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Criminal Code Act 1995

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Attorney-General's Department

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C2011C00261

19 April 2011 - 25 July 2011

Table of contents

1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 The Criminal Code
3A External Territories
3B Offshore installations
4 Definitions
5 Regulations
Schedule—The Criminal Code
Chapter 1—Codification
- Division 1
  - 1.1 Codification
Chapter 2—General principles of criminal responsibility
Part 2.1—Purpose and application
- Division 2
Part 2.2—The elements of an offence
- Division 3—General
  - 3.1 Elements
  - 3.2 Establishing guilt in respect of offences
- Division 4—Physical elements
- Division 5—Fault elements
- Division 6—Cases where fault elements are not required
  - 6.1 Strict liability
  - 6.2 Absolute liability
Part 2.3—Circumstances in which there is no criminal responsibility
- Division 7—Circumstances involving lack of capacity
- Division 8—Intoxication
- Division 9—Circumstances involving mistake or ignorance
- Division 10—Circumstances involving external factors
Part 2.4—Extensions of criminal responsibility
- Division 11
Part 2.5—Corporate criminal responsibility
- Division 12
Part 2.6—Proof of criminal responsibility
- Division 13
Part 2.7—Geographical jurisdiction
- Division 14—Standard geographical jurisdiction
  - 14.1 Standard geographical jurisdiction
- Division 15—Extended geographical jurisdiction
- Division 16—Miscellaneous
Chapter 4—The integrity and security of the international community and foreign governments
- Division 70—Bribery of foreign public officials
- Division 71—Offences against United Nations and associated personnel
- Division 72—Explosives and lethal devices
  - Subdivision A—International terrorist activities using explosive or lethal devices
  - Subdivision B—Plastic explosives
- Division 73—People smuggling and related offences
  - Subdivision A—People smuggling offences
  - Subdivision B—Document offences related to people smuggling and unlawful entry into foreign countries
Chapter 5—The security of the Commonwealth
Part 5.1—Treason and urging violence
- Division 80—Treason and urging violence
Part 5.2—Offences relating to espionage and similar activities
- Division 90—Preliminary
  - 90.1 Definitions
- Division 91—Offences relating to espionage and similar activities
  - 91.1 Espionage and similar activities
  - 91.2 Defence—information lawfully available
- Division 93—Prosecutions and hearings
  - 93.1 Institution of prosecution
  - 93.2 Hearing in camera etc.
- Division 94—Forfeiture
  - 94.1 Forfeiture of articles etc.
Part 5.3—Terrorism
- Division 100—Preliminary
- Division 101—Terrorism
- Division 102—Terrorist organisations
- Division 103—Financing terrorism
- Division 104—Control orders
- Division 105—Preventative detention orders
- Division 106—Transitional provisions
Part 5.4—Harming Australians
- Division 115—Harming Australians
Chapter 7—The proper administration of Government
Part 7.1—Preliminary
- Division 130—Preliminary
Part 7.2—Theft and other property offences
- Division 131—Theft
- Division 132—Other property offences
Part 7.3—Fraudulent conduct
- Division 133—Preliminary
  - 133.1 Definitions
- Division 134—Obtaining property or a financial advantage by deception
- Division 135—Other offences involving fraudulent conduct
Part 7.4—False or misleading statements
- Division 136—False or misleading statements in applications
  - 136.1 False or misleading statements in applications
- Division 137—False or misleading information or documents
Part 7.5—Unwarranted demands
- Division 138—Preliminary
  - 138.1 Unwarranted demand with menaces
  - 138.2 Menaces
- Division 139—Unwarranted demands
Part 7.6—Bribery and related offences
- Division 140—Preliminary
  - 140.1 Definition
  - 140.2 Obtaining
- Division 141—Bribery
  - 141.1 Bribery of a Commonwealth public official
- Division 142—Offences relating to bribery
Part 7.7—Forgery and related offences
- Division 143—Preliminary
- Division 144—Forgery
  - 144.1 Forgery
- Division 145—Offences relating to forgery
Part 7.8—Causing harm to, and impersonation and obstruction of, Commonwealth public officials
- Division 146—Preliminary
  - 146.1 Definitions
  - 146.2 Causing harm
- Division 147—Causing harm to Commonwealth public officials
- Division 148—Impersonation of Commonwealth public officials
- Division 149—Obstruction of Commonwealth public officials
  - 149.1 Obstruction of Commonwealth public officials
Part 7.20—Miscellaneous
- Division 261—Miscellaneous
Chapter 8—Offences against humanity and related offences
- Division 268—Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court
- Division 270—Slavery, sexual servitude and deceptive recruiting
- Division 271—Trafficking in persons and debt bondage
- Division 272—Child sex offences outside Australia
- Division 273—Offences involving child pornography material or child abuse material outside Australia
- Division 274—Torture
Chapter 9—Dangers to the community
Part 9.1—Serious drug offences
- Division 300—Preliminary
- Division 301—Listing additional drugs, plants and precursors
  - Subdivision A—Interim regulations
  - Subdivision B—Emergency determinations
- Division 302—Trafficking controlled drugs
- Division 303—Commercial cultivation of controlled plants
- Division 304—Selling controlled plants
- Division 305—Commercial manufacture of controlled drugs
- Division 306—Pre-trafficking controlled precursors
- Division 307—Import-export offences
- Division 308—Possession offences
- Division 309—Drug offences involving children
- Division 310—Harm and danger to children under 14 from serious drug offences
- Division 311—Combining quantities of drugs, plants or precursors
- Division 312—Working out quantities of drugs, plants or precursors
  - 312.1 Working out quantities of drugs and precursors in mixtures
  - 312.2 Working out quantities where different kinds of drugs, plants or precursors are involved
- Division 313—Defences and alternative verdicts
- Division 314—Drugs, plants, precursors and quantities
Part 9.4—Dangerous weapons
- Division 360—Cross-border firearms trafficking
Part 9.5—Identity crime
- Division 370—Preliminary
  - 370.1 Definitions
- Division 372—Identity fraud offences
- Division 375—Victims’ certificates
Part 9.6—Contamination of goods
- 380.1 Definitions
- 380.2 Contaminating goods
- 380.3 Threatening to contaminate goods
- 380.4 Making false statements about contamination of goods
- 380.5 Extended geographical jurisdiction—category D
Part 9.9—Criminal associations and organisations
- Division 390—Criminal associations and organisations
  - Subdivision A—Definitions
    - 390.1 Definitions
    - 390.2 State offences that have a federal aspect
  - Subdivision B—Offences
Chapter 10—National infrastructure
Part 10.2—Money laundering
- Division 400—Money laundering
Part 10.5—Postal services
- Division 470—Preliminary
- Division 471—Postal offences
- Division 472—Miscellaneous
  - 472.1 Saving of other laws
  - 472.2 Interpretation of other laws
Part 10.6—Telecommunications Services
- Division 473—Preliminary
- Division 474—Telecommunications offences
- Division 475—Miscellaneous
Part 10.7—Computer offences
- Division 476—Preliminary
- Division 477—Serious computer offences
- Division 478—Other computer offences
Part 10.8—Financial information offences
- 480.1 Definitions
- 480.2 Dishonesty
- 480.3 Constitutional application of this Part
- 480.4 Dishonestly obtaining or dealing in personal financial information
- 480.5 Possession or control of thing with intent to dishonestly obtain or deal in personal financial information
- 480.6 Importation of thing with intent to dishonestly obtain or deal in personal financial information
Dictionary
- Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Criminal Code Act 1995