Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2003
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| Long Title |
This Bill implements a number of significant reforms of the criminal law. The reforms serve to address deficiencies in the law which have been identified by the Standing Committee of Attorneys General (Murray Report of an extensive review of the Criminal Code (WA)). The substantive reforms are contained in Parts 2 to 8 of the Bill which includes -
Part 2 - amendments to the Criminal Code in response to "paedophile sex tours"
Part 3 - amendments to the Criminal Code in respect to unlawful assemblies, breaches of the peace and other offences against public authority
Part 4 - amendments about infanticide. Reference to sentencing process for wilful murder and murder are no longer contained in this bill. They were deleted when the bill was divided and are now contained in Bill 231. Part 5 - concerns offences about endangering life or health; including a new specific offence of "female genital mutilation"
Part 6 - addresses the crime of sexual servitude; Part 7 - reclassifies some indictable offences with the intention of pushing less serious indictable offences to the summary courts
Part 8 - miscellanous amendments to the Criminal Code |
| Status |
Assented to 04/23/2004
This Act comes into operation 28 days after it receives the Royal Assent - Royal Assent given 23 Apr 2004 as Act No. 4 of 2004
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| Introduced |
03 Apr 2003 |
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| First Reading |
03 Apr 2003 |
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| Second Reading |
03 Apr 2003 |
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| Second Reading Agreed |
10 Sep 2003 |
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| Consideration in Detail |
10 Sep 2003 |
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| Amendments adopted |
11 Sep 2003 |
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| Third Reading |
18 Sep 2003 |
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| First Reading |
19 Sep 2003 |
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| Second Reading |
19 Sep 2003 |
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| Second Reading Speech |
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| Second Reading Agreed |
03 Mar 2004 |
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| Committee of the whole |
04 Mar 2004 |
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| Amendments adopted |
01 Apr 2004 |
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| Third Reading |
02 Apr 2004 |
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| Legislative Council sent to the Legislative Assembly |
06 Apr 2004 |
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| Bill divided into two bills |
10 Sep 2003 |
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| Referred to the Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and General Purposes. |
19 Sep 2003 |
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| Amendments agreed to by Legislative Assembly |
07 Apr 2004 |
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Notes
1. Bill divided into two Bills (refer to Bill 231).
2. Referred to Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and General Purposes under SO 230A on 19/09/2003 to report back within 30 days. Time to report extended to 12/11/2003. Time to report extended to 5/12/2003. Twelfth Report tabled on 2/12/2003.