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  2. Good behaviour bond - Wikipedia

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    In Queensland, the relevant act for good behaviour bonds is the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). [6] Section 19(1)(b) states that "The court may make an order that the offender be released...on the conditions that the offender must be of good behaviour and appear for conviction and sentence if called on at any time during such period". [7]

  3. Criminal law of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Among other important legislation is the Bail Act 2013, [13] Uniform Evidence Act 1995 [14] and the Customs Act 1901. [ 15 ] Prosecution of criminal offences is subject to the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, [ 16 ] which sets out the limits of police powers.

  4. Collateral consequences of criminal conviction - Wikipedia

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    The removal process is not part of the sentence for the criminal offence, and therefore is a collateral consequence. Once a non-resident person is required to leave Canada because of a criminal conviction, they are not entitled to come back to Canada [10] unless they meet the rehabilitation requirements. [11]

  5. Penalty unit - Wikipedia

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    Penalty units note in reg 256 of ROAD RULES 2014, New South Wales, Australia. A penalty unit (PU) is a standard amount of money used to compute penalties for many breaches of law in Australia at both the federal, and state and territory level.

  6. Queensland Council for Civil Liberties - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties work to facilitate safe and productive striking practice [4] In 1912, the right to strike was essentially quashed by a conservative Queensland government, led by Digby Denham, who passed the 1912 Industrial Peace Act in Queensland, which was an Act imposing penalties on strikers. Following ...

  7. Capital punishment in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In 1973 the Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 of the Commonwealth abolished the death penalty for federal offences. It provided in Section 3 that the Act applied to any offence against a law of the Commonwealth, the Territories or under an Imperial Act, and in s. 4 that "[a] person is not liable to the punishment of death for any offence".

  8. Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations Disruption) Amendment ...

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    Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations Disruption) Amendment Act 2013, an act of the Parliament of Queensland, aims to combat "illegal activities of criminal gangs, including criminal [motorcycle] gangs," [1] that is, significant types of organised crime in Queensland. [citation needed] The act was passed on 16 October 2013, and as of 17 October ...

  9. Australian legal system - Wikipedia

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    Interpretive doctrines such as the literal rule, the golden rule, [30] and the mischief rule; [31] must comply with the Commonwealth's mandate in the Acts Interpretation Act that statutes be interpreted according to their purpose. [32] The legitimate role of extrinsic materials is not settled law in Australia. [33]