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Western Australia
Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011
CONTENTS
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Criminal Code amended 2
4. Section 297 amended 2
5. Section 318 amended 2
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
(Introduced by the Hon. Alison Xamon MLC)
Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011
A Bill for
An Act to amend The Criminal Code so that mandatory sentencing
provisions for doing grievous bodily harm to or assaulting certain
officers do not apply to persons whose judgment or behaviour at the
time of the offence was impaired to a significant extent by mental
impairment.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Criminal Code Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011
s. 1
1 1. Short title
2 This is the Criminal Code Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011.
3 2. Commencement
4 This Act comes into operation as follows --
5 (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
6 receives the Royal Assent;
7 (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day.
8 3. Criminal Code amended
9 This Act amends The Criminal Code.
10 4. Section 297 amended
11 After section 297(8) insert:
12
13 (9) Subsections (5) and (7) do not apply to a person whose
14 judgment or behaviour at the time of the offence was
15 impaired to a significant extent by mental impairment.
16
17 5. Section 318 amended
18 After section 318(5) insert:
19
20 (6) Subsections (2) and (4) do not apply to a person whose
21 judgment or behaviour at the time of the offence was
22 impaired to a significant extent by mental impairment.
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