomes an instrument of crime, the person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 15 years. (2) If: (a) a person deals with property being reckless as to whether the property will become an instrument of crime, and (b) the property subsequently becomes an instrument of crime, the person is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (3) Proceedings for an offence under this section must not be commenced without the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the defendant dealt with the proceeds of crime to assist the enforcement of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. (5) In this section: "property" means money or other valuables. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193E Alternative verdicts 193E Alternative verdicts (1) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 193B (1), the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 193B (2) or (3), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the other offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (2) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 193B (2), the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 193B (3), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the other offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. (3) If on the trial of a person for an offence under section 193D (1), the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged, but is satisfied that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 193D (2), it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the other offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193F Proof of other offences not required 193F Proof of other offences not required (1) To avoid doubt, it is not necessary, in order to prove for the purposes of an offence under this Division that property is proceeds of crime, to establish that: (a) a particular offence was committed in relation to the property, or (b) a particular person committed an offence in relation to the property. (2) To avoid doubt, it is not necessary, in order to prove for the purposes of an offence under this Division that property will be an instrument of crime, to establish: (a) an intention or risk that a particular offence will be committed in relation to the property, or (b) an intention or risk that a particular person will commit an offence in relation to the property. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 193G Transitional provision 193G Transitional provision This Division applies to or in respect of acts or omissions in relation to proceeds of crime arising from serious offences committed before or after the commencement of this Division. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 194 Interpretation 194 Interpretation (1) In this Division, a reference to property does not include a reference to property that is not of a tangible nature. (2) In this Division, a reference to property includes a reference to wild creatures that have been tamed or are ordinarily kept in captivity and also includes any other wild creatures or their carcasses but only if they: (a) have been reduced into possession that has not been lost or abandoned, or (b) are in the course of being reduced into possession. (3) For the purposes of this Division, an act done by a person under a reasonable belief that the person had a right to do the act does not constitute an element of any offence under this Division. (4) For the purposes of this Division, damaging property includes removing, obliterating, defacing or altering the unique identifier of the property. The unique identifier is any numbers, letters or symbols that are marked on or attached to the property as a permanent record so as to enable the property to be distinguished from similar property. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 195 Destroying or damaging property 195 Destroying or damaging property (1) A person who intentionally or recklessly destroys or damages property belonging to another or to that person and another is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 5 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 10 years. (1A) A person who, in the company of another person or persons, intentionally or recklessly destroys or damages property belonging to another or to that person and another is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 6 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 11 years. (2) A person who, during a public disorder, intentionally or recklessly destroys or damages property belonging to another or to that person and another is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 7 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 12 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 196 Destroying or damaging property with intent to injure a person 196 Destroying or damaging property with intent to injure a person (1) A person who destroys or damages property, intending by the destruction or damage to cause bodily injury to another, is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 7 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 14 years. (2) A person who, during a public disorder, destroys or damages property, intending by the destruction or damage to cause bodily injury to another, is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 9 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 16 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 197 Dishonestly destroying or damaging property 197 Dishonestly destroying or damaging property (1) A person who dishonestly, with a view to making a gain for that person or another, destroys or damages property is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 7 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 14 years. (2) A person who, during a public disorder, dishonestly, with a view to making a gain for that person or another, destroys or damages property is liable: (a) to imprisonment for 9 years, or (b) if the destruction or damage is caused by means of fire or explosives, to imprisonment for 16 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 198 Destroying or damaging property with intention of endangering life 198 Destroying or damaging property with intention of endangering life A person who destroys or damages property, intending by the destruction or damage to endanger the life of another, is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 199 Threatening to destroy or damage property 199 Threatening to destroy or damage property (1) A person who, without lawful excuse, makes a threat to another, with the intention of causing that other to fear that the threat would be carried out: (a) to destroy or damage property belonging to that other or to a third person, or (b) to destroy or damage the first-mentioned person’s own property in a way which that person knows will or is likely to endanger the life of, or to cause bodily injury to, that other or a third person, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who, during a public disorder and without lawful excuse, makes a threat to another, with the intention of causing that other to fear that the threat would be carried out: (a) to destroy or damage property belonging to that other or to a third person, or (b) to destroy or damage the first-mentioned person’s own property in a way which that person knows will or is likely to endanger the life of, or to cause bodily injury to, that other or a third person, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 200 Possession etc of explosive or other article with intent to destroy or damage property 200 Possession etc of explosive or other article with intent to destroy or damage property (1) A person who has possession, custody or control of an article with the intention that it should be used to destroy or damage property belonging to: (a) some other person, or (b) the first-mentioned person or the user, or both of them, and some other person, is liable (if the article is an explosive) to imprisonment for 7 years or (if the article is not an explosive) to imprisonment for 3 years. (2) A person who, during a public disorder, has possession, custody or control of an article with the intention that it should be used to destroy or damage property belonging to: (a) some other person, or (b) the first-mentioned person or the user, or both of them, and some other person, is liable (if the article is an explosive) to imprisonment for 9 years or (if the article is not an explosive) to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 201 Interfering with a mine 201 Interfering with a mine A person who intentionally or recklessly: (a) causes water to run into a mine or any subterranean channel connected to it, (b) destroys, damages or obstructs any shaft, passage, pit, airway, waterway or drain of, or associated with, a mine, (c) destroys, damages or renders useless any equipment, building, road or bridge belonging to a mine, or (d) hinders the working of equipment belonging to a mine, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 202 Causing damage etc to sea, river, canal and other works 202 Causing damage etc to sea, river, canal and other works A person who: (a) intentionally or recklessly destroys, damages, removes or interferes with piles or other materials that form part of, or have been fixed or placed in position in order to secure: (i) a sea wall or other structure designed to prevent erosion by the sea, (ii) the bank or bed of, or a dam, weir or lock located on, a river or canal, (iii) a drain, aqueduct, marsh or reservoir, or (iv) a dock, quay, wharf, jetty or other harbour installation, (b) intentionally or recklessly opens a floodgate or sluice that is located at or on a dam, weir, reservoir or watercourse, or (c) with the intention of obstructing or hindering the navigation of vessels or boats on a navigable river or canal: (i) interferes with or obstructs the flow of the river or canal, (ii) damages or interferes with the bank or bed of the river or canal, or (d) destroys, damages or interferes with any structure or equipment constructed or installed in connection with the use of the river or canal for the purposes of navigation, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203A Definitions 203A Definitions In this Subdivision: "economic loss" includes the disruption of government functions or the disruption of the use of public facilities. "public facility" means any of the following (whether publicly or privately owned): (a) a government facility, including premises used by government employees in connection with official duties, (b) a public infrastructure facility, including a facility providing water, sewerage, energy or other services to the public, (c) a public transport facility, including a conveyance used to transport people or goods, (d) a public place, including any premises, land or water open to the public, (e) a public computer system, including a computer system used for the operation of a public facility, for the provision of banking services or for other services to the public. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203B Sabotage 203B Sabotage A person: (a) whose conduct causes damage to a public facility, and (b) who intended to cause that damage, and (c) who intended by that conduct to cause: (i) extensive destruction of property, or (ii) major economic loss, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203C Threaten sabotage 203C Threaten sabotage (1) A person who: (a) makes to another person a threat to damage a public facility, and (b) intends that person to fear that the threat will be carried out and will cause: (i) extensive destruction of property, or (ii) major economic loss, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years. (2) In the prosecution of an offence under this section it is not necessary to prove that the person threatened actually feared that the threat would be carried out. (3) For the purposes of this section: (a) a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional, and (b) a threat to a person includes a threat to a group of persons, and (c) fear that a threat will be carried out includes apprehension that it will be carried out. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203D Definitions 203D Definitions In this Subdivision: "causing a fire" includes: (a) lighting a fire, or (b) maintaining a fire, or (c) failing to contain a fire, except where the fire was lit by another person or the fire is beyond the control of the person who lit the fire. "firefighter" means a member of a fire brigade under the Rural Fires Act 1997 or the Fire Brigades Act 1989 or of any other official firefighting unit (including a unit from outside the State). "spread" of a fire means spread of a fire beyond the capacity of the person who causes the fire to extinguish it. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203E Offence 203E Offence (1) A person: (a) who intentionally causes a fire, and (b) who is reckless as to the spread of the fire to vegetation on any public land or on land belonging to another, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, recklessness may also be established by proof of intention. (3) A person is not criminally responsible for an offence against this section if: (a) the person is a firefighter or acting under the direction of a firefighter, and (b) the person caused the fire in the course of bushfire fighting or hazard reduction operations. (4) If on the trial of a person for an offence against this section the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence charged but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence against section 100 (1) of the Rural Fires Act 1997, it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 204 Destruction of, or damage to, an aircraft or vessel with intent or reckless indifference 204 Destruction of, or damage to, an aircraft or vessel with intent or reckless indifference Any person who: (a) with intent to cause the death of a person, or (b) with reckless indifference for the safety of the life of a person, destroys or damages an aircraft or vessel is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 205 Prejudicing the safe operation of an aircraft or vessel 205 Prejudicing the safe operation of an aircraft or vessel A person who, whether on board the aircraft or vessel or not, does anything with the intention of prejudicing the safety of an aircraft or vessel is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 206 Assault etc on member of crew of aircraft or vessel 206 Assault etc on member of crew of aircraft or vessel A person who, while on board an aircraft or vessel, assaults or threatens with violence a member of the crew of the aircraft or vessel: (a) so as to interfere with the functions or duties performed by the crew member in connection with the safe operation of the aircraft or vessel, or (b) so as to diminish the ability of the crew member to perform those functions or duties, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 207 Placing etc dangerous articles on board an aircraft or vessel 207 Placing etc dangerous articles on board an aircraft or vessel (1) In this section: "dangerous article" means: (a) a firearm, ammunition for a firearm, a weapon or an explosive, or (b) a substance or thing that, because of its nature or condition, could endanger the safety of an aircraft or vessel or persons on board an aircraft or vessel. (2) A person who: (a) places or carries on board an aircraft or vessel an article knowing that it is a dangerous article, (b) knowing that an article is a dangerous article, delivers the article to a person for the purpose of having the article placed or carried on board an aircraft or vessel, or (c) has possession of an article while on board an aircraft or vessel knowing that the article is a dangerous article, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) Subsection (2): (a) does not apply to or in relation to anything done with an article in relation to an aircraft or vessel with the consent of the owner or operator of the aircraft or vessel where that consent is given with a knowledge of the nature or condition of the article, and (b) does not apply to or in relation to the carrying or placing of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm on board an aircraft or vessel with permission given in accordance with regulations in force under the Air Navigation Act 1920 of the Commonwealth. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 208 Threatening to destroy etc an aircraft, vessel or vehicle 208 Threatening to destroy etc an aircraft, vessel or vehicle (1) In this section: "threat" includes: (a) an expression of intention, or (b) the making of a statement from which an expression of intention could reasonably be inferred. "transport vehicle" means: (a) a mechanically or electrically driven vehicle that is used or designed to be used for the purpose of conveying passengers or goods, or passengers and goods, or for the purpose of drawing a vehicle or vehicles of the kind referred to in paragraph (b), or (b) a vehicle not so driven that is directly or indirectly connected to and drawn by, or designed to be connected to and drawn by, a vehicle of the kind first referred to in paragraph (a), but does not include an aircraft or vessel. (2) A person who makes a demand of another person with a threat: (a) to destroy or damage, or endanger the safety of, an aircraft, vessel or transport vehicle, or (b) to kill, or inflict bodily injury on, persons who are in or on an aircraft, vessel or transport vehicle, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) A person who makes a demand of another person together with a threat to do any of the things mentioned in subsection (2) (a) or (b) and, while that threat still has effect: (a) discharges a firearm, (b) causes an explosion, or (c) inflicts grievous bodily harm on, or wounds, a person, is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (4) A person who makes a threat: (a) to destroy or damage, or endanger the safety of, an aircraft, vessel or transport vehicle, or (b) to kill, or inflict bodily injury on, persons who are in or on an aircraft, vessel or transport vehicle, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 209 False information as to plan etc to prejudice the safety of an aircraft or vessel or persons on board an aircraft or vessel 209 False information as to plan etc to prejudice the safety of an aircraft or vessel or persons on board an aircraft or vessel A person who makes a statement or conveys information, knowing it to be false, to the effect, or from which it could reasonably be inferred, that there has been, is or is to be a plan, proposal, attempt, conspiracy or threat to: (a) take, or exercise control of, an aircraft or vessel by force, (b) destroy or damage, or endanger the safety of, an aircraft or vessel, or (c) kill, or inflict bodily injury on, persons in or on an aircraft or vessel, is liable to imprisonment for 2 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 210 Destroying, damaging etc an aid to navigation 210 Destroying, damaging etc an aid to navigation A person who: (a) intentionally or recklessly destroys, damages, removes, conceals or interferes with a mark, device or equipment used or designed to be used to assist the navigation of aircraft or vessels, or (b) does any act with the intention of causing any such destruction, damage, concealment or interference, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 211 Criminal acts relating to railways 211 Criminal acts relating to railways (1) A person who: (a) does any act on or in connection with the operation of a railway, or (b) omits to do any act on or in connection with a railway that it is the person’s duty to do, with the intention of causing the death of, inflicting bodily injury on or endangering the safety of any person who is on the railway, or who is in or on any locomotive or other rolling stock on the railway, is liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (2) A person who: (a) does any act on or in connection with the operation of a railway, or (b) omits to do any act on or in connection with the operation of a railway that it is the person’s duty to do, with the intention of causing any locomotive or other rolling stock on the railway to be derailed, destroyed or damaged, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 212 Endangering passengers etc on railway 212 Endangering passengers etc on railway A person who, by an unlawful act or a negligent omission, endangers the safety of any person who is on, or who is being conveyed on, a railway is liable to imprisonment for 3 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 213 Obstructing a railway 213 Obstructing a railway A person who: (a) intentionally and without lawful excuse, does an act, or omits to do an act, which causes the passage or operation of a locomotive or other rolling stock on a railway to be obstructed, or (b) assists a person to do or omit to do such an act, with the knowledge that the person’s intention to do or omit to do that act is without lawful excuse, is liable to imprisonment for 2 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 214 Obstructing a railway—verdict of misdemeanour 214 Obstructing a railway—verdict of misdemeanour (1) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under section 211, the jury is not satisfied that the person is guilty of the offence, but is satisfied that the person is guilty of an offence under section 212 or 213, it may acquit the person of the offence charged and instead find the person guilty of an offence under section 212 or 213. (2) If, in accordance with subsection (1), a jury finds a person guilty of an offence under section 212 or 213, the person is liable to be punished as provided by that section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249A Definitions 249A Definitions In this Part: "agent" includes: (a) any person employed by, or acting for or on behalf of, any other person (who in this case is referred to in this Part as the person’s principal) in any capacity, (b) any person purporting to be, or intending to become, an agent of any other person (who in this case is referred to in this Part as the person’s principal), and (c) any person serving under the Crown (which in this case is referred to in this Part as the person’s principal), and (d) a police officer (and in this case a reference in this Part to the agent’s principal is a reference to the Crown), and (e) a councillor within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 (and in this case a reference in this Part to the agent’s principal is a reference to the local council of which the person is a councillor), and (f) a councillor within the meaning of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (and in this case a reference in this Part to the agent’s principal is a reference to the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council), and (g) a Board member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council within the meaning of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (and in this case a reference in this Part to the agent’s principal is a reference to the Local Aboriginal Land Council). "benefit" includes money and any contingent benefit. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249B Corrupt commissions or rewards 249B Corrupt commissions or rewards (1) If any agent corruptly receives or solicits (or corruptly agrees to receive or solicit) from another person for the agent or for anyone else any benefit: (a) as an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account of: (i) doing or not doing something, or having done or not having done something, or (ii) showing or not showing, or having shown or not having shown, favour or disfavour to any person, in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal, or (b) the receipt or any expectation of which would in any way tend to influence the agent to show, or not to show, favour or disfavour to any person in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal, the agent is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) If any person corruptly gives or offers to give to any agent, or to any other person with the consent or at the request of any agent, any benefit: (a) as an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account of the agent’s: (i) doing or not doing something, or having done or not having done something, or (ii) showing or not showing, or having shown or not having shown, favour or disfavour to any person, in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal, or (b) the receipt or any expectation of which would in any way tend to influence the agent to show, or not to show, favour or disfavour to any person in relation to the affairs or business of the agent’s principal, the firstmentioned person is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a benefit is received or solicited by anyone with the consent or at the request of an agent, the agent shall be deemed to have received or solicited the benefit. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249C Misleading documents or statements used or made by agents 249C Misleading documents or statements used or made by agents (1) Any agent who uses, or gives to the agent’s principal, a document which contains anything that is false or misleading in any material respect, with intent to defraud the agent’s principal, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) Any agent who makes a statement to the agent’s principal which is false or misleading in any material respect, with intent to defraud the principal, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249D Corrupt inducements for advice 249D Corrupt inducements for advice (1) If a person corruptly gives a benefit to another person for giving advice to a third person, being advice which the person giving the benefit intends will influence the third person: (a) to enter into a contract with the person who gives the benefit, or (b) to appoint the person who gives the benefit to any office, and, at the time the benefit is given, the person who gives the benefit intends the giving of the benefit not be made known to the person advised, the person who gives the benefit is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) If a person corruptly receives a benefit for giving advice to another person, being advice which is likely to influence the other person: (a) to enter into a contract with the person who gave the benefit, or (b) to appoint the person who gave the benefit to any office, and, at the time the benefit is received, the person who receives the benefit intends the giving of the benefit not be made known to the person to be advised, the person who receives the benefit is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), where a benefit is given or received by anyone with the consent or at the request of another person, the other person shall be deemed to have given or received the benefit. (4) If any person corruptly offers or solicits a benefit for the giving of advice by one person to another: (a) intending that the advice will influence the person advised: (i) to enter into a contract with anyone, or (ii) to appoint anyone to any office, and (b) intending that the giving or receipt of the benefit not be made known to the person advised, the firstmentioned person is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (5) In this section: (a) a reference to the giving of advice includes a reference to the providing of information orally or in writing, (b) a reference to entering into a contract includes a reference to offering to enter into a contract, and (c) a reference to the appointment of a person includes a reference to: (i) joining in the appointment of the person, and (ii) voting for or assisting in the election or appointment of the person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249E Corrupt benefits for trustees and others 249E Corrupt benefits for trustees and others (1) In this section, a reference to a person entrusted with property is a reference to: (a) a trustee of the property, (b) an executor or administrator appointed for the purpose of dealing with the property, (c) a person who, because of a power of attorney or a power of appointment, has authority over the property, and (d) a person managing or administering the property (or appointed or employed to manage or administer the property) under the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. (2) Any person who offers or gives a benefit to a person entrusted with property, and any person entrusted with property who receives or solicits a benefit for anyone, without the consent: (a) of each person beneficially entitled to the property, or (b) of the Supreme Court, as an inducement or reward for the appointment of any person to be a person entrusted with the property, are each liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3) In this section, a reference to the appointment of a person includes a reference to: (a) joining in the appointment of the person, and (b) assisting in the appointment of the person. (4) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not be commenced without the consent of the Attorney General. (5) A consent to commence any such proceedings purporting to have been signed by the Attorney General is evidence of that consent without proof of the signature of the Attorney General. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249F Aiding, abetting etc 249F Aiding, abetting etc (1) A person who aids, abets, counsels, procures, solicits or incites the commission of an offence under this Part is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) A person who, in New South Wales, aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of an offence in any place outside New South Wales, being an offence punishable under the provisions of a law in force in that place which corresponds to a provision of this Part, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249G Repayment of value of gift etc 249G Repayment of value of gift etc (1) If a person is convicted of an offence under this Part, the court may (as well as imposing a penalty for the offence) order the person to pay to such other person as the court directs the whole or part of the amount or the value, assessed by the court, of any benefit received or given by the person. (2) Any money payable to a person under this section may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249H Disqualification for office 249H Disqualification for office If a person is convicted of an offence under this Part, the person is disqualified from holding civic office for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993, for the period of 7 years from the conviction or such lesser period as the court may order. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249I Dismissal of trivial case 249I Dismissal of trivial case If, in any proceedings for an offence under this Part, it appears to the court that the offence is of a trivial or merely technical nature, the court may in its discretion dismiss the case. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249J Custom not a defence 249J Custom not a defence In any proceedings for an offence under this Part, it is not a defence that the receiving, soliciting, giving or offering of any benefit is customary in any trade, business, profession or calling. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249K Blackmail offence 249K Blackmail offence (1) A person who makes any unwarranted demand with menaces: (a) with the intention of obtaining a gain or of causing a loss, or (b) with the intention of influencing the exercise of a public duty, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if the person commits an offence against subsection (1) by an accusation, or a threatened accusation, that a person has committed a serious indictable offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249L Unwarranted demands—meaning 249L Unwarranted demands—meaning (1) For the purposes of this Part, a demand with menaces is "unwarranted" unless the person believes that he or she has reasonable grounds for making the demand and reasonably believes that the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand. (2) The demand need not be a demand for money or other property. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249M Menaces—meaning 249M Menaces—meaning (1) For the purposes of this Part, "menaces" includes: (a) an express or implied threat of any action detrimental or unpleasant to another person, and (b) a general threat of detrimental or unpleasant action that is implied because the person making the unwarranted demand holds a public office. (2) A threat against an individual does not constitute a menace unless: (a) the threat would cause an individual of normal stability and courage to act unwillingly in response to the threat, or (b) the threat would cause the particular individual to act unwillingly in response to the threat and the person who makes the threat is aware of the vulnerability of the particular individual to the threat. (3) A threat against a Government or body corporate does not constitute a menace unless: (a) the threat would ordinarily cause an unwilling response, or (b) the threat would cause an unwilling response because of a particular vulnerability of which the person making the threat is aware. (4) It is immaterial whether the menaces relate to action to be taken by the person making the demand. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249N Obtaining gain or causing loss—meaning 249N Obtaining gain or causing loss—meaning For the purposes of this Part: (a) a "gain" means gain in money or other property, whether temporary or permanent, and includes keeping what one has, and "obtaining" a gain means obtaining a gain for oneself or for another, and (b) a "loss" means loss in money or other property, whether temporary or permanent, and includes not getting what one might get, and "causing" a loss means causing a loss to another. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249O Public duty—meaning 249O Public duty—meaning For the purposes of this Part, a "public duty" means a power, authority, duty or function: (a) that is conferred on a person as the holder of a public office, or (b) that a person holds himself or herself out as having as the holder of a public office. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 250 Forging and uttering defined 250 Forging and uttering defined For the purposes of this Act: "Forging" means the counterfeiting, or altering in any particular, by whatsoever means effected, with intent to defraud, of an instrument, or document, or of some signature, or other matter, or thing, or of any attestation, or signature of a witness, whether by law required or not to any instrument, document, or matter, the forging of which is punishable under this Act. "Utter", or "uttering", wherever used herein with respect to any forged instrument, document, signature, matter, or thing, or any instrument, document, or matter with a forged attestation or signature of a witness thereto, means that the person uttered, offered, disposed of, or put off, the same with intent to defraud, knowing it to be forged. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 251 Uttering to be offence of same degree and subject to same punishment as forging 251 Uttering to be offence of same degree and subject to same punishment as forging The uttering of any forged instrument, document, signature, matter, or thing, or of any instrument, document, or matter with a forged attestation or signature of a witness thereto, whether in any such case the same was made, or purports to have been made, in or out of New South Wales, shall, wherever the forging of the same is punishable under this Act, be an offence of the same degree, and punishable in the same manner as such forgery. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 253 Royal or public seals 253 Royal or public seals Whosoever: forges any of Her Majesty’s seals, or the seal of New South Wales, or of any British Colony, or the impression of any such seal, or utters any instrument, having thereon, or affixed thereto, the impression of any such forged seal, or any forged impression made, or apparently intended, to resemble the impression of any such seal, or forges any instrument having any such impression thereon, or affixed thereto, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 255 Acts, proclamations etc 255 Acts, proclamations etc Whosoever: prints any copy of any Act, or of any proclamation or commission issued by the Governor, which copy falsely purports to have been printed by the Government Printer, or tenders in evidence any such copy knowing the same was not printed by the Government Printer, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 260 East India bonds, Exchequer bills, or debentures etc 260 East India bonds, Exchequer bills, or debentures etc Whosoever forges, or utters, any East India bond, or any bond, debenture, or security made under the authority of any Act relating to the East Indies, or any indorsement on, or assignment of, any such bond, debenture, or security, or any Exchequer bill, bond, or debenture, or any indorsement on, or assignment of, any such bill, bond, or debenture, or any Treasury bill, or debenture of the Government of New South Wales, or receipt, or certificate for interest accruing thereon, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 265 Forging etc a bank note etc 265 Forging etc a bank note etc Whosoever: forges, or utters, any note, or bill of exchange, of any company or person carrying on the business of banking, whether in New South Wales or elsewhere, commonly called a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or any indorsement on, or assignment of, any such note or bill, or for any unlawful purpose, or without lawful authority or excuse, purchases or receives from any person, or has in his or her possession, any such forged bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, knowing the same to be forged, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 266 Engraving or having any plate etc for making bank notes or paper 266 Engraving or having any plate etc for making bank notes or paper Whosoever, for any unlawful purpose, or without lawful authority or excuse, engraves, or makes, upon any material, any words or writing purporting to be a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, of any company or person carrying on the business of banking in New South Wales, or elsewhere, or to be part of any such instrument, or any name, word, or character, resembling or apparently intended to resemble any subscription to any such instrument, issued by any such company or person, or uses any material, or implement, or device, for making or printing any such instrument, or any part thereof, or knowingly has in his or her possession any such material, or any such implement or device, or knowingly offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, or has in his or her possession, any paper, upon which any such instrument, or any part thereof, or any name, word, or character, resembling or apparently intended to resemble any such subscription as aforesaid, is made or printed, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 267 Engraving etc any part of a bank note etc 267 Engraving etc any part of a bank note etc Whosoever, for any unlawful purpose, or without lawful authority or excuse, engraves, or makes upon any material any word, number, figure, device, character, or ornament, the impression taken from which resembles, or apparently is intended to resemble, any part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, of any company or person carrying on the business of banking in New South Wales or elsewhere, or uses, or knowingly has in his or her possession, any such material, or instrument, or device, for impressing upon paper or other material any word, number, figure, character, or ornament, which resembles or apparently is intended to resemble any part of any such note, or bill, or knowingly offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, or has in his or her possession, any paper or other material, upon which there is an impression of any such matter as aforesaid, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 268 Instruments in blank 268 Instruments in blank Every instrument in blank, which in a complete state would be a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, shall be within sections 266 and 267. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 269 Having moulds for paper with the name of any banker 269 Having moulds for paper with the name of any banker Whosoever, for any unlawful purpose, or without lawful authority or excuse, makes or uses, any frame, mould, or instrument for the manufacture of paper, with the name or firm of any company or person carrying on the business of banking in New South Wales or elsewhere appearing visible in the substance of the paper, or knowingly has in his or her possession any such frame, mould, or instrument, or makes, uses, sells, exposes for sale, utters, or disposes of, or knowingly has in his or her possession, any paper, in the substance of which the name or firm of any such company or person appears visible, or by any art or contrivance causes the name or firm of any such company or person to appear visible in the substance of the paper upon which the same is written or printed, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 270 Engraving plates for foreign bills or notes 270 Engraving plates for foreign bills or notes Whosoever, for any unlawful purpose, or without lawful authority or excuse, engraves, or makes upon any material, any bill of exchange, promissory-note, undertaking, or order for payment of money, or any part of any such instrument, in whatsoever language the same is expressed, and whether the same is under seal or not, or intended to be under seal, purporting to be the bill, note, undertaking, or order, or part of the bill, note, undertaking, or order of a foreign prince or State, or any body corporate, or body of the like nature, or person or company of persons, in any country not under the dominion of Her Majesty, or uses, or knowingly has in his or her possession any material upon which any such foreign bill, note, undertaking, or order, or any part thereof, is engraved, or made, or knowingly offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, or has in his or her possession, any paper upon which any part of any such instrument is made or printed, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 271 Forging wills 271 Forging wills Whosoever forges, or utters, any will, testament, codicil, or testamentary instrument shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 278 Forging signature of Supreme Court Judge to decree etc or tendering same in evidence with forged signature 278 Forging signature of Supreme Court Judge to decree etc or tendering same in evidence with forged signature Whosoever: forges the signature of any Judge of the Supreme Court purporting to be attached or appended to any decree, order, certificate, or other official, or judicial document, or tenders in evidence any such decree, order, certificate, or document, as aforesaid, with a false or counterfeit signature of any such Judge thereto, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 285 Forgery of signature to copies etc admissible in evidence of decrees etc 285 Forgery of signature to copies etc admissible in evidence of decrees etc Whosoever, where any copy of any judgment, decree, rule, or order filed or recorded in the Supreme Court at Sydney, or formerly filed or recorded in the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the district of Port Phillip, is admissible in evidence when certified under the hand of the proper officer of such Court, forges the signature of such officer to any such copy, or tenders in evidence any such copy with a false or counterfeit signature thereto, knowing the same to be false, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 289 Forgery of seal etc on public documents etc and copies admissible in evidence 289 Forgery of seal etc on public documents etc and copies admissible in evidence Whosoever, where any certificate, or official, or public document, or any document or proceeding of any corporation, or joint stock or other company, now or hereafter to be established, or any certified copy of any document, or by- law, or entry in any register or other book, or of any other proceeding, is admissible in evidence under any Act, now or hereafter in force, when purporting to be sealed or stamped and signed as directed by the Act under which the same is so admissible, forges the seal, stamp, or signature appended to any such certificate, or document, or proceeding, or to any such certified copy, as aforesaid, or tenders in evidence any such certificate, or document, or proceeding, or any such certified copy, as aforesaid, with a false or counterfeit seal, stamp, or signature thereto, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 291 Forging etc certificate issued by officer outside New South Wales 291 Forging etc certificate issued by officer outside New South Wales Whosoever, where a certificate of the birth, marriage, or death, of any person in any part of the British dominions other than New South Wales, is admissible in evidence when purporting to be issued by the officer authorised by the law in that behalf of such part of the said dominions, forges, or utters any such certificate, or tenders, or causes to be tendered, in evidence any such certificate, knowing the same to be forged, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 296 Falsifying entries of births etc or giving false certificates 296 Falsifying entries of births etc or giving false certificates Whosoever: unlawfully destroys, defaces, or injures, any register of births, marriages, deaths, or burials, now or hereafter by law required to be kept, or any certified copy of any such register, or forges, or fraudulently obliterates, or alters in any such register or copy, any entry relating to any birth, marriage, death, or burial, or fraudulently inserts in any such register or copy any false entry, or matter relating to any such matter, or fraudulently gives any false certificate relating to any birth, marriage, death, or burial, or certifies any writing to be a copy, or extract from, any such register, knowing such writing or the entry to which it relates to be false, or forges, or utters, the signature, or any seal, or stamp, of or belonging to, or used by, the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or causes, or knowingly permits, the doing of any such act as aforesaid, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 297 Making false entries in copies sent to registrar 297 Making false entries in copies sent to registrar Whosoever: wilfully inserts, in any copy of any register required by law to be transmitted to a registrar, any false entry or matter relating to any birth, marriage, or burial, or forges, or utters, any copy of any such register, or wilfully signs, or verifies, any copy of any such register, which copy is false in any part, knowing the same to be false, or forges, or unlawfully destroys, defaces, or injures, or for any fraudulent purpose takes from its place of deposit, or conceals, any such register or copy, or causes, or knowingly permits, the doing of any such act as aforesaid, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 298 Demanding property on forged instruments 298 Demanding property on forged instruments Whosoever, with intent to defraud, obtains, or demands, or causes to be delivered, or paid to any person, or endeavours to obtain, or cause to be delivered, or paid to any person, any property, upon or by virtue of any forged instrument, knowing the same to be forged, or upon or by virtue of any probate, or letters of administration, knowing the will, codicil, or testamentary writing, on which the same was, or were, obtained, to have been forged, or such probate, or letters, to have been obtained by any false oath or affirmation, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 299 Interpretation 299 Interpretation (1) In this Division: "instrument" means: (a) any document, whether of a formal or informal character, or (b) a card by means of which property or credit can be obtained, or (c) a disc, tape, sound track or other device on or in which information is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic or other means. (2) For the purposes of this Division, an instrument is false if it purports: (a) to have been made in the form in which it is made by a person who did not in fact make it in that form, or (b) to have been made in the form in which it is made on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise its making in that form, or (c) to have been made in the terms in which it is made by a person who did not in fact make it in those terms, or (d) to have been made in the terms in which it is made on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise its making in those terms, or (e) to have been altered in any respect by a person who did not in fact alter it in that respect, or (f) to have been altered in any respect on the authority of a person who did not in fact authorise the alteration in that respect, or (g) to have been made or altered on a date on which, or at a place at which, or otherwise in circumstances in which, it was not in fact made or altered, or (h) to have been made or altered by an existing person who did not in fact exist. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 300 Making or using false instruments 300 Making or using false instruments (1) A person who makes a false instrument, with the intention that he or she, or another person, will use it to induce another person: (a) to accept the instrument as genuine, and (b) because of that acceptance, to do or not do some act to that other person’s, or to another person’s, prejudice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person who uses an instrument which is, and which the person knows to be, false, with the intention of inducing another person: (a) to accept the instrument as genuine, and (b) because of that acceptance, to do or not do some act to that other person’s, or to another person’s, prejudice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 301 Making or using copies of false instruments 301 Making or using copies of false instruments (1) A person who makes a copy of an instrument which is, and which the person knows to be, a false instrument, with the intention that he or she, or another person, will use it to induce another person: (a) to accept the copy as a copy of a genuine instrument, and (b) because of that acceptance, to do or not do some act to that other person’s, or to another person’s, prejudice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person who uses a copy of an instrument which is, and which he or she knows to be a false instrument, with the intention of inducing another person: (a) to accept the copy as a copy of a genuine instrument, and (b) because of that acceptance, to do or not do some act to that other person’s, or to another person’s, prejudice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 302 Custody of false instruments etc 302 Custody of false instruments etc A person who has in his or her custody, or under his or her control, an instrument which is false, and which he or she knows to be false, with the intention that the person or another person will use it to induce another person: (a) to accept the instrument as genuine, and (b) because of that acceptance, to do or not do some act to that other person’s, or to another person’s, prejudice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 302A Making or possession of implements for making false instruments 302A Making or possession of implements for making false instruments A person who makes, or who has in his or her custody or under his or her control, a machine or implement, or paper or other material, that is, and that the person knows to be, specially designed or adapted for the making of a false instrument, with the intention that he or she or another person will use it to induce another person: (a) to accept the instrument as genuine, and (b) because of that acceptance, to do or not do some act to that other person’s or to another person’s prejudice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 303 Response of machine to false instrument etc 303 Response of machine to false instrument etc (1) In this Division, a reference to inducing a person to accept: (a) a false instrument as genuine, or (b) a copy of a false instrument as a copy of a genuine instrument, includes a reference to causing a machine to respond to the instrument or copy as if it were a genuine instrument or a copy of a genuine instrument. (2) If: (a) a machine responds to an instrument or copy in that way, and (b) the act or omission intended to be caused by the response is an act or omission that would be (if it were an act or omission of a person) to a person’s prejudice, the act or omission intended to be caused by the machine’s so responding shall, for the purposes of this Division, be taken to be an act or omission to a person’s prejudice. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 304 When a false instrument is made 304 When a false instrument is made For the purposes of this Division, a person is to be treated as making a false instrument if the person alters an instrument so as to make it false in any respect (whether or not it is false in some other respect apart from that alteration). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 305 When an act or omission is prejudicial 305 When an act or omission is prejudicial For the purposes of this Division, an act or omission is to a person’s prejudice if, and only if, it is one that (if it occurs): (a) will result: (i) in the person’s temporary or permanent loss of property, or (ii) in the person’s being deprived of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration, or (iii) in the person’s being deprived of an opportunity to obtain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration, or (b) will result in any person being given an opportunity: (i) to earn remuneration or greater remuneration from the first-mentioned person, or (ii) to obtain a financial advantage from the first- mentioned person otherwise than by way of remuneration, or (c) will be the result of the person’s having accepted a false instrument as genuine, or a copy of a false instrument as a copy of a genuine one, in connection with the person’s performance of a duty. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 306 Intention to induce may be general 306 Intention to induce may be general In proceedings for an offence against this Division, if it is necessary to allege an intent to induce a person to accept: (a) a false instrument as genuine, or (b) a copy of a false instrument as a copy of a genuine one, it is not necessary to allege that the accused intended so to induce a particular person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 307A False or misleading applications 307A False or misleading applications (1) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way), and (b) the person does so knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the statement: (i) is false or misleading, or (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading, and (c) the statement is made in connection with an application for an authority or benefit, and (d) any of the following subparagraphs apply: (i) the statement is made to a public authority, (ii) the statement is made to a person who is exercising or performing any power, authority, duty or function under, or in connection with, a law of the State, (iii) the statement is made in compliance or purported compliance with a law of the State. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or a fine of 200 penalty units, or both. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subsection (1) (b) (i) if the statement is not false or misleading in a material particular. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subsection (1) (b) (ii) if the statement did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular. (4) The burden of establishing a matter referred to in subsection (2) or (3) lies on the accused person. (5) In this section: "application" includes any claim, request or other form of application and also includes, in the case of an application for an authority, any application for the issue, grant, amendment, transfer, renewal, restoration or replacement of the authority and any other application in connection with the authority. "authority" includes any licence, permit, consent, approval, registration or other form of authority. "benefit" includes any advantage and is not limited to property. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 307B False or misleading information 307B False or misleading information (1) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person gives information to another person, and (b) the person does so knowing that the information: (i) is false or misleading, or (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading, and (c) any of the following subparagraphs apply: (i) the information is given to a public authority, (ii) the information is given to a person who is exercising or performing any power, authority, duty or function under, or in connection with, a law of the State, (iii) the information is given in compliance or purported compliance with a law of the State. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or a fine of 200 penalty units, or both. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subsection (1) (b) (i) if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subsection (1) (b) (ii) if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subsection (1) (c) (i) if, before the information was given by a person to the public authority, the public authority did not take reasonable steps to inform the person of the existence of the offence against subsection (1). (5) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subsection (1) (c) (ii) if, before the information was given by a person (the "first person") to the person mentioned in that subparagraph (the "second person"), the second person did not take reasonable steps to inform the first person of the existence of the offence against subsection (1). (6) The burden of establishing a matter referred to in subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) lies on the accused person. (7) For the purposes of subsections (4) and (5), it is sufficient if the following form of words is used: “Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.” CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 307C False or misleading documents 307C False or misleading documents (1) A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person produces a document to another person, and (b) the person does so knowing that the document is false or misleading, and (c) the document is produced in compliance or purported compliance with a law of the State. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or a fine of 200 penalty units, or both. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the document is not false or misleading in a material particular. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who produces a document if the document is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person or, in the case of a body corporate, by a competent officer of the body corporate: (a) stating that the document is, to the knowledge of the first-mentioned person, false or misleading in a material particular, and (b) setting out, or referring to, the material particular in which the document is, to the knowledge of the first- mentioned person, false or misleading. (4) The burden of establishing a matter referred to in subsection (2) or (3) lies on the accused person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308 General definitions 308 General definitions In this Part: "data" includes: (a) information in any form, or (b) any program (or part of a program). "data held in a computer" includes: (a) data entered or copied into the computer, or (b) data held in any removable data storage device for the time being in the computer, or (c) data held in a data storage device on a computer network of which the computer forms part. "data storage device" means any thing (for example a disk or file server) containing or designed to contain data for use by a computer. "electronic communication" means a communication of information in any form by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy. "serious computer offence" means: (a) an offence against section 308C, 308D or 308E, or (b) conduct in another jurisdiction that is an offence in that jurisdiction and that would constitute an offence against section 308C, 308D or 308E if the conduct occurred in this jurisdiction. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308A Meaning of access to data, modification of data and impairment of electronic communication 308A Meaning of access to data, modification of data and impairment of electronic communication (1) In this Part, "access" to data held in a computer means: (a) the display of the data by the computer or any other output of the data from the computer, or (b) the copying or moving of the data to any other place in the computer or to a data storage device, or (c) in the case of a program—the execution of the program. (2) In this Part, "modification" of data held in a computer means: (a) the alteration or removal of the data, or (b) an addition to the data. (3) In this Part, "impairment" of electronic communication to or from a computer includes: (a) the prevention of any such communication, or (b) the impairment of any such communication on an electronic link or network used by the computer, but does not include a mere interception of any such communication. (4) A reference in this Part to any such access, modification or impairment is limited to access, modification or impairment caused (whether directly or indirectly) by the execution of a function of a computer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308B Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment 308B Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment (1) For the purposes of this Part, access to or modification of data, or impairment of electronic communication, by a person is "unauthorised" if the person is not entitled to cause that access, modification or impairment. (2) Any such access, modification or impairment is not unauthorised merely because the person has an ulterior purpose for that action. (3) For the purposes of an offence under this Part, a person causes any such unauthorised access, modification or impairment if the person’s conduct substantially contributes to the unauthorised access, modification or impairment. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308C Unauthorised access, modification or impairment with intent to commit serious indictable offence 308C Unauthorised access, modification or impairment with intent to commit serious indictable offence (1) A person who causes any unauthorised computer function: (a) knowing it is unauthorised, and (b) with the intention of committing a serious indictable offence, or facilitating the commission of a serious indictable offence (whether by the person or by another person), is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: The maximum penalty applicable if the person had committed, or facilitated the commission of, the serious indictable offence in this jurisdiction. (2) For the purposes of this section, an "unauthorised computer function" is: (a) any unauthorised access to data held in any computer, or (b) any unauthorised modification of data held in any computer, or (c) any unauthorised impairment of electronic communication to or from any computer. (3) For the purposes of this section, a "serious indictable offence" includes an offence in any other jurisdiction that would be a serious indictable offence if committed in this jurisdiction. (4) A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section: (a) even if committing the serious indictable offence concerned is impossible, or (b) whether the serious indictable offence is to be committed at the time of the unauthorised conduct or at a later time. (5) It is not an offence to attempt to commit an offence against this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308D Unauthorised modification of data with intent to cause impairment 308D Unauthorised modification of data with intent to cause impairment (1) A person who: (a) causes any unauthorised modification of data held in a computer, and (b) knows that the modification is unauthorised, and (c) intends by the modification to impair access to, or to impair the reliability, security or operation of, any data held in a computer, or who is reckless as to any such impairment, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A conviction for an offence against this section is an alternative verdict to a charge for: (a) an offence against section 195 (Destroying or damaging property), or (b) an offence against section 308E (Unauthorised impairment of electronic communication). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308E Unauthorised impairment of electronic communication 308E Unauthorised impairment of electronic communication (1) A person who: (a) causes any unauthorised impairment of electronic communication to or from a computer, and (b) knows that the impairment is unauthorised, and (c) intends to impair electronic communication to or from the computer, or who is reckless as to any such impairment, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A conviction for an offence against this section is an alternative verdict to a charge for: (a) an offence against section 195 (Destroying or damaging property), or (b) an offence against section 308D (Unauthorised modification of data with intent to cause impairment). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308F Possession of data with intent to commit serious computer offence 308F Possession of data with intent to commit serious computer offence (1) A person who is in possession or control of data: (a) with the intention of committing a serious computer offence, or (b) with the intention of facilitating the commission of a serious computer offence (whether by the person or by another person), is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, "possession or control of data" includes: (a) possession of a computer or data storage device holding or containing the data or of a document in which the data is recorded, and (b) control of data held in a computer that is in the possession of another person (whether the computer is in this jurisdiction or outside this jurisdiction). (3) A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section even if committing the serious computer offence concerned is impossible. (4) It is not an offence to attempt to commit an offence against this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308G Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence 308G Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence (1) A person who produces, supplies or obtains data: (a) with the intention of committing a serious computer offence, or (b) with the intention of facilitating the commission of a serious computer offence (whether by the person or by another person), is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years. (2) For the purposes of this section, "produce", "supply or obtain data" includes: (a) produce, supply or obtain data held or contained in a computer or data storage device, or (b) produce, supply or obtain a document in which the data is recorded. (3) A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section even if committing the serious computer offence concerned is impossible. (4) It is not an offence to attempt to commit an offence against this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308H Unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in computer (summary offence) 308H Unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in computer (summary offence) (1) A person: (a) who causes any unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in a computer, and (b) who knows that the access or modification is unauthorised, and (c) who intends to cause that access or modification, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. (2) An offence against this section is a summary offence. (3) In this section: "restricted data" means data held in a computer, being data to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308I Unauthorised impairment of data held in computer disk, credit card or other device (summary offence) 308I Unauthorised impairment of data held in computer disk, credit card or other device (summary offence) (1) A person: (a) who causes any unauthorised impairment of the reliability, security or operation of any data held on a computer disk, credit card or other device used to store data by electronic means, and (b) who knows that the impairment is unauthorised, and (c) who intends to cause that impairment, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. (2) An offence against this section is a summary offence. (3) For the purposes of this section, impairment of the reliability, security or operation of data is "unauthorised" if the person is not entitled to cause that impairment. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310A Definitions 310A Definitions In this Part: "correctional centre" means a correctional centre within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, and includes a correctional complex within the meaning of that Act. "inmate" has the same meaning as it has in the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310B Rescuing inmate from lawful custody 310B Rescuing inmate from lawful custody Any person who, by force, rescues or attempts to rescue an inmate from lawful custody is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310C Aiding escape 310C Aiding escape Any person: (a) who aids an inmate in escaping or attempting to escape from lawful custody, or (b) who conveys anything or causes anything to be conveyed into a correctional centre or to an inmate with intent to facilitate the escape of an inmate, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310D Escaping 310D Escaping Any inmate: (a) who escapes or attempts to escape from lawful custody, or (b) who, having been temporarily released from lawful custody, fails to return to lawful custody at the end of the time for which the inmate has been released, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310E Tunnels to facilitate escape 310E Tunnels to facilitate escape (1) A person who constructs, or takes part in the construction of, a tunnel that could reasonably be thought likely to be intended for use in facilitating an inmate’s escape from lawful custody is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years. (2) It is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the tunnel was actually intended for use in facilitating an escape, but it is a defence for the accused person to establish that he or she did not intend it to be so used. (3) In this section: "tunnel" includes any partially completed tunnel and any excavation. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310F Permitting escape 310F Permitting escape (1) Any person who, being an officer of a correctional centre or a police officer, has actual custody of an inmate for the time being is guilty of an offence if he or she wilfully permits the inmate to escape from custody. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years. (2) Any person who, being an officer of a correctional centre or a police officer, has actual custody of an inmate for the time being is guilty of an indictable offence if he or she negligently permits the inmate to escape from custody. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 2 years. (3) Any person who is employed by the management company of a managed correctional centre (within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999) as a custodian of inmates at, or travelling to or from, the correctional centre is, for the purposes of this section, an officer of a correctional centre. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310G Harbouring escapee 310G Harbouring escapee (1) Any person who knowingly harbours, maintains or employs an escaped inmate is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 3 years. (2) In this section: "escaped inmate" includes a prisoner who has escaped from lawful custody in another State or Territory. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310H Application of Part 310H Application of Part This Part does not apply to or in respect of: (a) an inmate who is in lawful custody for the purpose of serving a sentence of imprisonment the subject of a periodic detention order or home detention order under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, or (b) a detention centre or a detainee within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310I Definitions 310I Definitions In this Part: "Commonwealth Criminal Code" means the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. "terrorist organisation" and "member of a terrorist organisation" have the meaning they are given by section 102.1 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310J Membership of terrorist organisation 310J Membership of terrorist organisation (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person intentionally is a member of a terrorist organisation, and (b) the organisation is a terrorist organisation, and (c) the person knows the organisation is a terrorist organisation. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person proves that he or she took all reasonable steps to cease to be a member of the organisation as soon as practicable after the person knew that the organisation was a terrorist organisation. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310K Multiplicity of offences 310K Multiplicity of offences If: (a) an act or omission is an offence against both this Part and the Commonwealth Criminal Code, and (b) the offender has been punished for that offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code, the offender is not liable to be punished for the offence under this Part. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 310L Repeal of Part 310L Repeal of Part This Part is repealed on 13 September 2010. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 311 Definitions 311 Definitions (1) In this Part: "benefit" means any benefit or advantage whether or not in money or money’s worth. "judicial officer" means a person who is, or who alone or with others constitutes, a judicial tribunal and includes a coroner. "judicial proceeding" means a proceeding in or before a judicial tribunal in which evidence may be taken on oath. "judicial tribunal" means a person (including a coroner and an arbitrator), court or body authorised by law, or by consent of parties, to conduct a hearing for the purpose of the determination of any matter or thing and includes a person, court or body authorised to conduct a committal proceeding. "public justice official" means a person who is a public officer employed in any capacity (other than as a judicial officer) for the investigation, detection or prosecution of offenders. (2) In this Part, a reference to the making of a statement on oath includes a reference to the verification of a statement on oath. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 312 Meaning of “pervert the course of justice” 312 Meaning of “pervert the course of justice” A reference in this Part to perverting the course of justice is a reference to obstructing, preventing, perverting or defeating the course of justice or the administration of the law. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 313 Knowledge that offence is a serious indictable offence is unnecessary 313 Knowledge that offence is a serious indictable offence is unnecessary If it is an element of an offence under this Part that an offence is a serious indictable offence, it is not necessary for the prosecution to establish that the accused knew that the offence was a serious indictable offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 314 False accusations etc 314 False accusations etc A person who makes an accusation intending a person to be the subject of an investigation of an offence, knowing that other person to be innocent of the offence, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 315 Hindering investigation etc 315 Hindering investigation etc (1) A person who does anything intending in any way to hinder: (a) the investigation of a serious indictable offence committed by another person, or (b) the discovery of evidence concerning a serious indictable offence committed by another person, or (c) the apprehension of another person who has committed a serious indictable offence, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is to be considered to have committed a serious indictable offence if a public officer engaged in the detection or investigation of offenders suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed the offence. (3) It is not an offence against this section merely to refuse or fail to divulge information or produce evidence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 315A Threatening or intimidating victims or witnesses 315A Threatening or intimidating victims or witnesses (1) A person who threatens to do or cause, or who does or causes, any injury or detriment to any other person intending to influence any person not to bring material information about an indictable offence to the attention of a police officer or other appropriate authority is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) In this section: "material information" means information that a person has that might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension of a person who has committed an indictable offence, or the prosecution or conviction of any such person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 316 Concealing serious indictable offence 316 Concealing serious indictable offence (1) If a person has committed a serious indictable offence and another person who knows or believes that the offence has been committed and that he or she has information which might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension of the offender or the prosecution or conviction of the offender for it fails without reasonable excuse to bring that information to the attention of a member of the Police Force or other appropriate authority, that other person is liable to imprisonment for 2 years. (2) A person who solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit for himself or herself or any other person in consideration for doing anything that would be an offence under subsection (1) is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (3) It is not an offence against subsection (2) merely to solicit, accept or agree to accept the making good of loss or injury caused by an offence or the making of reasonable compensation for that loss or injury. (4) A prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) is not to be commenced against a person without the approval of the Attorney General if the knowledge or belief that an offence has been committed was formed or the information referred to in the subsection was obtained by the person in the course of practising or following a profession, calling or vocation prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection. (5) The regulations may prescribe a profession, calling or vocation as referred to in subsection (4). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 317 Tampering etc with evidence 317 Tampering etc with evidence A person who, with intent to mislead any judicial tribunal in any judicial proceeding: (a) suppresses, conceals, destroys, alters or falsifies anything knowing that it is or may be required as evidence in any judicial proceeding, or (b) fabricates false evidence (other than by perjury or suborning perjury), or (c) knowingly makes use of fabricated false evidence, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 318 Making or using false official instrument to pervert the course of justice 318 Making or using false official instrument to pervert the course of justice (1) In this section: "official instrument" means an instrument of a kind that is made or issued by a person in his or her capacity as a public officer or by a judicial tribunal. (2) A person who makes a false official instrument, or who makes a copy of an instrument which the person knows to be a false official instrument, with the intention that: (a) he or she or another person will use it to induce another person to accept the instrument as genuine or to accept the copy as a copy of a genuine official instrument, and (b) that acceptance will pervert the course of justice, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (3) A person who uses an instrument which the person knows to be a false official instrument, or who uses a copy of an instrument which the person knows to be a false official instrument, with the intention: (a) of inducing another person to accept the instrument as genuine or to accept the copy as a copy of a genuine official instrument, and (b) of thereby perverting the course of justice, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (4) Division 2 of Part 5 applies to the interpretation of this section as if this section formed part of that Division. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 319 General offence of perverting the course of justice 319 General offence of perverting the course of justice A person who does any act, or makes any omission, intending in any way to pervert the course of justice, is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 320 Extended meaning of “giving evidence” 320 Extended meaning of “giving evidence” In this Division, a reference to the giving of evidence includes a reference to the production of anything to be used as evidence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 321 Corruption of witnesses and jurors 321 Corruption of witnesses and jurors (1) A person who confers or procures or offers to confer or procure or attempt to procure any benefit on or for any person: (a) intending to influence any person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding to give false evidence or withhold true evidence or to not attend as a witness or not produce anything in evidence pursuant to a summons or subpoena, or (b) intending to influence any person (whether or not a particular person) in the person’s conduct as a juror in any judicial proceeding or to not attend as a juror in any judicial proceeding, whether he or she has been sworn as a juror or not, and intending to pervert the course of justice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person who solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit for himself or herself or any other person: (a) in consideration for any agreement or undertaking that any person will as a witness in any judicial proceeding give false evidence or withhold true evidence or not attend as a witness or not produce anything in evidence pursuant to a summons or subpoena, or (b) on account of anything to be done or omitted to be done by him or her or another person as a juror in any judicial proceeding, or on account of his or her or another person’s not attending as a juror in any judicial proceeding, intending to pervert the course of justice, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 322 Threatening or intimidating judges, witnesses, jurors etc 322 Threatening or intimidating judges, witnesses, jurors etc A person who threatens to do or cause, or who does or causes, any injury or detriment to any person: (a) intending to influence a person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding to give false evidence or withhold true evidence or to not attend as a witness or not produce anything in evidence pursuant to a summons or subpoena, or (b) intending to influence any person (whether or not a particular person) in the person’s conduct as a juror in any judicial proceeding or to not attend as a juror in any judicial proceeding, whether he or she has been sworn as a juror or not, or (c) intending to influence any person in the person’s conduct as a judicial officer, or (d) intending to influence any person in the person’s conduct as a public justice official in or in connection with any judicial proceeding, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 323 Influencing witnesses and jurors 323 Influencing witnesses and jurors A person who does any act: (a) intending to procure, persuade, induce or otherwise cause any person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding to give false evidence or withhold true evidence or to not attend as a witness or not produce any thing in evidence pursuant to a summons or subpoena, or (b) intending, other than by the production of evidence and argument in open court, to influence any person (whether or not a particular person) in the person’s conduct as a juror in any judicial proceeding, whether he or she has been sworn as a juror or not, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 324 Increased penalty if serious indictable offence involved 324 Increased penalty if serious indictable offence involved A person who commits an offence against section 321, 322 or 323 (offences concerning interference with witnesses, jurors, judicial officers and public justice officials) intending to procure the conviction or acquittal of any person of any serious indictable offence is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 325 Preventing, obstructing or dissuading witness or juror from attending etc 325 Preventing, obstructing or dissuading witness or juror from attending etc (1) A person who without lawful excuse wilfully prevents, obstructs or dissuades a person called as a witness in any judicial proceeding from attending as a witness or from producing anything in evidence pursuant to a summons or subpoena is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (1A) A person who without lawful excuse wilfully prevents, obstructs or dissuades another person who the person believes may be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding from attending the proceeding is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who without lawful excuse wilfully prevents, obstructs or dissuades a person summoned as a juror in any judicial proceeding from attending as a juror is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 326 Reprisals against judges, witnesses, jurors etc 326 Reprisals against judges, witnesses, jurors etc (1) A person who threatens to do or cause, or who does or causes, any injury or detriment to any person on account of anything lawfully done by a person: (a) as a witness or juror in any judicial proceeding, or (b) as a judicial officer, or (c) as a public justice official in or in connection with any judicial proceeding, is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A person who threatens to do or cause, or who does or causes, any injury or detriment to another person because the person believes the other person will or may be or may have been called as a witness, or will or may serve or may have served as a juror, in any judicial proceeding is liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (3) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the accused acted wholly or partly for a reason specified in subsection (1) or (2). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 327 Offence of perjury 327 Offence of perjury (1) Any person who in or in connection with any judicial proceeding makes any false statement on oath concerning any matter which is material to the proceeding, knowing the statement to be false or not believing it to be true, is guilty of perjury and liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (2) A statement can be considered to have been made in connection with a judicial proceeding whether or not a judicial proceeding has commenced, or ever commences, in connection with it. (3) The determination of whether a statement is material to a judicial proceeding that has not commenced is to be made on the basis of any judicial proceeding likely to arise in connection with the statement. (4) The question of whether any matter is material to a proceeding is a question of law. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 328 Perjury with intent to procure conviction or acquittal 328 Perjury with intent to procure conviction or acquittal Any person who commits perjury intending to procure the conviction or acquittal of any person of any serious indictable offence is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 329 Conviction for false swearing on indictment for perjury 329 Conviction for false swearing on indictment for perjury If on the trial of a person for perjury the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of perjury but is satisfied on the evidence that the accused is guilty of an offence under section 330 (False statement on oath not amounting to perjury) it may find the accused not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of the latter offence and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 330 False statement on oath not amounting to perjury 330 False statement on oath not amounting to perjury A person who makes on oath any false statement knowing the statement to be false or not believing it to be true, if it is not perjury, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 331 Contradictory statements on oath 331 Contradictory statements on oath If on the trial of a person for perjury or for an offence under section 330 (False statement on oath not amounting to perjury): (a) the trier of fact is satisfied that the accused has made 2 statements on oath and one is irreconcilably in conflict with the other, and (b) the trier of fact is satisfied that one of the statements was made by the accused knowing it was false or not believing it was true but the trier of fact cannot say which statement was so made, the trier of fact may make a special finding to that effect and find the accused guilty of perjury or of an offence under section 330, as appropriate, and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 332 Certain technical defects provided for 332 Certain technical defects provided for If on the trial of a person for perjury or for an offence under section 330 (False statement on oath not amounting to perjury): (a) any affidavit, deposition, examination or declaration offered in evidence is wrongly entitled or otherwise informal or defective, or (b) the jurat to any such instrument is informal or defective, the accused is not entitled to an acquittal because of the omission, defect or informality but the instrument (if otherwise admissible) may be given in evidence and used for all purposes of the trial. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 333 Subornation of perjury 333 Subornation of perjury (1) A person who procures, persuades, induces or otherwise causes a person to give false testimony the giving of which is perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury and liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2) A person who commits subornation of perjury intending to procure the conviction or acquittal of any person of any serious indictable offence is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 334 General provisions applicable to perjury and false statement offences 334 General provisions applicable to perjury and false statement offences It is immaterial for the purposes of this Division: (a) whether a statement on oath is given orally or in writing, or (b) which forms and ceremonies are used in administering the oath (or otherwise binding the person giving the testimony to speak the truth) so long as the person assents to the forms and ceremonies actually used, or (c) whether (in the case of a statement made in a judicial proceeding) the judicial tribunal concerned is properly constituted or held in the proper place or not, so long as it actually acts as a judicial tribunal in the proceeding in which the statement is made, or (d) whether the person who makes the statement is a competent witness or not, or whether the statement is admissible in the proceeding or not, or (e) in the case of judicial proceedings in an arbitration, whether the law governing the arbitration agreement or the proceedings, or any other relevant law, is or is not the law of New South Wales. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 335 False statements in evidence on commission 335 False statements in evidence on commission If a person, in giving any testimony (either orally or in writing) otherwise than on oath, when required to do so by an order under section 33 (Power of the Supreme Court to give effect to application for assistance) of the Evidence on Commission Act 1995, makes any statement that is false in a material particular, knowing the statement to be false or not believing it to be true, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 336 False entry on public register 336 False entry on public register (1) A person who for an improper purpose makes a statement for the making of an entry in any register kept by a public officer for a public purpose, knowing the statement to be false or misleading in a material particular, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person who for an improper purpose makes an entry in any register kept by a public officer for a public purpose, knowing the entry to be false or misleading in a material particular, is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 337 False instruments issued by public officers 337 False instruments issued by public officers A public officer who, being authorised or required to issue an instrument whereby any person may be prejudicially affected, issues the instrument for an improper purpose knowing it to be false in a material particular is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 338 Restrictions on prosecutions for perjury 338 Restrictions on prosecutions for perjury (1) A person is not to be prosecuted for perjury except: (a) by the Director of Public Prosecutions, or (b) at the direction of the Attorney General, or (c) by any other person with leave of the judicial officer who constituted the judicial tribunal before which the perjury is alleged to have been committed. (2) If it is impossible or impracticable to apply for leave to prosecute in accordance with subsection (1) (c), the prosecution may be instituted with leave of the Supreme Court. (3) A person is not to be prosecuted for perjury (except by the Director of Public Prosecutions or at the direction of the Attorney General) unless notice of the proposed prosecution has been given to the Director of Public Prosecutions. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 339 Application of Division to perjury under other Acts 339 Application of Division to perjury under other Acts Any false oath declared by any Act to be perjury or made punishable as perjury by any Act is to be considered to be perjury for the purposes of this Act. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 340 Extent of abolition of offences 340 Extent of abolition of offences The offences at common law abolished by this Division are abolished for all purposes not relating to offences committed before the commencement of this Part (as substituted by the Crimes (Public Justice) Amendment Act 1990). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 341 Certain common law offences abolished 341 Certain common law offences abolished The following offences at common law are abolished: • the offence of perverting the course of justice, • the offence of attempting or conspiring to pervert the course of justice, • the offence of falsely accusing a person of a crime or of procuring a person to falsely accuse a person of a crime, • the offence of concealing evidence so that a person is falsely accused of a crime, • the offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice by assisting a person to avoid arrest, • the offence of persuading a person to make a false statement to police to mislead them in their investigation, • the offence of procuring a person to make a false accusation, • the offence of misprision of felony, • the offence of compounding a felony, • the offence of dissuading, intimidating or preventing, or attempting to dissuade, intimidate or prevent, a person who is bound to give evidence in a criminal matter from doing so, • the offence of using threats or persuasion to witnesses to induce them not to appear or give evidence in courts of justice, • the offence of perjury, • the offence of embracery (attempting to corrupt, influence or instruct a jury or to induce a jury to favour one side more than the other), • personating a juror. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 342 Certain conspiracy offences not affected 342 Certain conspiracy offences not affected The abolition of the common law offence of conspiring to pervert the course of justice does not prevent a prosecution for an offence of conspiring to commit an offence against this Part. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 343 Certain common law offences not abolished 343 Certain common law offences not abolished To remove any doubt, it is declared that the following offences at common law are not abolished by this Division: (a) the offence of escaping from lawful custody, (b) the offence of assisting a person to escape from lawful custody, (c) the offence of refusing to assist a peace officer in the execution of his or her duty in preventing a breach of the peace. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 343A Saving of other punishments 343A Saving of other punishments Nothing in this Part prevents or affects any other punishment, or any forfeiture, provided under any Act. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 344A Attempts 344A Attempts (1) Subject to this Act, any person who attempts to commit any offence for which a penalty is provided under this Act shall be liable to that penalty. (2) Where a person is convicted of an attempt to commit an offence and the offence concerned is a serious indictable offence the person shall be deemed to have been convicted of a serious indictable offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 345 Principals in the second degree—how tried and punished 345 Principals in the second degree—how tried and punished Every principal in the second degree in any serious indictable offence shall be liable to the same punishment to which the person would have been liable had the person been the principal in the first degree. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 346 Accessories before the fact—how tried and punished 346 Accessories before the fact—how tried and punished Every accessory before the fact to a serious indictable offence may be indicted, convicted, and sentenced, either before or after the trial of the principal offender, or together with the principal offender, or indicted, convicted, and sentenced, as a principal in the offence, and shall be liable in either case to the same punishment to which the person would have been liable had the person been the principal offender, whether the principal offender has been tried or not, or is amenable to justice or not. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 347 Accessories after the fact—how tried and punished 347 Accessories after the fact—how tried and punished Every accessory after the fact to a serious indictable offence may be indicted, convicted, and sentenced as such accessory, either before, or together with, or after the trial of the principal offender, whether the principal offender has been previously tried or not, or is amenable to justice or not. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 347A Wife may be accessory after fact to husband’s felony 347A Wife may be accessory after fact to husband’s felony (1) The common law rule granting immunity to a wife against prosecution as an accessory after the fact to a felony committed by her husband is abolished. (2) This section does not apply in respect of any act of, or omission by, a wife if the act or omission occurred before the commencement of this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 348 Punishment of accessories after the fact to certain treason-related offences 348 Punishment of accessories after the fact to certain treason-related offences Every accessory after the fact to an offence under section 12 shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 349 Punishment of accessories after the fact to murder etc 349 Punishment of accessories after the fact to murder etc (1) Every accessory after the fact to murder shall be liable to imprisonment for 25 years. (2) Every accessory after the fact to the crime of robbery with arms or in company with one or more person or persons, or the crime of kidnapping referred to in section 86, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 350 Punishment of accessories after the fact to other serious indictable offences 350 Punishment of accessories after the fact to other serious indictable offences An accessory after the fact to any other serious indictable offence is liable to imprisonment for 5 years, except where otherwise specifically enacted. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 351 Trial and punishment of abettors of minor indictable offences 351 Trial and punishment of abettors of minor indictable offences Any person who aids, abets, counsels, or procures, the commission of a minor indictable offence, whether the same is an offence at Common Law or by any statute, may be proceeded against and convicted together with or before or after the conviction of the principal offender and may be indicted, convicted, and punished as a principal offender. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 351A Recruiting persons to engage in criminal activity 351A Recruiting persons to engage in criminal activity (1) A person (not being a child) who recruits another person to carry out or assist in carrying out a criminal activity is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years. (2) A person (not being a child) who recruits a child to carry out or assist in carrying out a criminal activity is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. (3) In this section: "child" means a person under the age of 18 years. "criminal activity" means conduct that constitutes a serious indictable offence. "recruit" means counsel, procure, solicit, incite or induce. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 351B Aiders and abettors punishable as principals 351B Aiders and abettors punishable as principals (1) Every person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of any offence punishable on summary conviction may be proceeded against and convicted together with or before or after the conviction of the principal offender. (2) On conviction any such person is liable to the penalty and punishment to which the person would have been liable had the person been the principal offender. (3) This section applies to offences committed before or after the commencement of this section. (4) This section applies to an indictable offence that is being dealt with summarily. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 417 Proof of lawful authority or excuse 417 Proof of lawful authority or excuse Wherever, by this Act, doing a particular act or having a specified article or thing in possession without lawful authority or excuse, is made or expressed to be an offence, the proof of such authority or excuse shall lie on the accused. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 417A Proof of exceptions 417A Proof of exceptions (1) Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification to the offence (whether or not it is in the same provision with a description of an offence in an Act or statutory rule or document creating the offence) need not be specified or negatived in an indictment or other process commencing proceedings. (2) The exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification may be proved by the accused person. (3) If the exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification is specified or negatived in the indictment, court attendance notice or other process commencing proceedings, the prosecutor is not required to prove it. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 418 Self-defence—when available 418 Self-defence—when available (1) A person is not criminally responsible for an offence if the person carries out the conduct constituting the offence in self- defence. (2) A person carries out conduct in self-defence if and only if the person believes the conduct is necessary: (a) to defend himself or herself or another person, or (b) to prevent or terminate the unlawful deprivation of his or her liberty or the liberty of another person, or (c) to protect property from unlawful taking, destruction, damage or interference, or (d) to prevent criminal trespass to any land or premises or to remove a person committing any such criminal trespass, and the conduct is a reasonable response in the circumstances as he or she perceives them. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 419 Self-defence—onus of proof 419 Self-defence—onus of proof In any criminal proceedings in which the application of this Division is raised, the prosecution has the onus of proving, beyond reasonable doubt, that the person did not carry out the conduct in self-defence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 420 Self-defence—not available if death inflicted to protect property or trespass to property 420 Self-defence—not available if death inflicted to protect property or trespass to property This Division does not apply if the person uses force that involves the intentional or reckless infliction of death only: (a) to protect property, or (b) to prevent criminal trespass or to remove a person committing criminal trespass. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 421 Self-defence—excessive force that inflicts death 421 Self-defence—excessive force that inflicts death (1) This section applies if: (a) the person uses force that involves the infliction of death, and (b) the conduct is not a reasonable response in the circumstances as he or she perceives them, but the person believes the conduct is necessary: (c) to defend himself or herself or another person, or (d) to prevent or terminate the unlawful deprivation of his or her liberty or the liberty of another person. (2) The person is not criminally responsible for murder but, on a trial for murder, the person is to be found guilty of manslaughter if the person is otherwise criminally responsible for manslaughter. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 422 Self-defence—response to lawful conduct 422 Self-defence—response to lawful conduct This Division is not excluded merely because: (a) the conduct to which the person responds is lawful, or (b) the other person carrying out the conduct to which the person responds is not criminally responsible for it. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 423 Offences to which Division applies 423 Offences to which Division applies (1) This Division applies to offences committed before or after the commencement of this Division, except as provided by this section. (2) This Division does not apply to an offence if proceedings for the offence (other than committal proceedings) were instituted before the commencement of this Division. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428A Definitions 428A Definitions In this Part: "drug" includes a drug within the meaning of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 and a poison, restricted substance or drug of addiction within the meaning of the Poisons Act 1966. "intoxication" means intoxication because of the influence of alcohol, a drug or any other substance. "offence" includes an attempt to commit the offence. "offence of specific intent" is defined in section 428B. "relevant conduct" means an act or omission necessary to constitute the actus reus of an offence. "self-induced intoxication" means any intoxication except intoxication that: (a) is involuntary, or (b) results from fraud, sudden or extraordinary emergency, accident, reasonable mistake, duress or force, or (c) results from the administration of a drug for which a prescription is required in accordance with the prescription of a medical practitioner, a person authorised under the Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 to practise as a nurse practitioner or a midwife practitioner, or dentist, or of a drug for which no prescription is required administered for the purpose, and in accordance with the dosage level recommended, in the manufacturer’s instructions. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428B Offences of specific intent to which Part applies 428B Offences of specific intent to which Part applies (1) An "offence of specific intent" is an offence of which an intention to cause a specific result is an element. (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the offences referred to in the Table to this section are examples of offences of specific intent. Table (a) an offence under the following provisions of this Act: _________________________________________________________ |_________________________________________________________| |27 |Acts done to the person with intent to | |_________________________________________________________| |28 |Acts done to property with intent to | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |33 |Wounding or grievous bodily harm with | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |41 |Administering poison etc to injure or to | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |47 |Using etc explosive substance or | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |55 |Possessing etc gunpowder etc with intent | |_________________________________________________________| |61K |Assault with intent to have sexual | |_________________________________________________________| |82 |Administering drugs etc to herself by | |_________________________________________________________| |83 |Administering drugs etc to woman with | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |110 |Breaking, entering and assaulting with | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| | |Breaking etc into any house etc with | |113 |intent to commit serious indictable | |_________________________________________________________| |114 (a) (c) (d)|Being armed etc with intent to commit | |_________________________________________________________| |158 |Destruction, falsification of accounts | |_________________________________________________________| |172 |Trustees fraudulently disposing of | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |175 |Director etc wilfully destroying etc | |_________________________________________________________| |176 |Director or officer publishing fraudulent| |_________________________________________________________| |178BB |Obtaining money etc by false or | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |180 |Causing payment etc by false pretences | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |185 |Inducing persons by fraud to execute | |_________________________________________________________| |190 |Receiving etc cattle unlawfully killed, | |_________________________________________________________| |196 |Destroying or damaging property with | |_________________________________________________________| |198 |Destroying or damaging property with | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| | |Possession etc of explosive or other | |200 |article with intent to destroy or damage | |_________________________________________________________| | |Interfering or damaging etc bed or bank | |202 (c) |of river with intent of obstructing etc | |_________________________________________________________| |205 |Prejudicing the safe operation of an | |_________________________________________________________| |210 (b) |Acting with intention of destroying etc | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |249C |Misleading documents or statements used | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |301 |Making or using copies of false | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |302A |Making or possession of implements for | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |318 |Making or using false official instrument| |_________________________________________________________| |319 |General offence of perverting the course | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |322 |Threatening or intimidating judges, | |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| |328 |Perjury with intent to procure conviction| |_________________________________________________________| |_________________________________________________________| (b) an offence under the following provisions of this Act to the extent that an element of the offence requires a person to intend to cause the specific result necessary for the offence: ________________________________________________________ |________________________________________________________| |58 |(assault with intent to commit serious indictable | |________________________________________________________| |66B|(assaulting with intent to have sexual intercourse | |________________________________________________________| |66D|(assaulting with intent to have sexual intercourse | |________________________________________________________| |78I|(assault with intent to have homosexual intercourse | |________________________________________________________| |78L|(assault with intent to have homosexual intercourse | |________________________________________________________| |78O|(assault with intent to have homosexual intercourse | |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |95 |(assault with intent to rob in circumstances of | |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |109|(entering with intent, or stealing etc in dwelling- | |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |________________________________________________________| |197|(dishonestly destroying or damaging property with a | |________________________________________________________| |204|(destruction of, or damage to, an aircraft or vessel| |________________________________________________________| (c) any other offence by or under any law (including the common law) prescribed by the regulations. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428C Intoxication in relation to offences of specific intent 428C Intoxication in relation to offences of specific intent (1) Evidence that a person was intoxicated (whether by reason of self-induced intoxication or otherwise) at the time of the relevant conduct may be taken into account in determining whether the person had the intention to cause the specific result necessary for an offence of specific intent. (2) However, such evidence cannot be taken into account if the person: (a) had resolved before becoming intoxicated to do the relevant conduct, or (b) became intoxicated in order to strengthen his or her resolve to do the relevant conduct. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428D Intoxication in relation to other offences 428D Intoxication in relation to other offences In determining whether a person had the mens rea for an offence other than an offence of specific intent, evidence that a person was intoxicated at the time of the relevant conduct: (a) if the intoxication was self-induced—cannot be taken into account, or (b) if the intoxication was not self-induced—may be taken into account. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428E Intoxication in relation to murder and manslaughter 428E Intoxication in relation to murder and manslaughter If evidence of intoxication at the time of the relevant conduct results in a person being acquitted of murder: (a) in the case of intoxication that was self-induced—evidence of that intoxication cannot be taken into account in determining whether the person had the requisite mens rea for manslaughter, or (b) in the case of intoxication that was not self-induced—evidence of that intoxication may be taken into account in determining whether the person had the requisite mens rea for manslaughter. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428F Intoxication in relation to the reasonable person test 428F Intoxication in relation to the reasonable person test If, for the purposes of determining whether a person is guilty of an offence, it is necessary to compare the state of mind of the person with that of a reasonable person, the comparison is to be made between the conduct or state of mind of the person and that of a reasonable person who is not intoxicated. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428G Intoxication and the actus reus of an offence 428G Intoxication and the actus reus of an offence (1) In determining whether a person has committed an offence, evidence of self-induced intoxication cannot be taken into account in determining whether the relevant conduct was voluntary. (2) However, a person is not criminally responsible for an offence if the relevant conduct resulted from intoxication that was not self- induced. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428H Abolition of common law relating to self-induced intoxication 428H Abolition of common law relating to self-induced intoxication The common law relating to the effect of intoxication on criminal liability is abolished. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428I Application of Part 428I Application of Part This Part applies to any offence (whether under this Act or otherwise) committed after the commencement of this Part. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 431 Convicted persons not to be liable to death penalty 431 Convicted persons not to be liable to death penalty (1) This section applies to offences under: (a) an Act, (b) an Imperial Act so far as it applies in New South Wales, or (c) a rule of law, whether committed before or after the commencement of the Crimes (Death Penalty Abolition) Amendment Act 1985. (2) A person is not liable to the punishment of death for an offence to which this section applies. (3) Where, but for this subsection, no penalty would be provided for an offence to which this section applies that was formerly punishable by death, that offence shall be punishable by imprisonment for 25 years. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 431A Life sentences 431A Life sentences (1) This section applies to offences under: (a) an Act, or (b) an Imperial Act so far as it applies in New South Wales, or (c) a rule of law. (2) A person is not liable to the punishment of imprisonment for life for any offence to which this section applies except for the offence of murder, for an offence under section 61JA, for an offence under section 66A (2) or for an offence carrying that punishment under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985. (3) Where, but for this subsection, no penalty would be provided for an offence to which this section applies that was formerly punishable by imprisonment for life, that offence is punishable by imprisonment for 25 years. (4) This section applies to offences committed before or after the commencement of this section. However, this section does not apply where committal proceedings (or proceedings by way of ex officio indictment) for the offence were instituted against the convicted person before the commencement of this section. (5) Any amendment made by the Crimes (Life Sentences) Amendment Act 1989 altering the penalty for an offence under this Act from imprisonment for life to imprisonment for 25 years applies to an offence committed before or after the commencement of the amendment. However, the amendment does not apply where committal proceedings (or proceedings by way of ex officio indictment) for the offence were instituted against the convicted person before the commencement of the amendment. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 475A Offences punishable summarily 475A Offences punishable summarily (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 475B but notwithstanding any other law, proceedings for any offence mentioned in Schedule 10 may, pursuant to Part 5 of Chapter 4 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 by the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions, be taken before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction. (2) Proceedings for an offence mentioned in paragraph (f) of Schedule 10 may not be taken under subsection (1) unless, in the application made under section 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 in respect of the offence, the person against whom the offence is charged is also charged with an offence mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (d1) or (e) of that Schedule. (3) A person may be convicted of an offence mentioned in paragraph (f) of Schedule 10 notwithstanding that the person is not convicted of the offence mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (d1) or (e) of that Schedule that was also charged in the application made under section 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 in respect of the offence mentioned in paragraph (e) of that Schedule. (4) The penalty that may be imposed by the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction on a person convicted of an offence mentioned in Schedule 10 is the penalty provided by law (other than this subsection), except that any fine imposed shall not exceed 100 penalty units and any term of imprisonment imposed shall not exceed 10 years, whether the penalty imposed is either a fine or a term of imprisonment. (5) Subsection (1) does not prevent proceedings for any offence referred to in that subsection from being taken otherwise than before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction. (6) The reference in subsection (1) to the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions includes, in relation to any proceedings, a reference to any person who is authorised in writing by the Attorney-General or Director to act, for the purposes of that subsection, on behalf of the Attorney-General or Director in relation to those proceedings as in relation to proceedings for all offences mentioned in Schedule 10. (7) A document purporting to be signed: (a) by the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions and to authorise a person specified in the document to act as referred to in subsection (6) is, in any proceedings referred to in subsection (1), admissible in evidence as prima facie evidence that the person is authorised so to act, or (b) by the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions for the purpose of any proceedings referred to in subsection (1) is admissible in evidence as prima facie evidence that the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions signed the document. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 475B Election for summary trial 475B Election for summary trial (1) Section 475A (1) applies only if, upon the completion of the pre- trial procedures in any proceedings in respect of an offence to which an application under section 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 relates, being procedures prescribed by rules made under that Act, the defendant makes an election to be tried for that offence in the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) where the defendant in any proceedings is the subject of an application (not being an application referred to in subsection (3)), under section 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 relating to 2 or more offences, he or she is not entitled to make an election under subsection (1) unless he or she makes it in respect of every offence to which the application relates. (3) Where 2 or more defendants are the subject of an application under section 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986, an election under subsection (1) made by one of the defendants in respect of any offence to which the application relates and alleged to have been committed by him or her has no effect for the purposes of this section unless such an election is made by that defendant in respect of every other offence to which the application relates and which is alleged to have been committed by him or her and by each of the other defendants in respect of every offence to which the application relates and which is alleged to have been committed by each of them. (4) A reference in subsection (1), (2) or (3) to an offence to which an application under section 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 relates does not include a reference to such an offence to which the person charged with the offence has, upon such an application, pleaded guilty. (5) Where the defendant does not make an election under subsection (1): (a) the Supreme Court shall order that the proceedings for the offence to which the election relates shall be tried in the Supreme Court otherwise than in its summary jurisdiction, and (b) the provisions of section 475A (1) shall cease to apply to or in respect of the proceedings for that offence. (6) A person tried pursuant to an order under subsection (5) (a) shall for all purposes, be deemed to be tried on indictment and if convicted to have been convicted on indictment. (7) A reference in this section to a plea of guilty does not include a reference to such a plea if the plea has been withdrawn or has not been accepted. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 501 501 (Renumbered as sec 496) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 502 Possession of skin etc of stolen cattle 502 Possession of skin etc of stolen cattle Whosoever, in whose possession there has been found the skin or carcass of any stolen cattle, or of any cattle reasonably suspected to have been stolen, or any part of any such skin or carcass, may be brought before or may be summoned to appear before the Local Court to show in what manner he or she became possessed of the same, and if there is reasonable cause to believe that he or she has dishonestly come by the same, and if he or she fails to satisfy the Court before whom the case is heard that he or she obtained the same without any knowledge or reasonable ground to suspect that the same was the skin or carcass, or part of the skin or carcass, of any stolen cattle, he or she shall be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 503 Stealing dogs 503 Stealing dogs Whosoever steals any dog shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 504 Possessing stolen dog or skin 504 Possessing stolen dog or skin Whosoever has unlawfully in his or her possession any stolen dog, or the skin of any such dog, knowing the dog to have been stolen, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to pay a fine of 5 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 505 Stealing animals etc ordinarily kept in confinement 505 Stealing animals etc ordinarily kept in confinement Whosoever: steals any animal or bird ordinarily kept in a state of confinement, or for any domestic purpose, but not being the subject of larceny at Common Law, or kills any such animal or bird with intent to steal the same, or any part thereof, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 506 Stealing animals etc ordinarily kept in confinement—second offence 506 Stealing animals etc ordinarily kept in confinement—second offence Whosoever, having been convicted under this or any former Act of any such offence as is mentioned in section 505, afterwards commits any offence in the said section mentioned shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for one year. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 507 Possession of stolen animals etc 507 Possession of stolen animals etc Whosoever in whose possession there has been found any such animal or bird as in section 505 mentioned, or the skin thereof, respectively, which to his or her knowledge has been stolen, or is the skin of a stolen animal or bird, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 508 Possession of stolen animals etc—second offence 508 Possession of stolen animals etc—second offence Whosoever, having been convicted, under this or any former Act, of any such offence as is mentioned in section 507, afterwards commits any offence in the said section mentioned, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for one year. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 509 Restoration of such stolen animals etc 509 Restoration of such stolen animals etc Any such animal or bird as is mentioned in section 505, or the skin thereof, which has been found in the possession of any person may be restored to the owner thereof by the order of the Local Court. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 510 Setting engine for deer etc 510 Setting engine for deer etc Whosoever: unlawfully and wilfully sets, or uses, any snare, or engine, for the purpose of taking or killing deer upon any inclosed land in the occupation of the owner of such deer, or unlawfully and wilfully destroys any part of the fence of any land where deer are then kept shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to pay a fine of 5 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 512 Taking fish in waters on private property 512 Taking fish in waters on private property Whosoever unlawfully and wilfully takes, or destroys, any fish in any water being private property, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to pay the value of the fish taken or destroyed, in addition to a fine of 0.1 penalty unit. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 513 Stealing shrubs etc 513 Stealing shrubs etc Whosoever steals, or destroys, or damages with intent to steal, the whole, or any part, of any tree, sapling, shrub, or plant, or any underwood shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 515 Stealing etc live or dead fence etc 515 Stealing etc live or dead fence etc Whosoever steals, or cuts, breaks, or throws down with intent to steal, any part of any live or dead fence, or any material set up, or used, as a fence, or any stile, or gate, or any part thereof, respectively, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to pay the value of the property stolen, or the amount of injury done, in addition to a fine of 1 penalty unit. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 517 Unlawful possession of trees, fences etc 517 Unlawful possession of trees, fences etc Whosoever, in whose possession the whole or any part of any tree, sapling, or shrub, or any underwood, or any part of any live or dead fence, or any post, pale, wire, rail, stile, or gate, or any part thereof has been found, on being taken or summoned before the Local Court fails to satisfy the Court that he or she came lawfully by the same, shall on conviction be liable to pay the value of the property found, in addition to a fine of 1 penalty unit. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 518 Stealing dead wood 518 Stealing dead wood Whosoever steals, or destroys, or damages with intent to steal, any dead wood, lying on land in the occupation of another person shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to pay the value of the wood, in addition to a fine of 1 penalty unit. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 520 Stealing plants etc in gardens 520 Stealing plants etc in gardens Whosoever steals, or destroys, or damages with intent to steal, any plant, root, fruit, or vegetable produce, growing in any garden, orchard, pleasure- ground, nursery-ground, hothouse, greenhouse, or conservatory, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 521 Stealing plants etc not growing in gardens 521 Stealing plants etc not growing in gardens Whosoever steals, or destroys, or damages with intent to steal, any cultivated root, or plant, used for the food of man or beast, or for medicine, or for distilling, or dyeing, or for any manufacture, and growing in any inclosed land, not being a garden, orchard, pleasure-ground, or nursery-ground, shall, on conviction by the Local Court be liable to pay a fine of 2 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 521A Stealing of rock, stone etc 521A Stealing of rock, stone etc Whosoever steals: (a) any rock or rocks, (b) any stone or stones, or (c) any gravel, soil, sand or clay, that is or are in, on or under, or forms or form part of any land shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for 6 months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 522 Possession of shipwrecked goods 522 Possession of shipwrecked goods Whosoever in whose possession any article belonging to a vessel in distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, has been found, on being summoned before the Local Court, fails to satisfy them that he or she came lawfully by the same, shall be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both: And such article shall, by the order of the Local Court, be delivered to or for the use of the owner. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 523 Offering shipwrecked goods for sale 523 Offering shipwrecked goods for sale Whosoever offers for sale any article unlawfully taken, or reasonably suspected to have been so taken, from any vessel in distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, and who, on being summoned before the Local Court, fails to satisfy them that he or she came lawfully by such article, or received the same without knowing or having cause to suspect that it had been so taken as aforesaid, shall be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. And such article shall, by the order of the Local Court, be delivered to or for the use of the owner upon payment of a reasonable reward, to be ascertained by them, to the person who seized the same. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 524 Seizure of such goods 524 Seizure of such goods Any person, to whom any article mentioned in section 523 is offered, or any officer of customs or police, may seize the same, and shall carry it to, or give notice of such seizure to, a Magistrate or an authorised officer. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 525 Stealing or damaging books and other things in public library and other places 525 Stealing or damaging books and other things in public library and other places Whosoever steals, or removes, secretes, or damages with intent to steal, any book, print, manuscript, or other article, or any part thereof, kept for the purposes of reference, or exhibition, or of art, science, or literature, in any public library, or in any building belonging to the Queen, or to any university or college, or a council (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993), shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for one year, and to pay a fine of 10 penalty units in addition to a fine equal to four times the value of the article stolen, or intended to have been stolen. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 526 Term “Public Library” 526 Term “Public Library” Every collection of books, prints, manuscripts, or similar articles, kept in any school-of-arts, or mechanics-institute, or in any building, or room, occupied or habitually used by the members of any association, or the residents of any area (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993), as a reading-room, or library, shall be deemed a public library within the meaning of section 525. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 527 Fraudulently appropriating or retaining property 527 Fraudulently appropriating or retaining property Whosoever: fraudulently appropriates, to his or her own use, or that of another, any property belonging to another person, although not originally taken with any fraudulent intent, or fraudulently retains any such property in order to procure a reward for its restoration, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 527A Obtaining money etc by wilfully false representation 527A Obtaining money etc by wilfully false representation Any person who by any wilfully false representation obtains or attempts to obtain any money or valuable thing, or any benefit, from another person, shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 6 months or to a fine of 4 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 527B Framing a false invoice 527B Framing a false invoice Any person who fraudulently prepares, causes to be prepared or produces an invoice, receipt or document containing a false statement, with intent to induce the belief that any thing was not stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained or to prevent any thing from being seized on suspicion of being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained or from being produced in evidence concerning an alleged offence, shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 3 months, or to a fine of 2 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 527C Persons unlawfully in possession of property 527C Persons unlawfully in possession of property (1) Any person who: (a) has any thing in his or her custody, (b) has any thing in the custody of another person, (c) has any thing in or on premises, whether belonging to or occupied by himself or herself or not, or whether that thing is there for his or her own use or the use of another, or (d) gives custody of any thing to a person who is not lawfully entitled to possession of the thing, which thing may be reasonably suspected of being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, is liable on conviction before the Local Court: (a) if the thing is a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle part, or a vessel or a vessel part, to imprisonment for 1 year, or to a fine of 10 penalty units, or both, or (b) in the case of any other thing, to imprisonment for 6 months, or to a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. (1A) A prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) involving the giving of custody of a motor vehicle to a person who is not lawfully entitled to possession of the motor vehicle may be commenced at any time within 2 years after the date of commission of the offence. (2) It is a sufficient defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant satisfies the court that he or she had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the thing referred to in the charge was stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained. (3) In this section: "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as it has in Subdivision 5A of Division 1 of Part 4. "premises" includes any structure, building, vehicle, vessel or place, whether built on or not, and any part of any such structure, building, vehicle, vessel or place. "vessel" means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine Safety Act 1998. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 528 Advertising reward for return of stolen property 528 Advertising reward for return of stolen property Whosoever: advertises a reward for the return of any property stolen, or lost, and uses words purporting that no questions will be asked, or makes use of words, in any advertisement, purporting that a reward will, without seizing or making any inquiry after the person producing the same, be given for any such property, or promises, or offers, in any advertisement to return any money advanced upon, or paid for, any such property, or publishes any such advertisement, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to pay a fine of 5 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 529 Criminal defamation 529 Criminal defamation (1) Common law misdemeanour of criminal libel abolished The common law misdemeanour of criminal libel remains abolished. (2) Blasphemous, seditious or obscene libel not affected Subsection (1) does not affect the law relating to blasphemous, seditious or obscene libel. (3) Offence of criminal defamation A person who, without lawful excuse, publishes matter defamatory of another living person (the "victim"): (a) knowing the matter to be false, and (b) with intent to cause serious harm to the victim or any other person or being reckless as to whether such harm is caused, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: 3 years imprisonment. (4) Lawful excuse A defendant in proceedings for an offence under this section has a lawful excuse for the publication of defamatory matter about the victim if, and only if, the defendant would, having regard only to the circumstances happening before or at the time of the publication, have had a defence for the publication if the victim had brought civil proceedings for defamation against the defendant. (5) Prosecution to negative lawful excuse The prosecution bears the onus of negativing the existence of a lawful excuse if, and only if, evidence directed to establishing the excuse is first adduced by or on behalf of the defendant. (6) Functions of jury On a trial before a jury for an offence under this section: (a) the question of whether the matter complained of is capable of bearing a defamatory meaning is a question for determination by the judicial officer presiding, and (b) the question of whether the matter complained of does bear a defamatory meaning is a question for the jury, and (c) the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty on the issues as a whole. (7) DPP to consent to proceedings Proceedings in a court for an offence under this section cannot be instituted without the written consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (8) Evidence of consent of DPP In those proceedings, a consent purporting to have been signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions is, without proof of the signature, evidence of that consent. (9) Proceedings for an offence do not bar civil proceedings The commencement of criminal proceedings for an offence under this section does not prevent: (a) the commencement of civil proceedings for defamation against the defendant in the criminal proceedings, or (b) the determination of the civil proceedings pending the determination of the criminal proceedings. (10) Proof of convictions for offences If the question whether or not a person committed an offence (other than offence under this section) arises in proceedings for an offence under this section, section 42 of the Defamation Act 2005 applies to the proof of the commission of that offence in the same way as it applies to such proof in civil proceedings for defamation. (11) Interpretation In this section, "publish" and "defamatory" have the meanings that they have in the law of tort (as modified by the Defamation Act 2005) relating to defamation. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 530 Serious animal cruelty 530 Serious animal cruelty (1) A person who, with the intention of inflicting severe pain: (a) tortures, beats or commits any other serious act of cruelty on an animal, and (b) kills or seriously injures or causes prolonged suffering to the animal, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) A person is not criminally responsible for an offence against this section if: (a) the conduct occurred in accordance with an authority conferred by or under the Animal Research Act 1985 or any other Act or law, or (b) the conduct occurred in the course of or for the purposes of routine agricultural or animal husbandry activities, recognised religious practices, the extermination of pest animals or veterinary practice. (3) In this section: "animal" means a mammal (other than a human being), a bird or a reptile. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 531 Killing or seriously injuring animals used for law enforcement 531 Killing or seriously injuring animals used for law enforcement (1) A person who intentionally kills or seriously injures an animal: (a) knowing that the animal is being used by a law enforcement officer in the execution of the officer’s duty, or (b) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, the use of the animal by a law enforcement officer while in the execution of the officer’s duty, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years. (2) In this section: "animal" means a dog, horse or other mammal (other than a human being). "law enforcement officer" means: (a) a police officer (including a member of the police force of the Commonwealth or another State or Territory), or (b) any other official of this State, the Commonwealth or another State or Territory who is authorised to use an animal in connection with the detention of persons or the enforcement of the laws of this State, the Commonwealth or another State or Territory. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 545A Bogus advertisements 545A Bogus advertisements (1) Any person who tenders for insertion or causes to be inserted in any newspaper any bogus advertisement, knowing the same to be bogus, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for three months or to pay a fine of 2 penalty units, or both. (2) For the purposes of this section a bogus advertisement shall mean any advertisement or notice containing any material false statement or representation with respect to any birth, death, engagement, marriage, or employment, or with respect to any matter concerning any person other than the person who tenders the advertisement or causes it to be inserted, or concerning the property of such other person. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 545B Intimidation or annoyance by violence or otherwise 545B Intimidation or annoyance by violence or otherwise (1) Whosoever: (a) with a view to compel any other person to abstain from doing or to do any act which such other person has a legal right to do or abstain from doing, or (b) in consequence of such other person having done any act which he had a legal right to do, or of his having abstained from doing any act which he had a legal right to abstain from doing, wrongfully and without legal authority: (i) uses violence or intimidation to or toward such other person or his wife, child, or dependant, or does any injury to him or to his wife, child, or dependant, or (ii) follows such other person about from place to place, or (iii) hides any tools, clothes, or other property owned or used by such other person, or deprives him of or hinders him in the use thereof, or (v) follows such other person with two or more other persons in a disorderly manner in or through any street, road, or public place, is liable, on conviction before the Local Court, to imprisonment for 2 years, or to a fine of 50 penalty units, or both. (2) In this section: "Intimidation" means the causing of a reasonable apprehension of injury to a person or to any member of his family or to any of his dependants, or of violence or damage to any person or property, and "intimidate" has a corresponding meaning. "Injury" includes any injury to a person in respect of his property, business, occupation, employment, or other source of income, and also includes any actionable wrong of any nature. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 545C Knowingly joining or continuing in etc an unlawful assembly 545C Knowingly joining or continuing in etc an unlawful assembly (1) Whosoever knowingly joins an unlawful assembly or continues in it shall be taken to be a member of that assembly, and shall, on conviction before the Local Court, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units, or both. (2) Whosoever being armed with any weapon or loaded arms, or with anything which used as a weapon of offence is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm, is a member of an unlawful assembly, shall be liable, on conviction before the Local Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units, or both. (3) Any assembly of five or more persons whose common object is by means of intimidation or injury to compel any person to do what the person is not legally bound to do or to abstain from doing what the person is legally entitled to do, shall be deemed to be an unlawful assembly. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 545E 545E (Renumbered as section 93FB) CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 546 Abetting or procuring 546 Abetting or procuring Whosoever, where any offence is by this Act punishable on summary conviction, aids, abets, counsels, or procures the commission of such offence, shall, on conviction by the Local Court, be guilty in the same degree, and liable to the same forfeiture, and punishment, as the principal offender. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 546A Consorting with convicted persons 546A Consorting with convicted persons (1) Any person who habitually consorts with persons who have been convicted of indictable offences, if he or she knows that the persons have been convicted of indictable offences, shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 6 months, or to a fine of 4 penalty units. (2) Proceedings for an offence against this section may be commenced at any time within 12 months after the date of commission of the offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 546B Convicted persons found with intent to commit offence 546B Convicted persons found with intent to commit offence (1) Any person who, having been convicted of an indictable offence, is found in or near any premises or public place with intent to commit an indictable offence shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 6 months, or to a fine of 4 penalty units. (2) In this section, "premises" includes any structure, building, vehicle, vessel or place, whether built upon or not, and any part thereof. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 546C Resisting etc police 546C Resisting etc police Any person who resists or hinders or incites any person to assault, resist or hinder a police officer in the execution of his or her duty shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 12 months or to a fine of 10 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 546D Impersonation of police officers 546D Impersonation of police officers (1) General offence A person who impersonates a police officer is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or a fine of 100 penalty units, or both. (2) Aggravated offence A person who, with intent to deceive: (a) impersonates a police officer, and (b) purports to exercise a power or function as a police officer, is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years. (3) An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence. (4) In this section: "impersonation" does not include conduct engaged in solely for satirical purposes. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 547A False statement respecting births, deaths or marriages 547A False statement respecting births, deaths or marriages (1) Every person who wilfully gives to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages any false information concerning any birth or death, or the cause of any death, or who wilfully makes any false declaration under or for the purpose of any Act relating to the registration of births or deaths, shall on conviction by the Local Court be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to pay a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit. (2) Any person who wilfully makes any false statement before any minister of religion, or district registrar, authorised to celebrate marriages, or before any person authorised to give his or her written consent to the marriage of any minor, for the purpose of procuring the celebration of any marriage, or any person who induces or endeavours to induce any person to celebrate a marriage between parties where such first-mentioned person knows that one of such parties is under age, and that the written consent required by law has not previously been obtained, shall upon conviction by the Local Court be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to pay a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit. Note: See Marriage Act 1961 (Commonwealth), sections 96–98. (3) Proceedings for an offence against this section may be commenced within one year after the date of the commission of the offence, and subject to the permission of the Attorney General. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 547B Public mischief 547B Public mischief (1) Any person who, by any means, knowingly makes to a police officer any false representation that an act has been, or will be, done or that any event has occurred, or will occur, which act or event as so represented is such as calls for an investigation by a police officer, shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 12 months, or to a fine of 50 penalty units, or both. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person shall be deemed to make a representation to a police officer if the person makes the representation to any other person and the nature of the representation reasonably requires that other person to communicate it to a police officer and that person does so communicate it. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 547C Peeping or prying 547C Peeping or prying Any person who is in, on or near a building without reasonable cause with intent to peep or pry upon another person shall be liable on conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for 3 months, or to a fine of 2 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 547D Person apprehended carrying razor etc 547D Person apprehended carrying razor etc Where a person is in lawful custody upon a charge of committing any crime or offence and is found to have been carrying at the time or immediately before the person was apprehended any razor, razor blade or other cutting weapon, the person shall, unless the court is satisfied that the person was carrying the same for a lawful purpose the proof of which shall lie upon the accused, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine of 5 penalty units, or both. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 556 Summary conviction a bar to further proceedings 556 Summary conviction a bar to further proceedings (1) Where any person, summarily convicted under this Act, pays the sum or sums adjudged to be paid, together with costs, or receives a remission thereof from the Crown, or suffers the imprisonment provided for non-payment thereof, or the imprisonment adjudged in the first instance, he or she shall not be liable: (a) to any other criminal proceedings for the same cause, (b) to any civil proceedings for the same cause at the suit of the person laying the information upon which he or she was summarily convicted under this Act. (2) Any person against whom civil proceedings have been taken in respect of any act or thing done or omitted to be done by him or her which is an offence of which he or she might have been convicted summarily without consent under this Act shall be released from all criminal proceedings for the same cause on the information of the person by whom the civil proceedings were taken. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 574 Prosecutions for blasphemy 574 Prosecutions for blasphemy No person shall be liable to prosecution in respect of any publication by him or her orally, or otherwise, of words or matter charged as blasphemous, where the same is by way of argument, or statement, and not for the purpose of scoffing or reviling, nor of violating public decency, nor in any manner tending to a breach of the peace. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 574B Prevention of suicide 574B Prevention of suicide It shall be lawful for a person to use such force as may reasonably be necessary to prevent the suicide of another person or any act which the person believes on reasonable grounds would, if committed, result in that suicide. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 578A Prohibition of publication identifying victims of certain sexual offences 578A Prohibition of publication identifying victims of certain sexual offences (1) In this section: "complainant" has the same meaning as in Division 1 of Part 5 of Chapter 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986. "matter" includes a picture. "prescribed sexual offence" has the same meaning as in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986. "publish" includes: (a) broadcast by radio or television, or (b) disseminate by any other electronic means such as the internet. (2) A person shall not publish any matter which identifies the complainant in prescribed sexual offence proceedings or any matter which is likely to lead to the identification of the complainant. Penalty: In the case of an individual—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both; in the case of a corporation—500 penalty units. (3) This section applies even though the prescribed sexual offence proceedings have been finally disposed of. (4) This section does not apply to: (a) a publication authorised by the Judge or Justice presiding in the proceedings concerned, (b) a publication made with the consent of the complainant (being a complainant who is of or over the age of 14 years at the time of publication), (c) a publication authorised by the court concerned under section 11 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 in respect of a complainant who is under the age of 16 years at the time of publication, (d) an official law report of the prescribed sexual offence proceedings or any official publication in the course of, and for the purposes of, those proceedings, (e) the supply of transcripts of the prescribed sexual offence proceedings to persons with a genuine interest in those proceedings or for genuine research purposes, or (f) a publication made after the complainant’s death. (5) A Judge or Justice shall not authorise a publication under subsection (4) (a) unless the Judge or Justice: (a) has sought and considered any views of the complainant, and (b) is satisfied that the publication is in the public interest. (6) The prohibition contained in this section applies in addition to any other prohibition or restriction imposed by law on the publication of any matter relating to prescribed sexual offence proceedings. (7) Proceedings for an offence against this section shall be dealt with summarily before: (a) the Local Court, or (b) the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction. (8) If proceedings for an offence against this Act are brought before the Local Court, the maximum penalty that the Local Court may impose on a corporation is 50 penalty units. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 578C Publishing indecent articles 578C Publishing indecent articles (1) In this section: "article" includes any thing: (a) that contains or embodies matter to be read or looked at, or (b) that is to be looked at, or (c) that is a record, or (d) that can be used, either alone or as one of a set, for the production or manufacture of any thing referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), but it does not include: (e) any film that is classified (other than as RC or X 18+) under the Commonwealth Act, or (f) any publication that is classified Unrestricted, Category 1 restricted or Category 2 restricted under the Commonwealth Act, or (g) any computer game that is classified (other than as RC) under the Commonwealth Act, or (h) any film, publication or computer game that is the subject of an exemption under Division 3 of Part 6 of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995. "Commonwealth Act" means the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 of the Commonwealth. "computer game", "film" and "publication" each have the same meanings, respectively, as in the Commonwealth Act. "publish" includes: (a) distribute, disseminate, circulate, deliver, exhibit, lend for gain, exchange, barter, sell, offer for sale, let on hire or offer to let on hire, or (b) have in possession or custody, or under control, for the purpose of doing an act referred to in paragraph (a), or (c) print, photograph or make in any other manner (whether of the same or of a different kind or nature) for the purpose of doing such an act. "record" means a gramophone record or a wire or tape, or a film, and any other thing of the same or of a different kind or nature, on which is recorded a sound or picture and from which, with the aid of a suitable apparatus, the sound or picture can be produced (whether or not it is in a distorted or altered form). (2) A person who publishes an indecent article is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: in the case of an individual—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months (or both), and in the case of a corporation—200 penalty units. (3) Nothing in this section makes it an offence for: (a) a person to publish an indecent article for the purposes of an application for classification under the Commonwealth Act, (b) for any member or officer of a law enforcement agency (within the meaning of the Criminal Records Act 1991) to publish an indecent article in the exercise or performance of a power, function or duty conferred or imposed on the member or officer by or under any Act or law. (3A) A person cannot be convicted of an offence against this section and section 91H in respect of the same matter. (4) For the purposes of this section, an article may be indecent even though part of it is not indecent. (5) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) are to be dealt with summarily before the Local Court. (6) In any proceedings for an offence under this section in which indecency is in issue, the opinion of an expert as to whether or not an article has any merit in the field of literature, art, medicine or science (and if so, the nature and extent of that merit) is admissible as evidence. (7) If a corporation contravenes, whether by act or omission, another provision of this section, each person who is a director of the corporation or who is concerned in the management of the corporation is taken to have contravened the provision if the person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention. (8) A person may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision pursuant to subsection (7) whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against or been convicted under that provision. (9) Nothing in subsection (7) or (8) affects any liability imposed on a corporation for an offence committed by the corporation under a provision of this section. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 578E Offences relating to advertising or displaying products associated with sexual behaviour 578E Offences relating to advertising or displaying products associated with sexual behaviour (1) This section applies to products (such as articles, compounds, preparations or devices, but not printed matter) that are primarily concerned with, or intended to be used in connection with, sexual behaviour. (2) Any person who carries on, or who is engaged in, the business of selling or disposing of products to which this section applies must not: (a) advertise, or cause another person to advertise, in any manner the nature of that business, or (b) exhibit or display any such products: (i) to a person who has not consented to or requested the exhibition or display, or (ii) in a manner so that they can be seen from outside the premises of the business by members of the public. Maximum penalty: in the case of an individual—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months (or both), and in the case of a corporation—200 penalty units. (3) Nothing in this section makes it an offence for a person who carries on (or who is engaged in) the business of selling or disposing of products to which this section applies to advertise the nature of that business to a person who carries on (or who is engaged in) a business or profession that ordinarily involves selling or disposing of, or advising on or prescribing the use of, such products. (4) This section does not apply: (a) to any person who carries on (or who is engaged in) a business that sells or disposes of contraceptive devices or compounds (but not any other type of product to which this section applies), or (b) to such persons, or classes of persons, as the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify for the purposes of this section. (5) A person can rely on the exemption provided by subsection (4) (a) only if the contraceptive devices or compounds are not displayed or exhibited to public view in any window or entrance to the premises of the business. (6) Proceedings for an offence under this section are to be dealt with summarily before the Local Court. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 579 Evidence of proceedings dealt with by way of recognizance after 15 years 579 Evidence of proceedings dealt with by way of recognizance after 15 years (1) Where, following the conviction of any person for an offence or a finding that a charge of an offence has been proved against any person, whether the conviction or finding was before or after the commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1961: (a) sentence in respect of the conviction was suspended or deferred upon the person entering into a recognizance or, in substitution for sentence in respect of the conviction, the person was required to enter into a recognizance, or no conviction in respect of the finding was made and the person was discharged conditionally on his or her entering into a recognizance, and (b) a period of fifteen years has elapsed since the recognizance was entered into: (i) without the recognizance having been forfeited during that period or a court having found during that period that the person failed to observe any condition of the recognizance, and (ii) without the person having, during that period, been convicted of an indictable offence on indictment or otherwise or of any other offence punishable by imprisonment or without a finding during that period that a charge of such an indictable or other offence has been proved against the person, the conviction or finding shall, where that period expired before the commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1961, as on and from that commencement, or, where that period expires or has expired after that commencement, as on and from the expiration of that period: (c) be disregarded for all purposes whatsoever, and (d) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c), be inadmissible in any criminal, civil or other legal proceedings as being no longer of any legal force or effect. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, any question asked of or concerning that person in or in relation to any criminal, civil or other legal proceedings otherwise than by his or her Australian legal practitioner, his or her agent or other person acting on his or her behalf may be answered as if the conviction or finding had never taken place or the recognizance had never been entered into. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), where in any criminal, civil or other legal proceedings the person first referred to in that subsection, by himself or herself, his or her Australian legal practitioner, his or her agent or other person acting on his or her behalf, otherwise than in answer to a question that can, in accordance with the last paragraph of that subsection, be answered in the negative, makes an assertion that denies the fact that the conviction or finding took place or that the recognizance was entered into, then the conviction, finding or recognizance is admissible: (a) in those proceedings, as to the character, credit or reputation of the person so referred to, (b) in any prosecution for perjury or false swearing founded on the assertion. The non-disclosure of the conviction, finding or recognizance in the making or giving of a statement or evidence as to the good character, credit or reputation of the person so referred to shall not of itself be taken, for the purposes of this subsection, to mean that the statement or evidence contains such an assertion. (3) In this section "legal proceedings" includes any application for a licence, registration, authority, permit or the like under any statute. (4) This section does not affect the operation of section 529 (10), or the operation of section 178 (Convictions, acquittals and other judicial proceedings) of the Evidence Act 1995, for the purposes of section 529 (10). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580 Certain charges not to be brought at common law 580 Certain charges not to be brought at common law A person may not be charged with any common law offence in respect of any act committed upon or in relation to another person, being an act which could, but for the amendment of sections 79 and 80 and the repeal of sections 81, 81A and 81B by the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1984, have been the subject of a charge for an offence under any of those sections. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580A Abolition of offence of being a common nightwalker 580A Abolition of offence of being a common nightwalker (1) The common law offence of being a common nightwalker is abolished. (2) This section does not apply to an offence committed before the date of assent to the Crimes (Common Nightwalkers) Amendment Act 1993. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580B Abolition of offences of eavesdropping and being a common scold 580B Abolition of offences of eavesdropping and being a common scold The common law offences of eavesdropping and being a common scold are abolished. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580C Abolition of common law offences relating to brothels 580C Abolition of common law offences relating to brothels (1) The common law offence of keeping a common bawdy house or brothel is abolished. (2) A person cannot be convicted after the commencement of this section of an offence referred to in subsection (1) whether committed before or after that commencement. (3) A person cannot be convicted after the commencement of this section of the common law offence of keeping a common, ill-governed and disorderly house, whether committed before or after that commencement, solely because: (a) the relevant premises were used for the purposes of prostitution, or (b) the person had control of or managed, or took part or assisted in the control or management of, premises used for the purposes of prostitution. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580D Abolition of rule that husband and wife cannot be guilty of conspiracy 580D Abolition of rule that husband and wife cannot be guilty of conspiracy Any common law rule that a husband and wife cannot be found guilty of conspiracy together is abolished. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580E Abolition of distinction between felony and misdemeanour 580E Abolition of distinction between felony and misdemeanour (1) All distinctions between felony and misdemeanour are abolished. (2) In all matters in which a distinction has previously been made between felony and misdemeanour, the law and practice in regard to indictable offences is to be the law and practice applicable, immediately before the commencement of this section, to misdemeanours. (3) Any proceedings for an offence that were commenced before the commencement of this section (being proceedings for an offence that was previously a felony or misdemeanour) are to continue to be dealt with, and to be disposed of, as if the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 had not been enacted. (4) Subject to the regulations, in any Act or instrument: (a) a reference to a felony is taken to be a reference to a serious indictable offence, and (b) a reference to a misdemeanour is taken to be a reference to a minor indictable offence. (5) This section does not affect the operation of any Act or instrument that restricts the commencement of proceedings against any person in respect of any offence. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580F Abolition of penal servitude 580F Abolition of penal servitude (1) The punishment of penal servitude is abolished. (2) Any sentence of penal servitude that was in force, immediately before the commencement of this section, is to be taken to be a sentence of imprisonment and is to continue in force as such for the remainder of the term for which the sentence of penal servitude would, but for this section, have continued in force. (3) Subject to the regulations, in any Act or instrument, a reference to penal servitude is taken to be a reference to imprisonment. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580G Abolition of imprisonment with light or hard labour 580G Abolition of imprisonment with light or hard labour (1) The punishments of imprisonment with light labour and imprisonment with hard labour are abolished. (2) Any sentence of imprisonment with light labour or imprisonment with hard labour that was in force, immediately before the commencement of this section, is to be taken to be a sentence of imprisonment only and is to continue to have effect as such for the remainder of the term for which the sentence of imprisonment with light labour or imprisonment with hard labour would, but for this section, have had effect. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 580H Abolition of common law offences and rules 580H Abolition of common law offences and rules Schedule 3 has effect. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 581 Savings and transitional provisions 581 Savings and transitional provisions Schedule 11 has effect. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 582 Regulations 582 Regulations The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 2 – Application of Act (Section 3) Part 1. Part 1A. Sections 23, 34, 40, 61AA, 62 and 77 (in Part 3). Sections 116, 118–124, 128–130, 163, 183, 191, 193 and 194 (in Part 4). Sections 250 and 251 (in Part 5). Section 310B (in Part 6A). Sections 345–347 and 351 (in Part 9). Parts 10, 10A, 10B, 11 and 12. Part 16. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3 – Abolished common law offences and rules (Section 580H) 1 Arson (1) The common law offence of arson is abolished. (2) This clause does not apply to an offence committed before the commencement of section 3 of the Crimes (Criminal Destruction and Damage) Amendment Act 1987. 2 Forgery (1) The common law offence of forgery is abolished. (2) This clause does not apply to an offence committed before 16 July 1989 (the date of commencement of the Crimes (Computers and Forgery) Amendment Act 1989). 3 Riot, rout and affray (1) The common law offences of riot, rout and affray are abolished. (2) This clause does not apply to an offence committed before 19 February 1989 (the date of commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1988). 4 Coercion of wife by husband (1) Any presumption of law that an offence committed by a wife in the presence of her husband is committed under coercion of the husband is abolished. (2) This clause does not apply to an offence committed before 1 October 1924 (the date of commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Act 1924). CRIMES ACT 1900 - SCHEDULE 10 SCHEDULE 10 (Section 475A) 1 Offences punishable by the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction (a) Any offence arising under, or the common law offence of attempting, or of conspiracy, to commit any offence arising under, section 173, 174, 175, 176, 176A or 179 of this Act; any offence arising under section 185A (1) or (2) of this Act; the common law offence of attempting to commit any offence arising under section 185A (1) of this Act. (b) Any offence arising under, or the common law offence of attempting, or of conspiracy, to commit any offence arising under, section 124, 374A (1) or (3), 374B, 374C (2), 374G, 375 (2), 375A or 376 (2) of the Companies Act 1961. (c) Any offence arising under, or the common law offence of attempting, or of conspiracy, to commit any offence arising under, section 14 (1), 27, 59 (7), 109 (1) or (2), 110, 111, 112 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) or 121 (1) of the Securities Industry Act 1975. (d) Any offence arising under, or the common law offence of attempting, or of conspiracy, to commit any offence arising under, section 70, 71 (1) or (3), 72 (1) or 73 of the Securities Industry Act 1970. (d1) Any offence arising under, or the common law offence of attempting, or of conspiracy, to commit any offence arising under: (i) section 37 (1), 73 (7), 124 (1) or (2), 125, 126, 128 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) or 137 of the Securities Industry (New South Wales) Code, or (ii) section 16 (1) of the National Companies and Securities Commission (State Provisions) Act 1981. (e) The common law offence of conspiracy to cheat and defraud. (f) Subject to section 475A (2) of this Act, any offence arising under, or the common law offence of attempting, or of conspiracy, to commit any offence arising under: (i) section 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 172, 178A, 178BA, 178BB, 178C, 184A, 185, 327, 330 or 335 of this Act, (ii) section 47 (1), 51 (3), 64 (10), 86 (1), 163 (1) (being an offence committed as referred to in section 163 (3)), 179A (1), 180J (1) or (1A), 180W or 374F (1) or (2) of the Companies Act 1961, (iii) section 12 (6), 25 (1), 54 (1) or 58 (1), (2), (3) or (4) of the Securities Industry Act 1975, (iv) section 14 (6), 34 (1), 68 (1) or 72 (1), (2), (3) or (4) of the Securities Industry (New South Wales) Code, (v) section 44 or 53 of the Companies (Acquisition of Shares) (New South Wales) Code, or (vi) section 108 (1), 123 (11), 174 (1), 276 (1) (being an offence committed as referred to in section 276 (1) (b)), 310 (1), 559 or 560 of the Companies (New South Wales) Code. A reference in this Schedule to a provision of this Act is a reference to the provision as in force immediately before the commencement of the Crimes Amendment Act 2007. CRIMES ACT 1900 - SCHEDULE 11 SCHEDULE 11 – Savings and transitional provisions (Section 581) Part 1A - Crimes (Sexual Assault) Amendment Act 1981 1A Application of section 30 of Interpretation Act 1987 Section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987 applies to and in respect of the abolition by section 63 of the common law offences of rape and attempted rape in the same way as it applies to and in respect of the repeal of an Act or statutory rule. 1B Construction of certain references In any other Act or instrument made under an Act: (a) a reference to rape, the crime of rape, the offence of rape or an offence under section 63 is to be read and construed as a reference to an offence under section 61B, 61C or 61D, and (b) a reference to attempted rape, attempting to commit rape, attempting to commit the crime of rape, attempting to commit the offence of rape or an offence under section 65 is to be read and construed as a reference to the offence of attempting to commit an offence under section 61B, 61C or 61D, but a reference to a crime or misdemeanour which