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Criminal Code Act 1983
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7 Civil remedies
(1) Where an act is declared by the Code to be lawful, no action shall
be brought in respect of that act.
(2) Subject to subsection (1):
(a) this Act does not affect a right of action that a person would
have had against another person if this Act had not been
passed; and
(b) no omission from the Code of a penal provision in respect of
an act or omission that before the commencement of this Act
constituted an actionable wrong affects a right of action in
respect of that act or omission.