Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913
2Edw. VII No. 29 — *The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1902*
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2 Edw. VII No. 29 — The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1902
No. 13 of 1905 — The Secret Commissions Act 1905
No. 31 of 1906 — The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1906
No. 28 of 1911 — The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1911
No. 52 of 1911 — The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1911
Sections 2 to 29 (both inclusive) of Act No. 15 of 1913 — The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1913
Appendix B
An Act to establish a Code of Criminal Law.
Preamble
Whereas it is desirable to declare and consolidate the Criminal Law: Be it enacted and declared by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Act 1913.
2. The Criminal Code established
The provisions contained in the Code of Criminal Law set forth in the Schedule to this Act, and hereinafter called the Code, shall be the law of Western Australia with respect to the several matters therein dealt with.
The said Code may be cited as “The Criminal Code”.
3. Construction of statutes, statutory rules, and other instruments
The following rules shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, apply with respect to the construction of statutes, statutory rules, local laws, by‑laws, and other instruments, that is to say —
(1) When in any statute, statutory rule, local law, by‑law, or other instrument, public or private, the term felony is used, or reference is made to an offence by the name of felony, it shall be taken that reference is intended to an offence which is a crime under the provisions of the Code:
(2) When in any statute, statutory rule, local law, by‑law, or other instrument, public or private, the term murder is used, it shall be taken that reference is intended to include the crime that was called wilful murder under the Code as it was before the commencement of the Criminal Law Amendment (Homicide) Act 2008:
(3) When in any statute, statutory rule, local law, by‑law, or other instrument, public or private, the term larceny is used, it shall be taken that reference is intended to the crime of stealing: