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Western Australia
Criminal Code Amendment (Domestic Violence)
Bill 2012
CONTENTS
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Act amended 2
4. Section 281 amended 2
313--1 page i
Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Hon. Mr Mark McGowan, MLA)
Criminal Code Amendment (Domestic Violence)
Bill 2012
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 (Domestic Violence) Bill 2012
s. 1
1 1. Short title
2 This is the Criminal Code Amendment (Domestic Violence)
3 Act 2012.
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 (assent day);
8 (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after assent day.
9 3. Act amended
10 This Act amends The Criminal Code.
11 4. Section 281 amended
12 In section 281(1) delete "liable to imprisonment for 10 years."
13 and insert:
14
15 liable --
16 (a) if the offence is committed in circumstances of
17 aggravation, to imprisonment for 20 years; or
18 (b) in any other case, to imprisonment for 10 years.
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