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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ASSAULTS) BILL 2010

Serial 113
Criminal Code Amendment (Penalties for Certain Assaults) Bill 2010
Ms Carney






A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code












NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ASSAULTS) ACT 2010

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Act No. [ ] of 2010

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Table of provisions

Part XIII Transitional matters for Criminal Code Amendment (Penalties for Certain Assaults) Act 2010

446 Application of Code to offences before commencement

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2010

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code

[Assented to [ ] 2010]

[Second reading [ ] 2010]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Penalties for Certain Assaults) Act 2010.

2 Act amended

This Act amends the Criminal Code.

3 Amendment of section 188 (Common assault)

Section 188(2)

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or, upon being found guilty summarily, to imprisonment for 2 years

4 Amendment of section 189A (Assaults on police)

(1) Section 189A(1)

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or, upon being found guilty summarily, to imprisonment for 2 years

(2) Section 189A(2)(a)

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or, upon being found guilty summarily, to imprisonment for 3 years

5 New Part XIII

After section 445

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Part XIII Transitional matters for Criminal Code Amendment (Penalties for Certain Assaults) Act 2010

446 Application of Code to offences before commencement

Despite the commencement of the Criminal Code Amendment (Penalties for Certain Assaults) Act 2010, sections 188 and 189A, as in force immediately before the commencement, continue to apply in relation to offences mentioned in those sections that were committed before the commencement.

 


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