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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.