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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION) BILL 2013

Serial 37
Criminal Code Amendment (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2013
Mr Elferink

A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION) ACT 2013

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Act No. [ ] of 2013

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Table of provisions

Division 4 Criminal Code Amendment (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2013

447 Application of section 186C

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2013

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code

[Assented to [ ] 2013]

[Second reading [ ] 2013]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2013.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day fixed by the Administrator by Gazette notice.

3 Criminal Code amended

This Act amends the Criminal Code.

4 Section 186C amended

(1) Section 186C, heading

omit

child

insert

person

(2) Section 186C(1)

omit (all references)

a child

insert

another person

(3) Section 186C(1)

omit

the child

insert

that person

(4) Section 186C(2)(a)

omit (all references)

a child

insert

another person

(5) Section 186C(2)

omit (all references)

the child

insert

the person

5 Part XI heading replaced

Part XI heading

omit, insert

Part XI Transitional matters

Division 1 Criminal Code Amendment (Criminal Responsibility Reform) Act 2005

6 Part XII heading replaced

Part XII heading

omit, insert

Division 2 Criminal Code Amendment (Expert Evidence) Act 2009

7 Part XIII heading replaced

Part XIII heading

omit, insert

Division 3 Criminal Code Amendment (Mental Impairment and Unfitness for Trial) Act 2010

8 Part XI, Division 4 inserted

After section 446

insert

Division 4 Criminal Code Amendment (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2013

447 Application of section 186C

(1) Section 186C, as amended by the Criminal Code Amendment (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2013, applies only in relation to offences committed after the commencement of this section (commencement).

(2) Section 186C, as in force before commencement, continues to apply in relation to offences committed before commencement.

(3) For this section:

(a) an offence is taken to have been committed after commencement only if all of the conduct constituting the offence occurred after commencement; and

(b) any other offence is taken to have been committed before commencement.

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