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Criminal Code Act 1983
461Pre-Code offences
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461 Pre-Code offences (1) Any offence against a law of the Territory in force before the commencement of section 3(1) of this Act that was punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 6 months at the time the offence was committed is taken to be an indictable offence for the purposes of this Code and any other law of the Territory. Section 3(1) of this Act repealed the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1876 (SA) in its application to the Territory, on 1 January 1984.