Crimes Act
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Crimes Act is a stock short title
used for legislation in Australia
, New Zealand
and the United States
, relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends to be used for Acts which consolidate or codify the whole of the criminal law.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Crimes Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Crimes Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the criminal law.
New South Wales
Victoria
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends to be used for Acts which consolidate or codify the whole of the criminal law.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Crimes Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Crimes Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the criminal law.
Federal legislation
- The Crimes Act 1914Crimes Act 1914The Crimes Act 1914 is a piece of Federal legislation in Australia. Pursuant to the Australian Constitution it prevails in any conflict with State laws dealing with the subject of crime....
(No.12) - The Crimes Act 1915 (No.6)
- The Crimes Act 1926 (No.9)
- The Crimes Act 1928 (No.13)
- The Crimes Act 1932 (No.30)
- The Crimes Act 1941 (No.6)
- The Crimes Act 1955 (No.10)
- The Crimes Act 1959 (No.11)
- The Crimes Act 1960 (No.84)
- The Crimes Act 1973 (No.33)
- The Crimes Amendment Act 1982 (No.67)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1987 (No.120)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1989 (No.108)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No.2) 1989 (No.4, 1990)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991 (No.28)
- The Crimes (Investigation of Commonwealth Offences) Amendment Act 1991 (No.59)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 (No.123)
- The Crimes Amendment Act 1991 (No.140)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1992 (No.164)
- The Crimes (Search Warrants and Powers of Arrest) Amendment Act 1994 (No.65)
- The Crimes (Child Sex Tourism) Amendment Act 1994 (No.105)
- The Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994 (No.182)
- The Crimes Amendment Act 1995 (No.11)
- The Crimes Amendment (Controlled Operations) Act 1996 (No.28)
- The Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1997 (No.20)
- The Crimes Amendment (Enforcement of Fines) Act 1998 (No.49)
- The Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Act 1998 (No.96)
- The Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Act 2001 (No.22)
- The Crimes Amendment (Age Determination) Act 2001 (No.37)
- The Crimes Amendment Act 2002 (No.88)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment (People Smuggling, Firearms Trafficking and Other Measures) Act 2002 (No.141)
- The Crimes Legislation Enhancement Act 2003 (No.41)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Offences and Other Measures) Act (No. 2) 2004 (No.127)
- The Crimes Amendment Act 2005 (No.87)
- The Crimes Act Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Act (No. 1) 2006 (No.130)
- The Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Act 2006 (No.171)
- The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2008 (No.70)
State legislation
Australian Capital Territory- The Crimes Act 1900Crimes Act 1900The Crimes Act 1900 is a New South Wales statute that codifies the common law crimes for the state of New South Wales in Australia. Along with the Crimes Act 1914 and the Federal Criminal Code Act 1995 , these two pieces of legislation form the majority of criminal law for New South Wales.As it is...
(currently links to the NSW Act)
New South Wales
- The Crimes Act 1900Crimes Act 1900The Crimes Act 1900 is a New South Wales statute that codifies the common law crimes for the state of New South Wales in Australia. Along with the Crimes Act 1914 and the Federal Criminal Code Act 1995 , these two pieces of legislation form the majority of criminal law for New South Wales.As it is...
Victoria
- The Crimes Act 1958 (No.6231)