POLICE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1901

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POLICE (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1901 - NOTES

- As at 24 November 2005 - Act 5 of 1901

Police Offences Act 1901

Reprint history (since 1972):

Reprint No x 24 September 1992

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cl	clause	p	page	Sec	section
Cll	clauses	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Div	Division	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
Divs	Divisions	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
GG	Government Gazette	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted
Ins	inserted	Sch	Schedule

Table of amending instruments

Police (Special Provisions) Act 1901 No 5 (formerly Police Offences Act 1901). Assented to 3.10.1901. This Act has been amended as follows:

	No 12	Police Offences (Amendment) Act 1908. Assented to 5.12.1908.
	No 2	Crimes (Amendment) Act 1929. Assented to 12.3.1929.
	No 31	Crimes (Intimidation and Molestation) Act 1929. Assented to 26.11.1929.
	No 13	Police Regulation (Amendment) Act 1935. Assented to 13.3.1935.
	No 30	Firearms Act 1936. Assented to 10.7.1936. Date of commencement, 1.1.1937, sec 1 (2) and GG No 193 of 27.11.1936, p 4868.
	No 35	Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.
	No 26	Police Reserve Act 1941. Assented to 10.4.1941.
	No 56	Hire-purchase Agreements Act 1941. Assented to 17.11.1941. Date of commencement of sec 20, 1.8.1941, sec 3 (1).
	No 67	Moneylending Act 1941 (formerly Money-lenders and Infants Loans Act 1941). Assented to 25.11.1941. Date of commencement, 1.1.1942, sec 1 (2) and GG No 156 of 19.12.1941, p 4358. Amended by Money-lenders and Infants Loans (Amendment) Act 1948 No 3. Assented to 22.4.1948.
	No 44	Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act 1943. Assented to 21.12.1943.
	No 3	Police Offences (Amendment) Act 1945. Assented to 6.3.1945.
	No 43	Firearms Act 1946. Assented to 19.9.1946.
	No 34	Police Offences (Firearms) Amendment Act 1947. Assented to 10.12.1947. Date of commencement, 1.6.1948, sec 1 (3) and GG No 21 of 27.2.1948, p 458.
	No 44	Police Offences (Age Limitation on the Use of Firearms) Amendment Act 1951. Assented to 10.12.1951.
	No 31	Hire-purchase Agreements (Amendment) Act 1957. Assented to 4.5.1957. Date of commencement, 14.10.1957, sec 1 (4) and GG No 105 of 13.9.1957, p 2890.
	No 33	Hire-Purchase Act 1960. Assented to 28.4.1960. Date of commencement, 1.8.1960, sec 1 (2) and GG No 73 of 17.6.1960, p 1877.
	No 50	Money-lenders and Infants Loans (Amendment) Act 1961. Assented to 7.12.1961.
	No 43	Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962. Assented to 19.12.1962. Date of commencement, 7.1.1963, sec 1 (2) and GG No 1 of 4.1.1963, p 2.
	No 58	Pistol Licence and Police Offences (Amendment) Act 1963. Assented to 19.12.1963. Date of commencement, 1.1.1965, sec 1 (4) and Gazettes No 130 of 20.11.1964, p 3672, and No 137 of 4.12.1964, p 3909.
	No 29	Police Offences (Amendment) Act 1965. Assented to 17.12.1965.
	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
	No 17	Sunday Entertainment Act 1966. Assented to 7.4.1966.
	No 19	Police Offences, Vagrancy and Crimes (Amendment) Act 1967. Assented to 23.3.1967.
	No 91	Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act 1967. Assented to 18.12.1967.
	No 50	Pistol Licence (Amendment) Act 1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. Date of commencement, 1.5.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 47 of 30.4.1971, p 1363.
	No 52	Supreme Court Act 1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. Date of commencement, Part 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018.
	No 96	Summary Offences Act 1970. Assented to 9.12.1970.
	No 9	District Court Act 1973. Assented to 10.4.1973. Date of commencement, 1.7.1973, sec 2 and GG No 75 of 8.6.1973, p 2158.
	No 38	Firearms and Dangerous Weapons Act 1973. Assented to 8.5.1973. Date of commencement, 1.8.1975, sec 2 and GG No 100 of 25.7.1975, p 2901.
	No 65	Miscellaneous Acts (Administrative Changes) Amendment Act 1975. Assented to 23.10.1975. Date of commencement of sec 3, 3.1.1975, sec 2 (2).
	No 19	Notice of Action and Other Privileges Abolition Act 1977. Assented to 24.3.1977. Date of commencement, 19.8.1977, sec 2 and GG No 92 of 19.8.1977, p 3541.
	No 76	Police Offences (Summary Offences) Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 11.5.1979.
	No 153	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 16, except as provided by sec 2 (3), assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 48	Police and Superannuation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 26.6.1990. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5409.
	No 47	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Police Offences Act 1901, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.33, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.151, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.28, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 98	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).

This Act has also been amended pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3) and 9A of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 4.1.1979, and published in Gazette No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 150, declaring that the Police Offences Act 1901 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies. Order dated 4.1.1979, and published in Gazette No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965 or the Reprints Act 1972.

Sec 1	Am 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (b). Subst 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [1].
Sec 3	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1995 No 11, Sch 1.
Sec 4	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Part 2, heading	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 5	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 6	Am 1908 No 12, sec 8 (1); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (a). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 7	Am 1908 No 12, sec 8 (2); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (b). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 8	Am 1929 No 31, sec 3 (a); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (c). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 8A	Ins 1908 No 12, sec 9. Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (d). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 9	Am 1908 No 12, sec 10; 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (c); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (e). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 9A	Ins 1967 No 19, sec 2 (f). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Secs 10-12	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 13	Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (g). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 14	Am 1935 No 13, sec 7 (1). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 15	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 16	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1962 No 43, Sch 1.
Sec 17	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 18	Am 1929 No 31, sec 3 (b); 1935 No 13, sec 7 (1); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (h). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 19	Am 1965 No 29, sec 2. Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Secs 20-24	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 25	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 26	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 27	Subst 1908 No 12, sec 11. Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (i). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 28	Am 1908 No 12, sec 12 (1) (2). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 29	Am 1908 No 12, sec 12 (3); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (j). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 30	Subst 1929 No 2, sec 20. Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 31	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Sec 32	Am 1908 No 12, sec 13; 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1941 No 56, sec 20 (2); 1941 No 67, sec 40A (2) (ins 1948 No 3, sec 2 (n)); 1957 No 31, sec 2 (2); 1960 No 33, sec 53 (2); 1961 No 50, sec 3 (1). Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Secs 33-41	Rep 1970 No 96, Sch 1.
Part 2A	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41A	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41B	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (a); 1946 No 43, sec 2 (a); 1947 No 34, sec 2 (a); 1970 No 50, sec 3 (a). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41C	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1951 No 44, sec 2 (a); 1963 No 58, sec 3; 1967 No 19, sec 2 (k); 1970 No 50, sec 3 (b). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41CA	Ins 1945 No 3, sec 2 (b). Am 1946 No 43, sec 2 (b). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41CB	Ins 1947 No 34, sec 2 (b). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41D	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (c); 1946 No 43, sec 2 (c); 1947 No 34, sec 2 (c); 1951 No 44, sec 2 (b). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41E	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1951 No 44, sec 2 (c); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (1) (l); 1970 No 50, sec 3 (c). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41F	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41G	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (d); 1946 No 43, sec 2 (d); 1947 No 34, sec 2 (d). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41H	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1947 No 34, sec 2 (e); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (m). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41I	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (e); 1946 No 43, sec 2 (e); 1947 No 34, sec 2 (f). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41J	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41K	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Rep 1951 No 44, sec 2 (d).
Sec 41L	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1951 No 44, sec 2 (e); 1967 No 19, sec 2 (n). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41M	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (o). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41N	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (e); 1946 No 43, sec 2 (f); 1947 No 34, sec 2 (f). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41O	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1946 No 43, sec 2 (g); 1970 No 96, Sch 1. Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Secs 41P, 41Q	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (e). Rep 1946 No 43, sec 2 (h).
Sec 41R	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1945 No 3, sec 2 (f); 1946 No 43, sec 2 (i); 1947 No 34, sec 2 (g). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Sec 41S	Ins 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (a). Rep 1973 No 38, Sch 2.
Part 3	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 42	Am 1970 No 96, Sch 1; 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 11, Sch 1. Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 43-50	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 51-53	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151. Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 54-56	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 57	Rep 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 58	Am 1908 No 12, sec 14. Rep 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 59	Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (p). Rep 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 60	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1967 No 19, sec 2 (q). Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 61	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1962 No 43, Sch 1.
Sec 62	Rep 1966 No 17, sec 8.
Secs 63-65	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 66	Am 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (5). Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 67, 68	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 69	Am 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (6). Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 70, 71	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 72	Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (r); GG No 7 of 2.1.1979, p 151. Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 73, 74	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 75	Am 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (d). Rep 1967 No 19, sec 2 (s).
Sec 76	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 77	Rep 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (7).
Sec 78	Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (t). Rep 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (8).
Secs 79-87	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 88	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151. Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 89-95	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Secs 96, 97	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151. Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 98	Am 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 99	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec 100	Rep 1979 No 76, Sch 1 (10).
Sec 101	Am 1908 No 12, sec 15; 1935 No 13, sec 7 (1); 1941 No 26, sec 3 (a); 1943 No 44, sec 2 (2); 1975 No 65, sec 3 (8); GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.72 [1]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.151 [1]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.28; 2005 No 98, Sch 1.16 [1] [2].
Sec 102	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.72 [1].
Sec 103	Am 1941 No 26, sec 3 (b); 1990 No 48, Sch 1.
Sec 104	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151; 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.72 [1]; 2005 No 98, Sch 1.16 [3].
Sec 105	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151; 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.72 [1].
Sec 106	Am 1975 No 65, sec 3 (b); GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.72 [1] [2].
Sec 107	Am GG No 7 of 12.1.1979, p 151; 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.72 [1].
Sec 108	Am 1967 No 19, sec 2 (u); 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.151 [2].
Secs 110-112	Rep 1908 No 12, Sch.
Sec 113	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [3].
Sec 114	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1973 No 9, Sch 2. Rep 1977 No 19, Sch.
Second, Third Schs	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 1.33 [4].
Fourth Sch	Rep 1936 No 30, sec 2 (1) (c) (e).