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The Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) [1] is an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales that defines an extensive list of offences and sets out punishments for the majority of criminal offences in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The Act, alongside the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) and the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), [2] [3] form the almost complete basis of ...
The primary criminal statutes of NSW is the Crimes Act 1900. [11] Other statutes, such as the Summary Offences Act 1988, [12] also create criminal offences which are generally dealt with in the Local Court system. [13] Offences spelt out in the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) [14] cover all prohibited drugs.
The Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2022 is an act of the Parliament of New South Wales which amended the Crimes Act 1900 and the Roads Act 1993 to create new criminal penalties for protest activities.
In the NSW Crimes Act 1900 murder is defined as follows: [9] [10]. Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or ...
From 1891 to 1915, The Crimes Acts was the collective title of the Crimes Act 1890, and the Acts amending the same, and the Crimes Act 1891, [4] the Crimes Act 1900 [5] and the Crimes Act 1914. [ 6 ] From 1915 to 1928, The Crimes Acts was the collective title of the Crimes Act 1915, and the Acts amending the same, and the Crimes Act 1915 (No. 2 ...
In August 2022, a bill passed both houses of the NSW Parliament unanimously to legally ban Nazi symbols to protect the LGBTIQ community – under the NSW Crimes Act 1900 to be inline with Victoria, that has implemented similar assented legislation in June 2022. On 19 August 2022, the Governor of NSW assented the bill into an Act formally and ...
Whilst section 117 of the New South Wales Crimes Act 1900 specifies the punishment for larceny, it is silent on the elements of the offence, leaving them to be articulated by the common law. [3] The leading authority on larceny in NSW is the High Court of Australia case of Ilich v R (1987). [4]
CSNSW's operations are governed by a number of State laws, chief among them the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999. Other relevant laws include the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), Crimes Act 1900 No 40 (NSW), Crimes (Interstate Transfer of Community Based Sentences) Act 2004 (NSW), Protected Disclosures Act 1994 No 92 (NSW), Summary Offences Act 1988 No 25 (NSW ...