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Queensland
Criminal Code (Assault
Causing Death) Amendment
Bill 2007
Queensland
Criminal Code (Assault Causing Death)
Amendment Bill 2007
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Code amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 341 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
341 Unlawful assault causing death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Replacement of s 544 (Accessories after the fact to crimes) . . . . 4
544 Accessories after the fact to crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2007
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Criminal Code
s1 4 s4
Criminal Code (Assault Causing Death) Amendment
Bill 2007
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Assault Causing 3
Death) Amendment Act 2007. 4
Clause 2 Code amended 5
This Act amends the Criminal Code. 6
Clause 3 Insertion of new s 341 7
After section 340-- 8
insert-- 9
`341 Unlawful assault causing death 10
`(1) Any person who unlawfully assaults another causing the death 11
of the other person is guilty of a crime, and is liable to 12
imprisonment for 7 years. 13
`(2) The person is not excused from criminal responsibility for the 14
death of the other person because the offender does not intend 15
or foresee or can not reasonably foresee the death.'. 16
Clause 4 Replacement of s 544 (Accessories after the fact to 17
crimes) 18
Section 544-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`544 Accessories after the fact to crimes 21
`Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to a 22
crime is guilty of a crime, and is liable, if no other punishment 23
is provided, to the same punishment as if the person had 24
committed the crime committed by the principal offender.'. 25
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