Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 44 of 1935
- Royal Assent 25 October 1935
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title
2. 2.
3. 3. Interpretation
PART II - General Police Provisions Division I - Drunkenness,
vagrancy, indecency, and other public annoyances
4. 4. Drunkenness when in charge of vehicle or in possession of
dangerous weapon
4A. 4A. Custody of intoxicated persons
4B. 4B. Provisions relating to persons held in custody
4C. 4C. Declaration of places of safety
5. 5.
6. 6. Consorting
7. 7. Loiterers, &c.
7A. 7A. Loitering near children
8. 8. Begging, imposition, prostitution, &c.
9. 9.
10. 10. Disorderly houses
11. 11.
12. 12. Prohibited language and behaviour
13. 13. Public annoyance
13A. 13A. Observation or recording in breach of privacy
13B. 13B. Publishing or distributing prohibited visual recording
13C. 13C. Possession of prohibited visual recording
13D. 13D. Persons who are not criminally responsible for an offence
under section 13A or 13B
14. 14. Public decency
Division IA - Offences relating to trespass to lands
14A. 14A. Peering into dwelling-houses, &c.
14B. 14B. Unlawful entry on land
14C. 14C. Names and addresses of offenders may be required
14D. 14D. Alternative convictions
Division II - Offences relating to good order and safety
15. 15. Obstructions in streets, writing on or defacing buildings,
&c., throwing, &c., rubbish on street, &c.
15A. 15A. Police offences in towns
15B. 15B. Dispersal of persons
15C. 15C. Dangerous articles
15D. 15D. Use, carriage and possession of crossbows
15E. 15E.
16. 16. Street entertainment
17. 17. Chimneys on fire
18. 18. Discharge of distress signals
17A. 17A.
17B. 17B.
19. 19. Poisoned substances
19AA. 19AA. Dangerous junk
19A. 19A. Sports grounds
20. 20. Misbehaviour at public meetings
20AA. 20AA. Rescue and illegal impounding of distress damage feasant
Division III - Fortifications
20A. 20A. Interpretation
20B. 20B. Fortification warning notice, issue of
20C. 20C. Fortification warning notice, contents of
20D. 20D. Giving fortification warning notice
20E. 20E. Withdrawal notice
20F. 20F. Fortification removal notice, issue of
20G. 20G. Fortification removal notice, contents of
20H. 20H. Giving fortification removal notice
20I. 20I. Fortification removal notice, enforcement of
20J. 20J. Review of fortification removal notice
20K. 20K. Hindering removal or modification of fortifications
20L. 20L. Planning and other approval issues
20M. 20M. No compensation for removal or modification of fortifications
20N. 20N. Protection from liability for wrongdoing
Division IIIA - Prohibited behaviour
21. 21. Prohibited behaviour
21A. 21A. Unlawfully administering drug, &c.
22. 22.
23. 23.
24. 24.
24A. 24A.
24B. 24B.
Division IV - Consumption of liquor
25. 25. Consumption of liquor in streets, &c.
26. 26.
27. 27.
28. 28.
29. 29.
30. 30.
Division V - Juvenile smoking prevention
31. 31.
32. 32.
Division VI -
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33. 33.
34. 34.
34A. 34A.
Division VII - Offences against public authority
34B. 34B. Resistance to, and obstruction of, public officers prohibited
PART III - Injuries to the Person
35. 35. Common assault and aggravated assault on females and children
35A. 35A.
36. 36. Injury by driving, &c.
PART IV - Injuries to Property
37. 37. Offences relating to property
PART IVA - Offences involving vehicles Division 1 - Motor vehicle
stealing, &c.
37A. 37A. Interpretation
37B. 37B. Motor vehicle stealing
37C. 37C. Procuring the hire or use of a motor vehicle by fraud,
&c.
37D. 37D. Summary prosecution of offenders
37E. 37E. Penalty
37F. 37F. Disqualification from driving
37G. 37G.
37H. 37H. Application of section 18 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act
1999
37I. 37I. Tampering with vehicles
37J. 37J. Excessive noise, smoke, &c., from vehicles
37JA. 37JA. Use of spotlights on vehicles on public streets
Division 2 - Confiscation of vehicles for certain offences
Subdivision 1 - Preliminary
37K. 37K. Interpretation of Division
37L. 37L. Application of Division
37M. 37M. Punishment under Division additional to other punishment
Subdivision 2 - Confiscation of vehicles
37N. 37N. Confiscation of vehicles
37O. 37O. Period of confiscation for first prescribed offence
37P. 37P. Period of confiscation for second prescribed offence
37Q. 37Q. Period of confiscation for third or subsequent offence
37R. 37R. Transportation of vehicle to holding yard
37S. 37S. Unlawful interference with, or removal of, confiscated
vehicle
37T. 37T. Notice of confiscation to be given
37U. 37U. Content of notice for first offence
37V. 37V. Content of notice for second or subsequent offence
37W. 37W. Advice to registered operator of date of hearing
37X. 37X. Costs of confiscation
Subdivision 3 - Forfeiture orders
37Y. 37Y. Application for forfeiture order
37Z. 37Z. Defence to show no knowledge and consent
37ZA. 37ZA. Powers for enforcing forfeiture order
37ZB. 37ZB. Third party protection from forfeiture order
Subdivision 4 - Recovery and return of vehicles
37ZC. 37ZC. Recovery of vehicle confiscated for first prescribed offence
37ZD. 37ZD. Return of vehicle confiscated for second or subsequent
prescribed offence
37ZE. 37ZE. Confiscated vehicle to be returned in certain circumstances
37ZF. 37ZF. Return of vehicle in case of severe hardship
37ZG. 37ZG. Return of vehicle if driver found not guilty, &c.
37ZH. 37ZH. Disposal of confiscated vehicle
37ZI. 37ZI. Disposal of forfeited vehicle
37ZJ. 37ZJ. Voluntary transfer of ownership of vehicle to Crown
37ZK. 37ZK. Confiscated vehicle not to be sold, &c., while
confiscated
37ZL. 37ZL. Application of proceeds of sale
37ZM. 37ZM. Protection from liability
PART V - Offences Involving Dishonesty
38. 38.
38A. 38A. Making off without payment
39. 39. Possession of stolen property
39A. 39A. Offences in relation to sheep, cattle, and other stock
40. 40. Possession and sale of shipwrecked property
41. 41. Advertising reward for return of stolen property
42. 42. Taking or using animal, vehicle, or vessel without owner's
consent
43. 43. Finding property
PART VA - Offences Relating to Computers
43A. 43A. Computer-related fraud
43B. 43B. Damaging computer data
43C. 43C. Unauthorized access to a computer
43D. 43D. Insertion of false information as data
43E. 43E. Extra-territorial application of this Part
PART VI - Miscellaneous Offences Division I - Bogus advertisements
and false notices
44. 44. Bogus advertisements
44A. 44A. False reports to police
Division II -
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45. 45.
46. 46.
Division IIA - Setting of traps
46A. 46A.
Division III - Motor-vehicle races and reliability trials
47. 47. Interpretation
48. 48. No motor-vehicle race to be held without a permit
49. 49. Power of Commissioner of Police to grant permit
Division IIIAA - Activities on public streets
49AA. 49AA. Interpretation of Division
49AB. 49AB. Public street permits
Division IIIA - Public entertainments
49A. 49A. Interpretation
49B. 49B. Power of Commissioner to control public entertainments
49C. 49C.
Division IV -
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50. 50.
51. 51.
52. 52.
53. 53.
54. 54.
PART VII - Powers of Police Officers and Other Persons Division I
- Arrest
55. 55. Arrest
55A. 55A. Names and addresses of offenders
56. 56. Procedure on arrest
Division II - Entry and search
57. 57. Power of police officers to enter certain places
57A. 57A. Searching of hawkers, &c.
57B. 57B. Search for and detention of skins suspected to be stolen
58. 58. Search of persons for poison
58A. 58A. Power to search for liquor
58B. 58B. Search of accused person in custody
Division III - Search warrants
59. 59.
60. 60. Commissioner's warrant
Division IV - Liquor infringement notices
61. 61. Liquor infringement notices
62. 62. Payments into Consolidated Fund
63. 63.
PART VIII -
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PART IX - Procedure and Supplemental Provisions
64. 64. Accomplice
65. 65. Power of court, upon neglect to prosecute, court to order
another person to proceed
66. 66. Provision relating to determination of certain questions by
courts
67. 67. Averment of age prima facie proof
67A. 67A. Evidentiary provision
68. 68. Procedure for seized firearms
69. 69. Disposal of property forfeited to Crown
70. 70.
71. 71.
72. 72.
73. 73. Act not to affect rights of the Crown
74. 74. Regulations
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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