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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]
The primary criminal statute of the Northern Territory is the Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT). The Northern Territory has also exhaustively codified its criminal laws in a manner similar to Queensland and Western Australia. [29] The NT Criminal Code Act 1983, was drafted with cose reference to both the Queensland and WA Criminal Codes. [citation ...
The various states and territories all formally legally abolished capital punishment in their laws, with the first being Queensland in 1922 and the last being New South Wales in 1985. [ 24 ] [ 23 ] The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty outlining the obligations of its parties to respect and ...
Australian law defines a statutory declaration as a written statement declared to be true in the presence of an authorised witness. The Statutory Declarations Act 1959 governs the use of statutory declarations in matters involving the law of the Australian Commonwealth, Australian Capital Territory, and other territories but not including the Northern Territory.
The District Court of Queensland (QDC) is the second tier in the court hierarchy of Queensland, Australia. [1] The Court deals with serious criminal offences such as rape, armed robbery and fraud. Juries are used to decide if defendants are guilty or not guilty.
Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia.Most cases attracting the sentence are murder.It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
In 2009 a Cairns couple was charged by Queensland Police under anti-abortion laws after imported mifepristone was found in their home. This led to Queensland hospitals refusing to perform medical abortions given the section 282 exemption from criminal liability appeared to cover only surgical abortion. [18] The couple was found not guilty. [19 ...
A medical cannabis crop in Australia. Cannabis is a plant used in Australia for recreational, medicinal and industrial purposes. In 2022–23, 41% of Australians over the age of fourteen years had used cannabis in their lifetime and 11.5% had used cannabis in the last 12 months.