Victorian Consolidated Legislation

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1966

No. 7405 of 1966
Version incorporating amendments as at 11 February 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title, commencement and division
   2.      Repealed
   3.      Definitions

   PART I-PROVISIONS APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT VICTORIA

           Division 1-Public order
           Offences Relating to the Good Order

   4.      Offences relating to the good order of towns etc.
   5.      Obstruction of footpath etc.
   6.      Repealed

           Division 2-General
           Offences tending to Personal Injury, or Damage to Property, &c.

   7.      Offences tending to personal injury or damage to property
           Offences relating to Horse-drawn Vehicles, Public Vehicles, Animals, &c.
   8.      Offences relating to horse-drawn vehicles, public vehicles, animals etc.
           Destroying, Damaging or Injuring Property-Trespass
   9.      Wilful destruction, damage etc. of property
   9A.     Repealed
           Bill Posting, &c.
   10.     Posting bills etc. and defacing property
           Fire
   11.     Lighting of fires in the open air
           False Alarms of Fire
   12.     Wilfully giving false alarm of fire
           Offences relating to Drunkenness
   13.     Persons found drunk
   14.     Persons found drunk and disorderly
   15.     Repealed
   16.     Drunkards behaving in riotous or disorderly manner
           Obscene, Threatening, Insulting, Abusive, &c. Words and Behaviour
   17.     Obscene, indecent, threatening language and behaviour etc.
           in public
   18.     Offensive behaviour by a person in a motor vehicle in a
           declared area
           18A-18C Repealed
   19.     Obscene exposure
           Conduct of Refreshment Houses
   20.     Improperly conducting refreshment house
           Disturbing Religious Worship
   21.     Disturbing religious worship
           Entry of Police into Houses, Buildings, &c.
   22.     Entry of police
           Assaults
   23.     Common assault
   24.     Aggravated assault
   25.     Conviction or dismissal a bar to criminal proceedings
           Property Suspected to be Stolen, &c.
   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.
           35, 36. Repealed
           Passing Valueless Cheques
   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 4-Advertising of live sexually-explicit entertainment

   39.     Advertising regulations

           Division 4A-Observation or visual capturing of genital or anal region

   40.     Definitions
   41.     Location immaterial
   41A.    Observation of genital or anal region
   41B.    Visually capturing genital or anal region
   41C.    Distribution of image of genital or anal region
   41D.    Exceptions to offences
   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 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
   49F.    Consorting

   PART II-PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL LOCALITIES
   Matches

   50.     Prohibition of use of certain kinds of matches in specified localities in certain months
           Trespass for certain Purposes
   50A.    Trespass-land used for primary production

   PART III-SUPPLEMENTARY

   51.     Obstructing operational staff members
   52.     Assaulting or resisting constables etc.
   52A.    Offence to harass witnesses etc.
   53.     Making false reports to police etc.
   54.     Offence by body corporate
   55.     Liability of masters
   56.     Informations
   57.     Neglect to prosecute
   58.     Repealed
   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
           60AC-60AH Repealed
   60A.    Forfeiture of weapons or instruments
   61.     Proceeds of sale of forfeited property to be paid to
           Consolidated Fund
   62.     Transitional provisions
   63.     Repealed
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           SCHEDULE 1-Scheduled Public Places
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details