Criminal Code Act 1924
APPENDIX A - Crimes for which APPENDIX A - Crimes for which Offender may be Arrested without Warrant
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APPENDIX A - Crimes for which APPENDIX A - Crimes for which Offender may be Arrested without Warrant
[Appendix A Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ] [Appendix A Amended by No. 30 of 1973, s. 45 ] [Appendix A Amended by No. 21 of 1992, s. 3 ] [Appendix A Amended by No. 59 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Aug 1998] [Appendix A Amended by No. 70 of 2003, s. 4, Applied:15 Dec 2003] [Appendix A Amended by No. 67 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:30 Mar 2005] [Appendix A Amended by No. 23 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2013] [Appendix A Amended by No. 21 of 2016, s. 4, Applied:11 Jul 2016] [Appendix A Amended by No. 26 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:14 Jul 2017] [Appendix A Amended by No. 26 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:14 Jul 2017] [Appendix A Amended by No. 26 of 2018, s. 4, Applied:10 Dec 2018] [Appendix A Amended by No. 34 of 2019, s. 4, Applied:08 Oct 2019] [Appendix A Amended by No. 13 of 2022, s. 4, Applied:22 Aug 2022] [Appendix A Amended by No. 32 of 2025, s. 4, Applied:23 Dec 2025]
| Assault. | | Aggravated assault. | | Any crime under Chapter V. | | Piracy and offences deemed to be piracy. | | Rioting. | | Opposing the making of a riot proclamation. | | Escape. | | Bestiality. | | Murder. | | Manslaughter. | | Threatening to murder. | | Instigating [or aiding] suicide. | | Disabling with intent to facilitate the commission of an offence [or flight of an offender]. | | Administering a drug with intent to facilitate the commission of an offence [or flight of an offender]. | | Committing an unlawful act intended to cause bodily harm. | | Preventing escape from a wreck. | | Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm. | | Persistent family violence. | | Strangulation. | | Intentionally endangering persons on a railway. | | Wantonly endangering persons on a railway. | | Causing injury by poison. | | Rape. | | Indecent assault. | | Forcible abduction. | | Stalking and bullying. | | Stealing, other than stealing under sections 228 to 231 or under section 233. | | Killing an animal with intent to steal. | | Severing with intent to steal. | | Robbery. | | Aggravated Robbery. | | Armed Robbery. | | Aggravated Armed Robbery. | | Carjacking. | | Aggravated carjacking. | | Demanding property with menaces with intent to steal. | | Using, possessing or supplying explosive device. | | Taking steps in the manufacture of explosive device. | | Possessing or supplying information for manufacture of explosive device. | | Using, possessing or supplying explosive substance. | | Possessing or supplying equipment or information for explosive substance. | | Placing or sending article or substance to induce belief of explosion, ignition or discharge. | | Any crime under Chapter XXVII. | | Receiving stolen property. | | Arson or any other crime under Chapter XXXI, except under sections 272 to 276. | | Attempting to commit any of such crimes as aforesaid. |