SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1966
Table of Provisions
- 1 Short title, commencement and division
- 3 Definitions
PART I--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT VICTORIA
Division 1--Public order
- 4 Offences relating to the good order of towns etc.
- 5 Obstruction of footpath etc.
Division 1A--Move-on powers
Division 1B--Councils to consult with Victoria Police
- 6A Consultation with Victoria Police before issuing permit to facilitate public protest
Division 2--General
- 7 Offences tending to personal injury or damage to property
- 8 Offences relating to horse-drawn vehicles, public vehicles, animals etc.
- 9 Wilful destruction, damage etc. of property
- 10 Posting bills etc. and defacing property
- 11 Lighting of fires in the open air
- 17 Obscene, indecent, threatening language and behaviour etc. in public
- 17A Disorderly conduct
- 19 Sexual exposure
- 20 Improperly conducting refreshment house
- 21 Disturbing religious worship
- 22 Entry of police
- 23 Common assault
- 24 Aggravated assault
- 25 Conviction or dismissal a bar to criminal proceedings
- 26 Unexplained possession of personal property reasonably suspected to be stolen
- 27 Search warrant for skins of cattle, goods from wreck etc.
- 28 Recovery of possession of stolen cattle
- 29 Recovery of price paid for stolen cattle
- 30 Possession of skin or carcass of stolen cattle
- 31 Possession of property from wrecks
- 32 Offering property from wrecks for sale
- 33 Examination of persons through whose hands property has passed
- 34 Retaining or disposing of property as workmen etc.
- 37 Obtaining goods etc. by valueless cheque
Division 3--Illegal taking or using of vehicles
- 38 Taking or using vehicle without consent of owner etc.
Division 3A--Commercial sexual services
- 38A Definitions
- 38B Commercial sexual services at or near certain places
- 38C Offence to allow child on premises used for commercial sexual services
- 38D Power to require person to state age
Division 4--Advertising of commercial sexual services
- 38E Definition
- 38F Advertising controls for commercial sexual services
- 39 Advertising regulations
Division 4A--Observation of genital or anal region
- 40 Definitions
- 41 Location immaterial
- 41A Observation of genital or anal region
- 41D Exceptions to offence against section 41A
- 41E Search warrant
- 41F Seizure of things not mentioned in the warrant
- 41G Announcement before entry
Division 4B--Food or drink spiking
- 41H Food or drink spiking
Division 4C--Public display or performance of Nazi symbols or gestures
- 41I Statement for this Division
- 41J Definitions
- 41K Public display or performance of Nazi symbols or gestures
- 41L Direction to remove Nazi symbol or Nazi gesture from public display
- 41M Issue of search warrant by magistrate
Division 5--Tattooing of juveniles
- 42 Tattooing of juveniles
Division 6--Body piercing
- 43 Definitions
- 43A Application
- 44 Intimate body piercing of persons under 18
- 44A Non-intimate body piercing of persons under 16
Division 7--Homing pigeons
- 45 Definition
- 46 Destruction of homing pigeons
- 47 Compensation
- 48 Entering in pursuit of homing pigeons
- 49 Existing remedies preserved
Division 8--Other offences
- 49A Begging or gathering alms
- 49B Loitering with intent to commit an indictable offence
- 49C Being disguised with unlawful intent
- 49D Possessing housebreaking implements
- 49E Escaping from lawful custody
PART II--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL LOCALITIES
- 50 Prohibition of use of certain kinds of matches in specified localities in certain months
- 50A Trespass—land used for primary production
PART III--SUPPLEMENTARY
- 51 Assaulting, etc. emergency workers, custodial officers, youth justice custodial workers or local authority staff on duty
- 51A Assaulting registered health practitioners
- 52 Besetting premises
- 52A Offence to harass witnesses etc.
- 53 Making false reports to police etc.
- 54 Offence by body corporate
- 55 Liability of masters
- 56 Who may file charge-sheet
- 57 Neglect to prosecute
- 59 Procedure
- 60 Offences of more serious nature not to be dealt with under this Act
- 60AA Power to serve infringement notice
- 60AB Infringement penalty
- 60A Forfeiture of weapons or instruments
- 61 Proceeds of sale of forfeited property to be paid to Consolidated Fund
- 61A Regulations
- 62 Transitional provisions
- 63 Savings and validation provision—Summary Offences and Control of Weapons Acts Amendment Act 2009—lodgeable infringement offences
- 64 Transitional provision—Children and Justice Legislation Amendment (Youth Justice Reform) Act 2017
- 65 Transitional provision—Sex Work Decriminalisation Act 2022
- 66 Transitional provision—Sex Work Decriminalisation Act 2022
- 67 Transitional provision—Summary Offences Amendment (Nazi Salute Prohibition) Act 2023