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POLICE OFFENCES ACT 1935

- Act 44 of 1935 - Royal Assent 25 October 1935

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART I - Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Section 2
  • 3 Interpretation

PART II - General Police Provisions Division I - Drunkenness,

vagrancy, indecency, and other public annoyances
  • 4 Drunkenness when in charge of vehicle or in possession of dangerous
  • weapon
  • 4A Custody of intoxicated persons
  • 4B Provisions relating to persons held in custody
  • 4C Declaration of places of safety
  • 5 Section 5
  • 6 Section 6
  • 6A Display of certain insignia, &c., prohibited
  • 6B Search, seizure and forfeiture of prohibited items
  • 6C Display of Nazi symbols prohibited, &c.
  • 6D Performance of Nazi gestures, &c., prohibited
  • 7 Loiterers, &c.
  • 7A Loitering near children
  • 7B Possession of implement or instrument
  • 8 Begging, imposition, &c.
  • 9 Section 9
  • 10 Disorderly houses
  • 11 Section 11
  • 12 Prohibited language and behaviour
  • 13 Public annoyance
  • 13A Observation or recording in breach of privacy
  • 13B Publishing or distributing prohibited visual recording
  • 13C Possession of prohibited visual recording
  • 13D Persons who are not criminally responsible for an offence under
  • section 13A or 13B
  • 14 Public decency

Division IA - Offences relating to trespass to lands

  • 14A Peering into dwelling-houses, &c.
  • 14B Unlawful entry on land, &c.
  • 14C Names and addresses of offenders may be required
  • 14D Alternative convictions

Division II - Offences relating to good order and safety

  • 15 Section 15
  • 15A Section 15A
  • 15B Dispersal of persons
  • 15C Dangerous articles
  • 15CA Graffiti and graffiti equipment
  • 15D Use, carriage and possession of crossbows
  • 15E Body armour
  • 15F Laser pointers
  • 16 Street entertainment
  • 17 Chimneys on fire
  • 18 Discharge of distress signals
  • 17A. Section 17A 17B. Section 17B
  • 19 Poisoned substances
  • 19AA Dangerous junk
  • 19A Sports venues
  • 20 Misbehaviour at public meetings

Division III - Consorting

  • 20A Interpretation of Division III
  • 20B Object of Division III
  • 20C Consorting
  • 20D Official warnings
  • 20E Review of decision to authorise giving of official warning
  • 20F Review of Division
  • 20AA Section 20AA
  • 20G Section 20G
  • 20H Section 20H
  • 20I Section 20I
  • 20J Section 20J
  • 20K Section 20K
  • 20L Section 20L
  • 20M Section 20M
  • 20N Section 20N

Division IIIA - Prohibited behaviour

  • 21 Prohibited behaviour
  • 21A Unlawfully administering drug, &c.
  • 22 Section 22
  • 23 Section 23
  • 24 Section 24
  • 24A Section 24A
  • 24B Section 24B

Division IV - Consumption of liquor

  • 25 Consumption of liquor in streets, &c.

Division V - Sale or supply of liquor to youths

  • 26 Sale or supply of liquor to youths
  • 27 Section 27
  • 28 Section 28
  • 29 Section 29
  • 30 Section 30
  • 31 Section 31
  • 32 Section 32

Division VI -

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  • 33 Section 33
  • 34 Section 34
  • 34A Section 34A

Division VII - Offences against public authority

  • 34B Resistance to, and obstruction of, public officers prohibited

PART III - Injuries to the Person

  • 35 Common assault and aggravated assault
  • 35A Tattooing, body piercing and body modification
  • 36 Injury by driving, &c.

PART IV - Injuries to Property

  • 37 Offences relating to property
  • 37AAA Interference with war memorials
  • 37AA Unlawfully setting fire to property

PART IVA - Offences Involving Vehicles Division 1 - Motor vehicle

stealing, &c.
  • 37A Interpretation
  • 37B Motor vehicle stealing
  • 37C Procuring the hire or use of a motor vehicle by fraud, &c.
  • 37D Summary prosecution of offenders
  • 37E Penalty
  • 37F Disqualification from driving
  • 37G Requirement of owner or registered operator to provide details
  • 37GA Notice of demand
  • 37GB Statutory declaration naming driver or occupant of vehicle
  • 37H Application of section 18 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
  • 37I Tampering with vehicles
  • 37J Excessive noise, smoke, &c., from vehicles
  • 37JA Use of spotlights on vehicles on public streets

Division 2 - Confiscation and clamping of vehicles for certain

offences Subdivision 1 - Preliminary
  • 37K Interpretation of Division
  • 37L Application of Division
  • 37M Punishment under Division additional to other punishment
  • 37MA Special compulsory penalty for prescribed offences
  • Subdivision 2 - Clamping and confiscation of vehicles
  • 37N Clamping and confiscation of vehicles
  • 37O Period of clamping or confiscation for first prescribed offence
  • 37P Period of clamping or confiscation for second prescribed offence
  • 37Q Period of clamping or confiscation for third or subsequent prescribed
  • offence
  • 37QA Period of clamping or confiscation for evasion vehicle
  • 37QB Evasion vehicle may be forfeited
  • 37R Transportation of vehicle to holding yard
  • 37S Unlawful interference with, or removal of, confiscated vehicle
  • 37SA Unlawful interference with clamped vehicle, &c.
  • 37T Notice of clamping or confiscation to be given
  • 37U Content of notice for first offence
  • 37V Content of notice for second or subsequent offence
  • 37VA Content of notice for evasion offence
  • 37W Advice to registered operator of date of hearing
  • 37X Costs of confiscation
  • Subdivision 3 - Forfeiture orders
  • 37Y Application for forfeiture of vehicles
  • 37Z Defence to show no knowledge and consent
  • 37ZA Powers for enforcing forfeiture order
  • 37ZB Third party protection from forfeiture order
  • Subdivision 4 - Unclamping and recovery, &c., of vehicles
  • 37ZC Unclamping or recovery of vehicle clamped or confiscated for
  • prescribed offence
  • 37ZD Unclamping or recovery of vehicle clamped or confiscated for second
  • or subsequent prescribed offence
  • 37ZE Clamped or confiscated vehicle may be unclamped or returned in
  • certain circumstances
  • 37ZF Unclamping or return of vehicle in case of severe hardship upon
  • conviction
  • 37ZG Return of vehicle if offending driver not convicted, &c.
  • Subdivision 5 - Disposal of vehicles, &c.
  • 37ZH Disposal of confiscated vehicle
  • 37ZI Disposal of forfeited vehicle
  • 37ZJ Voluntary transfer of ownership of vehicle to Crown
  • 37ZK Clamped or confiscated vehicle not to be sold or disposed of
  • 37ZL Application of proceeds of sale
  • Subdivision 6 - Miscellaneous
  • 37ZLA Power of Commissioner to authorise unclamping
  • 37ZM Protection from liability

PART V - Offences Involving Dishonesty

  • 38 Section 38
  • 38A Making off without payment
  • 38B Stealing with force
  • 39 Possession of stolen property
  • 39A Section 39A
  • 40 Section 40
  • 41 Advertising reward for return of stolen property
  • 42 Taking or using animal, vehicle, or vessel without owner's consent
  • 43 Finding property

PART VA - Offences Relating to Computers

  • 43A Computer-related fraud
  • 43B Damaging computer data
  • 43C Unauthorized access to a computer
  • 43D Insertion of false information as data
  • 43E Extra-territorial application of this Part
  • 43F Period during which complaint may be made

PART VI - Miscellaneous Offences Division I - Bogus advertisements

and false notices
  • 44 Bogus advertisements
  • 44A False reports to police

Division II -

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  • 45 Section 45
  • 46 Section 46

Division IIA - Setting of traps

  • 46A Section 46A

Division III - Motor-vehicle races and reliability trials

  • 47 Interpretation
  • 48 No motor-vehicle race to be held without a permit
  • 49 Power of Commissioner of Police to grant permit

Division IIIAA - Activities on public streets

  • 49AA Interpretation of Division
  • 49AB Public street permits

Division IIIA - Public entertainments

  • 49A Interpretation
  • 49B Power of Commissioner to control public entertainments
  • 49C Section 49C

Division IV -

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  • 50 Section 50
  • 51 Section 51
  • 52 Section 52
  • 53 Section 53
  • 54 Section 54

PART VII - Powers of Police Officers and Other Persons Division I

- Arrest
  • 55 Arrest
  • 55A Names and addresses of offenders
  • 56 Procedure on arrest

Division II - Entry and search

  • 57 Power of police officers to enter certain places
  • 57A Searching of hawkers, &c.
  • 57B Section 57B
  • 58 Search of persons for poison
  • 58A Power to search for liquor
  • 58B Search of accused person in custody

Division III - Search warrants

  • 59 Section 59
  • 60 Commissioner's warrant

Division IV - Infringement notices

  • 61 Infringement notices
  • 62 Payments into Public Account

PART VIII - Declaration of Crime Scenes and Serious Incident Sites

Division 1 - Crime scenes

  • 63 Declaration of crime scene
  • 63A Authority at crime scene

Division 2 - Serious incident sites

  • 63B Declaration of serious incident site
  • 63C Authority at serious incident site

PART IX - Procedure and Supplemental Provisions

  • 64 Accomplice
  • 65 Power of court, upon neglect to prosecute, court to order another
  • person to proceed
  • 66 Provision relating to determination of certain questions by courts
  • 67 Averment of age prima facie proof
  • 67A Evidentiary provision
  • 68 Procedure for seized firearms
  • 69 Disposal of property forfeited to Crown
  • 70 Section 70
  • 71 Section 71
  • 72 Section 72
  • 73 Act not to affect rights of the Crown
  • 74 Regulations
  • SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2

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