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Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2013

  • - C2013B00229
A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes
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Registered 12 Dec 2013
Introduced Senate 11 Dec 2013
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2013

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2013

 

No.      , 2013

 

(Senator Xenophon)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

  

  

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Object.................................................................................................. 2

4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                       3

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Act 2013.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3  Object

                   The object of this Act is justice for Australian citizens and residents who were the victims of certain violent crimes committed before 1 October 2002 outside Australia.

Note:          1 October 2002 was the day Division 115 of the Criminal Code (Harming Australians) commenced.

4  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Criminal Code Act 1995

  

1  Paragraphs 115.1(1)(b), 115.2(1)(b), 115.3(1)(b) and 115.4(1)(b) of the Criminal Code

After “another person”, insert “, whether before, on or after the commencement of this section”.

2  Application of amendments

To avoid doubt, the amendments made by this Schedule apply to conduct that occurs at any time, whether before, on or after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Act 2002.