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Western Australia
Criminal Code Amendment (Corruption
Penalties) Bill 2002
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. The Criminal Code amended 2
4. Section 83 amended 2
5. Section 85 amended 2
6. Section 88 amended 2
7. Section 132 amended 2
8. Section 136 amended 3
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Criminal Code Amendment (Corruption
Penalties) Bill 2002
A Bill for An Act to amend The Criminal Code.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment
(Corruption Penalties) Act 2002.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
3. The Criminal Code amended
5 The amendments in this Act are to The Criminal Code*.
[* Reprinted as at 9 February 2001 as the Schedule to the
Criminal Code Act 1913 appearing as Appendix B to the
Criminal Code Compilation Act 1913.
For subsequent amendments see 2001 Index to Legislation of
10 Western Australia, Table 1, p. 89 and Act No. 3 of 2002.]
4. Section 83 amended
Section 83 is amended by deleting "3 years." and inserting
instead --
" 7 years. ".
15 5. Section 85 amended
Section 85 is amended by deleting "3 years." and inserting
instead --
" 7 years. ".
6. Section 88 amended
20 Section 88 is amended by deleting "3 years." and inserting
instead --
" 7 years. ".
7. Section 132 amended
Section 132 is amended as follows:
25 (a) by deleting "misdemeanour" and inserting instead --
" crime ";
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(b) by deleting "3 years." and inserting instead --
" 7 years. ".
8. Section 136 amended
Section 136 is amended as follows:
5 (a) by deleting "an indictable offence." and inserting
instead --
" a crime and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years. ";
(b) by deleting the second and third paragraphs.
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