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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PLACES OF WORSHIP) BILL 2015

                   Western Australia


Criminal Code Amendment (Criminal Damage
       to Places of Worship) Bill 2015

                      Contents

  1.   Short title                      2
  2.   Commencement                     2
  3.   Act amended                      2
  4.   Section 444 amended              2




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

               (Introduced by Ms Margaret Quirk, MLA)


 Criminal Code Amendment (Criminal Damage
        to Places of Worship) Bill 2015

                               A Bill for


An Act to amend The Criminal Code.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     Criminal Code Amendment (Criminal Damage to Places of Worship)
     Bill 2015



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1    1.       Short title
2             This is the Criminal Code Amendment (Criminal Damage to
3             Places of Worship) Act 2015.

4    2.       Commencement
5             This Act comes into operation as follows --
6              (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
7                    receives the Royal Assent;
8              (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day.

9    3.       Act amended
10            This Act amends The Criminal Code.

11   4.       Section 444 amended
12            Delete section 444(1)(b) and insert:
13

14                   (b)    if the property is not destroyed or damaged by
15                          fire --
16                             (i) if the offence is committed in
17                                  circumstances of racial aggravation --
18                                  to imprisonment for 14 years; or
19                            (ii) if the property destroyed or damaged is
20                                  a place of worship or a place associated
21                                  or connected with a place of worship --
22                                  to imprisonment for 14 years; or
23                           (iii) otherwise -- to imprisonment for
24                                  10 years.
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