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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.
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]
The Constitution of Australia contains no specific provision permitting the Commonwealth Parliament to pass bills of attainder. The High Court of Australia has ruled that bills of attainder are unconstitutional, because it is a violation of the separation of powers doctrine for any body to wield judicial power other than a Chapter III court—that is, a body exercising power derived from ...
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".
New South Wales, as the founding site for British colonisation Australia in 1788, has had prisons for as long as Australia has had European settlement.The first Australian colony was founded at Port Jackson (now Sydney) on 26 January 1788, and marked the commencement of many decades of convict arrivals from the United Kingdom.
Specific declared offences of the Act include parts from the following Acts that are deemed to be 'serious offences' for the purpose of the Act: [citation needed] the Corrective Services Act 2006 (1 offence); the Criminal Code (Queensland) (59 offences); the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 (1 offence); the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 (5 ...
The current partisan makeup of Queensland's House of Representatives delegation is 21 Liberal National, 5 Labor, 3 Greens and 1 Katter's Australian Party. The current partisan makeup of Queensland's Senate delegation is 5 Liberal National, 3 Labor, 2 One Nation and 2 Green.
Mandatory sentencing and increased punishment were enacted when the United States Congress passed the Boggs Act of 1951. [2] The act made a first time cannabis possession offense a minimum of two to ten years with a fine up to $20,000; however, in 1970, the United States Congress repealed mandatory penalties for cannabis offenses. [3]