Criminal Code Amendment Bill 1998
Bill No.	126
Synopsis	The purpose of this Bill is to provide an avenue for the House to discuss and decide upon the issue of abortion and provide a method, working within the Standing Orders, that allows the various concepts as to an appropriate law relating to abortion to be discussed and voted upon without the necessity for amendments that require striking out and substituting alternative views. Whilst such amendments can be made, it is hoped that the principal alternatives are set out and that, acknowledging that a Criminal Code is not an appropriate place for regulation and prescription of detail, the main thrust and prohibition of the law is set out. The Bill seeks to include a new Section 201A (entitled "No Offence if Procuring Abortion Justified") in the Criminal Code.
Status	Bill ruled out of order by the President 04/09/1998 This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by Proclamation
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Legislative Assembly   Date Note No. Related Documents Introduced   03/10/1998    First Reading   03/10/1998    Second Reading   03/10/1998    Second Reading Speech       Second Reading Agreed   03/18/1998    Consideration in Detail   04/01/1998    Amendments adopted   04/01/1998    Third Reading   04/01/1998    Other Procedures   Date Note No. Related Links Bill ruled out of order by the President    04/09/1998  1  Notes 1. See also Act Amendment (Abortion) Bill 1998 (No. 132)