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TASMANIA
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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CONCEALING
CRIMES) (NO.2) BILL 2002
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 102A inserted
102A. Concealing crimes
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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CONCEALING
CRIMES) (NO.2) BILL 2002
(Brought in by the Honourable William Michael Hodgman, QC)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1924
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of
Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment
(Concealing Crimes) Act 2002.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Criminal Code Act 1924* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
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*No. 69 of 1924
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Section 102A inserted
4. After section 102 of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:
Concealing Crimes
102A. (1) If a person has committed a crime and another person who
knows or believes that the crime 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 police officer or other appropriate
authority, that other person is guilty of a crime.
Charge:
Concealing a crime.
(2) A prosecution for a crime under subsection (1) is not to be
commenced against a person without the approval of the Attorney
General if the knowledge or belief that the crime 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 including:
(a) a legal practitioner;
(b) a medical practitioner;
(c) a psychologist;
(d) a nurse;
(e) a social worker, including:
(i) a support worker for victims of crime; and
(ii) a counsellor who treats persons for emotional or psychological
conditions suffered by them;
(f) a member of the clergy of any church or religious denomination;
and
(g) a researcher for professional or academic purposes.
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