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Criminal Procedure Act 1921
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Schedule 4 offence
inserted by 72/1991 s 6(d)
deleted by 26/2002 s 19(2) (Sch 3 cl 9(a))
Senior Judge
deleted by 72/1991 s 6(k)
the senior magistrate
inserted by 34/1981 s 38
1.7.1981
deleted by 108/1983 s 4(b)
sensitive material
inserted by 7/2008 s 25
sensitive material notice
inserted by 7/2008 s 25
sentencing law
inserted by 18/2017 s 6(5)
sexual offence
inserted by 60/1987 s 4
amended by 10/2008 Sch 1 cl 6(1)—(3)
amended by 28/2016 s 33(2)
amended by 41/2017 s 14
simple offence
amended by 109/1981 s 44(b)
deleted by 72/1991 s 6(l)
special justice
deleted by 72/1991 s 6(m)
special magistrate
inserted by 108/1983 s 4(c)
deleted by 72/1991 s 6(n)
summary offence
inserted by 72/1991 s 6(n)
summary protection order
inserted by 75/1992 s 3(b)
substituted by 62/1993 s 30
deleted by 20/1994 s 3(f)
sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction
deleted by 51/1988 s 43(d)
sum adjudged to be paid by an order
deleted by 51/1988 s 43(d)
telephone
inserted by 75/1992 s 3(b)
s 4(3)
inserted by 36/2017 s 4(2)
s 4A
deleted by 72/1991 s 7
s 5
amended by 109/1981 s 45
amended by 26/1982 s 4
amended by 66/1983 s 4
amended by 51/1988 s 44
substituted by 72/1991 s 8
s 5(2)
amended by 69/2001 s 30(a), (b)
3.2.2002
amended by 26/2002 s 19(2) (Sch 3 cl 9(b))
amended by 25/2003 s 3(1)
amended by 40/2009 s 7(1)
s 5(3)
amended by 80/1999 Sch paras. (a), (b)
25.12.1999
amended by 69/2001 s 30(c)
3.2.2002
amended by 26/2002 s 19(2) (Sch 3 cl 9(c)—(e))
amended by 25/2003 s 3(2), (3)
amended by 23/2004 s 24
amended by 62/2005 s 30
amended by 44/2006 s 64(1), (2)
amended by 40/2009 s 7(2)
s 5(3a)
inserted by 26/2002 s 19(2) (Sch 3 cl 9(f))
amended by 40/2009 s 7(3)
s 5(6)
substituted by 43/1994 s 19
amended by 43/2016 s 5(1)
s 5(7)
substituted by 43/1994 s 19
s 5(8)
amended by 43/2016 s 5(2)
s 7
substituted by 72/1991 s 9
s 7A
inserted by 90/1986 s 10(1) (Sch Pt 1)
1.2.1987
deleted by 72/1991 s 9
s 8
inserted by 62/1993 s 31
deleted by 63/2016 s 137
s 9
s 9A
inserted by 34/1981 s 39
1.7.1981
amended by 68/1982 s 6
amended by 108/1983 s 4(d)
Pt 2
amended by 66/1983 s 5
amended by 108/1983 s 4(e)—(g)
deleted by 72/1991 s 11
Pt 3
Heading preceding s 20
s 20
s 20(1)
amended by 72/1991 s 12
amended by 43/2016 s 6(1), (2)
s 21
deleted by 6/1985 s 4(a)
s 22
amended by 72/1991 s 13
amended by 43/2016 s 7(1), (2)
substituted by 36/2017 s 5
s 22A
s 22A(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 8
s 22A(4)
deleted by 72/1991 s 14
ss 23—25
s 26
amended by 51/1988 s 45
s 26A
Heading preceding s 27
s 27 before substitution by 36/2017
s 27(1)
s 27 proviso deleted by 26/1982 s 5(a)
s 27 redesignated as s 27(1) by 26/1982 s 5(b)
s 27(2)
inserted by 26/1982 s 5(b)
amended by 43/2016 s 9
s 27(3)
inserted by 26/1982 s 5(b)
amended by 72/1991 s 16
s 27
substituted by 36/2017 s 6
Heading preceding s 27A
s 27A before deletion by 36/2017
s 27A(1)
amended by 49/1980 s 2
amended by 72/1991 s 17
amended by 43/2016 s 10
s 27A(3)
amended by 32/1986 s 3
1.7.1986
amended by 5/1988 s 3
5.5.1988
s 27A
deleted by 36/2017 s 6
s 27B
amended by 43/2016 s 11
substituted by 36/2017 s 7
s 27C before substitution by 36/2017
s 27C(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 12(1)—(3)
s 27C(2)
substituted by 72/1991 s 18(a)
s 27C(3)
amended by 26/1982 s 6(a)
amended by 51/1988 s 46(a)
amended by 43/2016 s 12(4), (5)
s 27C(4)
amended by 26/1982 s 6(b)
amended by 72/1991 s 18(b)
s 27C(5)
amended by 72/1991 s 18(c)
s 27C(6)
amended by 26/1982 s 6(c)
deleted by 51/1988 s 46(b)
s 27C
substituted by 36/2017 s 7
s 27D
deleted by 26/1982 s 7
Heading preceding s 28
s 28
s 28(1)
amended by 72/1991 s 19(a)—(c)
s 28(2) and (3)
substituted by 72/1991 s 19(d)
s 28(4)
inserted by 72/1991 s 19(d)
Heading preceding s 29
s 29
substituted by 72/1991 s 20
amended by 62/1993 s 32
ss 30—41 and headings
deleted by 6/1985 s 4(b)
Pt 4
Pt 4 Div 1
amended by 26/1982 s 8
amended by 68/1982 s 7
amended by 51/1988 s 47
deleted by 72/1991 s 21
Pt 4 Div 2
amended by 43/2016 s 13
Heading preceding s 49
amended by 51/1988 s 48
s 49
substituted by 72/1991 s 22
s 49(1)
amended by 62/1993 s 33
amended by 43/2016 s 14(1)
s 49(2)
amended by 62/1993 s 33
amended by 43/2016 s 14(2)
s 49(3)
amended by 43/2016 s 14(3)
s 49(4)
amended by 43/2016 s 14(4), (5)
s 49(5)
amended by 43/2016 s 14(6), (7)
s 50
deleted by 72/1991 s 22
s 51
substituted by 72/1991 s 23
s 51(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 15(1)
s 51(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 15(1), (2)
s 52
substituted by 35/1996 s 3
3.2.1997
s 52(1)
s 52 amended and redesignated as s 52(1) by 53/2003 s 12(1), (2)
18.12.2003
s 52(2)
inserted by 53/2003 s 12(2)
18.12.2003
amended by 71/2017 Sch 1 cl 32
30.4.2018
amended by 17/2021 s 4
11.5.2023
Heading preceding s 53
omitted in pursuance of the Acts Republication Act 1967
s 53
deleted by 67/1996 s 31
Heading preceding s 54
s 54
s 54(1)—(3)
amended by 43/2016 s 16
s 55
deleted by 72/1991 s 24
Heading preceding s 56
s 56
s 56(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 17(1)
s 56(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 17(1), (2)
Heading preceding s 57
s 57
substituted by 72/1991 s 25
s 57(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 18(1)
amended by 36/2017 s 8(1)
s 57(2)
amended by 17/2006 s 227
amended by 43/2016 s 18(2)
amended by 36/2017 s 8(2), (3)
s 57(3)
amended by 43/2016 s 18(3)
s 57A before substitution by 36/2017
s 57A(1)
amended by 49/1980 s 3(a)
amended by 72/1991 s 26(a), (b)
amended by 43/2016 s 19(1), (2)
s 57A(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 19(3)
s 57A(4)
amended by 49/1980 s 3(b)
substituted by 72/1991 s 26(c)
s 57A(5)
deleted by 72/1991 s 26(c)
s 57A(6)
amended by 72/1991 s 26(d)
s 57A(7)
amended by 72/1991 s 26(e)
amended by 43/2016 s 19(4)
s 57A(7a)
inserted by 26/1982 s 9
amended by 72/1991 s 26(f), (g)
amended by 43/2016 s 19(5), (6)
s 57A(8)
amended by 49/1980 s 3(c)
amended by 72/1991 s 26(h)
amended by 43/2016 s 19(7)
s 57A(9)
amended by 72/1991 s 26(i), (j)
amended by 43/2016 s 19(8)
s 57A(10)
substituted by 44/1979 s 5(2) (Sch)
1.7.1979
s 57A(11)
substituted by 49/1980 s 3(d)
s 57A(11)
substituted by 49/1980 s 3(d)
public officer
amended by 78/2009 s 19(3)
s 57A
substituted by 36/2017 s 9
Heading preceding s 58
s 58
substituted by 72/1991 s 27
amended by 43/2016 s 20
Heading preceding s 59
s 59
amended by 6/1985 s 4(c)
substituted by 72/1991 s 28
s 59(1) and (2)
s 60
s 60(1)
amended by 72/1991 s 29(a)—(d)
amended by 43/2016 s 21
s 60(2)
substituted by 6/1985 s 4(d)
amended by 72/1991 s 29(e)
s 62
s 62(1) and (2)
amended by 17/2006 s 228
amended by 43/2016 s 22
s 62(3)
substituted by 72/1991 s 30
Pt 4 Div 3
s 62A
amended by 6/1985 s 4(e)
s 62A(1)
amended by 17/2006 s 229
amended by 43/2016 s 23(1), (2)
s 62B before substitution by 36/2017
s 62B(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 24(1)
s 62B(4)
amended by 43/2016 s 24(2)
s 62B(5)
amended by 43/2016 s 24(1)
s 62B(6)
amended by 51/1988 s 49(a), (b)
(d) deleted by 60/1998 s 44(a)
amended by 43/2016 s 24(3)
s 62B(8)
amended by 51/1988 s 49(c)
amended by 72/1991 s 31
amended by 60/1998 s 44(b)
s 62B
s 62B(5)
substituted by 18/2017 Sch 1
substituted by 9/2018 s 3
s 62BA before substitution by 36/2017
s 62BA(1)
amended by 49/1980 s 4(a)
amended by 17/2006 s 230
amended by 43/2016 s 25(1)—(4)
s 62BA(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 25(5)
s 62BA(4)
amended by 49/1980 s 4(b)
amended by 43/2016 s 25(6), (7)
s 62BA(5)
amended by 43/2016 s 25(8)
s 62BA
s 62C before substitution by 36/2017
s 62C(1)
amended by 51/1988 s 50
amended by 17/2006 s 231
amended by 43/2016 s 26
s 62C(2)
amended by 72/1991 s 32(a), (b)
amended by 43/2016 s 26
s 62C(3)
s 62C(3a)
amended by 72/1991 s 32(c)
s 62C(5)
amended by 72/1991 s 32(c)
s 62C(6)
substituted by 72/1991 s 32(d)
s 62C
s 62D
s 62D(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 27(1), (2)
s 62D(2)
s 62D(3) and (4)
inserted by 26/1982 s 10
s 63
s 63(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 28(1), (2)
s 63(2)
deleted by 72/1991 s 33
s 64
amended by 43/2016 s 29
s 65
amended by 6/1985 s 4(f)—(h)
amended by 51/1988 s 51
deleted by 72/1991 s 34
s 66
deleted by 72/1991 s 35
s 67
s 67(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 30
s 67(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 30
s 68
s 68(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 31(1)—(3)
s 68(3)
amended by 72/1991 s 36
amended by 43/2016 s 31(1)
s 69
amended by 43/2016 s 32
substituted by 18/2017 Sch 1
s 69A
s 69A(1)
amended by 51/1988 s 52
amended by 72/1991 s 37
amended by 43/2016 s 33
s 69A(2) and (3)
Pt 4 Div 4
Heading preceding s 70
s 70
s 70(1)
s 70 first sentence redesignated as s 70(1) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 70(2)
s 70 second sentence redesignated as s 70(2) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 70A
s 70A(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 34
s 70AB and heading
deleted by 51/1988 s 53
s 70B
amended by 72/1991 s 38
amended by 43/2016 s 35
s 71
s 71(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 36
s 71(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 36
s 72
amended by 26/1982 s 11
amended by 72/1991 s 39
deleted by 27/1995 s 22
4.5.1995
s 73 and heading
deleted by 51/1988 s 54
s 74 and heading
s 75
amended by 109/1981 s 46
s 76
amended by 68/1982 s 8
Heading preceding s 76A
inserted by 26/1982 s 12
s 76A
inserted by 26/1982 s 12
substituted by 72/1991 s 40
s 76A(1)
substituted by 43/2012 s 36
s 76A(2)
deleted by 43/2012 s 36
s 76A(3) and (4)
s 76B
inserted by 68/1982 s 9
deleted by 6/1985 s 4(i)
inserted by 72/1991 s 40
Pt 4 Div 5
s 77
amended by 51/1988 s 56
deleted by 72/1991 s 41
ss 78 and 79
deleted by 51/1988 s 57
Pt 4 Div 5
inserted by 12/2012 s 49
s 78
s 78(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 37(1)
s 78(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 37(2), (3)
s 78(4) and (5)
s 79
s 79(2) and (4)
s 80
s 80(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 38
s 80(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 38
s 80(3)—(8)
s 81
s 81(3)—(5)
s 82
s 82(1)—(3)
Pt 4 Div 5A
inserted by 68/1982 s 10
amended by 51/1988 ss 58, 59
amended by 72/1991 s 42
deleted by 60/1998 s 45
Pt 4 Div 6
amended by 109/1981 s 47
amended by 26/1982 s 13
amended by 68/1982 s 11
amended by 77/1984 s 3
1.1.1985
amended by 69/1986 s 21
8.12.1986
amended by 49/1987 Sch 2
21.6.1987
deleted by 51/1988 s 60
inserted by 29/2024 s 8
1.4.2025
Pt 4 Div 7
substituted by 46/1982 s 4
3.6.1982
amended by 72/1991 s 43
amended by 75/1992 ss 4—6
amended by 62/1993 ss 34—37
substituted by 20/1994 s 4
s 99 before deletion by 85/2009
s 99(a1)
inserted by 78/2009 s 9(1)
s 99(1)
amended by 78/2009 s 9(2)
s 99(2)
amended by 24/1999 s 13(a)
amended by 55/2001 s 6(a)
13.1.2002
s 99(2a)
inserted by 24/1999 s 13(b)
s 99(2ab)
inserted by 55/2001 s 6(b)
13.1.2002
s 99(2b)
inserted by 24/1999 s 13(b)
s 99(3a)
inserted by 24/1999 s 13(c)
s 99(3b)
inserted by 24/1999 s 13(c)
s 99(4)
substituted by 67/1996 s 32
s 99(5) and (6)
inserted by 67/1996 s 32
s 99
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 21
s 99AA
inserted by 51/1995 s 5
s 99AA(a1)
inserted by 78/2009 s 10(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 39(1)
substituted by 36/2017 s 11(1)
s 99AA(1)
amended by 38/2007 s 4(1)
(b) deleted by 38/2007 s 4(1)
amended by 78/2009 s 10(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 39(2)
amended by 36/2017 s 11(2)
s 99AA(2)
substituted by 38/2007 s 4(2)
s 99AA(3)
amended by 38/2007 s 4(3), (4)
s 99AA(4)
amended by 44/2006 s 65(1), (2)
substituted by 38/2007 s 4(5)
s 99AAB
inserted by 38/2007 s 5
s 99AAB(2)
amended by 78/2009 s 11
s 99AAC
inserted by 78/2009 s 12
s 99AAC(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 40(1)
amended by 36/2017 s 12(1)
s 99AAC(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 40(2)
amended by 36/2017 s 12(2)
s 99AAC(3)
s 99AAC(4)
amended by 43/2016 s 40(3)
amended by 36/2017 s 12(3), (4)
s 99AAC(5) and (6)
s 99AAC(7)
amended by 43/2016 s 40(4)—(10)
amended by 36/2017 s 12(5)—(11)
s 99AAC(8)
Chief Executive
substituted by 64/2017 s 130(1)
child sexual offence
amended by 28/2016 s 34
amended by 41/2017 s 15
Minister
amended by 64/2017 s 130(2)
s 99A
deleted by 78/2009 s 13
s 99B before deletion by 85/2009
s 99B(1)
s 99B(2)
substituted by 24/1999 s 14(a)
s 99B(3) and (4)
substituted by 24/1999 s 14(b)
s 99B(5)
amended by 24/1999 s 14(c)
s 99B(5a)
inserted by 24/1999 s 14(d)
s 99B(7)
s 99B
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 23
s 99C
s 99C(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 41
amended by 36/2017 s 13
s 99C(2)
substituted by 24/1999 s 15(a)
amended by 43/2016 s 41
amended by 36/2017 s 13
s 99C(3)
s 99C(3a)
inserted by 23/2004 s 25
deleted by 78/2009 s 14
s 99C(4)—(6)
substituted by 24/1999 s 15(b)
s 99C(7) and (8)
inserted by 24/1999 s 15(b)
s 99CA before deletion by 85/2009
inserted by 23/2004 s 26
s 99CA(1)
s 99CA
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 25
s 99D before deletion by 85/2009
s 99D(1)
amended by 51/1995 s 6
amended by 24/1999 s 16(a)
s 99D(2)
amended by 24/1999 s 16(b)
s 99D
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 25
s 99E before substitution by 36/2017
s 99E(1)
s 99E redesignated as s 99E(1) by 24/1999 s 17
s 99E(2)
s 99E(3)
s 99E(4)
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 26
s 99E
substituted by 36/2017 s 14
s 99F
s 99F(1)
amended by 78/2009 ss 15, 19(1)
(c) deleted by 78/2009 s 15
s 99F(1a)
inserted by 24/1999 s 18(a)
amended by 17/2006 s 232
s 99F(2)
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 27(2)
s 99F(3)
substituted by 67/1996 s 33
amended by 24/1999 s 18(b)
s 99G
s 99G(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 42
amended by 36/2017 s 15(1), (2)
s 99G(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 42
amended by 36/2017 s 15(3), (4)
s 99H
s 99H(1) and (3)
s 99H(4)
s 99H(6)
s 99I
s 99I(1)
amended by 78/2009 s 16(1)
s 99I(2)
s 99I(3)
s 99I(5)
inserted by 38/2007 s 6
s 99I(6)
inserted by 78/2009 s 16(2)
s 99J
amended by 17/2006 s 233
amended by 43/2016 s 43(1), (2)
amended by 36/2017 s 16(1), (2)
s 99K
s 99KA
inserted by 78/2009 s 17
s 99KA(1) and (2)
s 99KA(4)
amended by 64/2017 s 131
s 99KA(5)
s 99L
deleted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 31
Pt 5 before substitution by 18/2017
amended by 64/1976 s 2
amended by 115/1976 ss 19, 20
amended by 31/1977 s 14
1.9.1977
amended by 109/1981 ss 48—57
amended by 66/1983 ss 6—8
amended by 77/1984 s 4
1.1.1985
amended by 78/1984 s 3
amended by 107/1984 s 10
amended by 6/1985 s 4(j)—(r)
amended by 60/1987 s 5
amended by 51/1988 ss 61—65
amended by 33/1989 ss 4—9
1.1.1990
amended by 33/1991 s 12
6.6.1991
amended by 49/1991 Sch 2
substituted by 72/1991 s 44
Pt 4 Div 8
inserted by 28/2022 s 3
18.12.2022
Pt 5 Div 1
s 102
s 102(3)
amended by 43/1994 s 20(a)
s 102(3a)
inserted by 43/1994 s 20(b)
amended by 43/2016 s 44
s 103
s 103(3a)
inserted by 37/2001 s 4(a)
s 103(3aa)
inserted by 43/2012 s 37
s 103(4)
inserted by 43/1994 s 21
s 103(5)
inserted by 12/2012 s 50
Pt 5 Div 2
s 104
s 104(1)
amended by 42/1999 s 55(a), (b)
3.10.1999
amended by 52/2004 s 10(1), (2)
amended by 74/2005 s 13(1)
amended by 7/2008 s 26(1)
amended by 36/2017 s 17(1)
s 104(2)
amended by 42/1999 s 55(c)
3.10.1999
amended by 74/2005 s 13(2)
s 104(3)
substituted by 65/1995 s 9
amended by 16/2015 s 30(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 45(1)
s 104(4)
substituted by 65/1995 s 9
amended by 16/2015 s 30(2)—(5)
s 104(4a)
inserted by 16/2015 s 30(6)
s 104(5)
deleted by 65/1995 s 9
s 104(5)
inserted by 52/2004 s 10(3)
substituted by 7/2008 s 26(2)
s 104(6)
inserted by 62/1993 s 38
amended by 78/2009 s 18
deleted by 43/2016 s 45(2)
s 104(7)
inserted by 74/2005 s 13(3)
deleted by 36/2017 s 17(2)
Note
deleted by 16/2015 s 30(7)
s 105
s 105(1)
amended by 43/2012 s 38(1)
s 105(2)
amended by 43/2012 s 38(2)
s 105(4a)
inserted by 37/2001 s 4(b)
amended by 43/2012 s 38(3)
s 106
s 106(1)
amended by 17/2006 s 234(1), (2)
s 106(2)
amended by 44/2006 s 66
s 106(3)
amended by 17/2006 s 234(3)
amended by 28/2016 s 35
amended by 16/2015 s 31
s 107
s 107(3)
amended by 62/1993 s 39
amended by 43/2016 s 46
s 107(5) and (6)
substituted by 74/2005 s 14
Pt 5 Div 3
s 108
s 108(1)
inserted by 43/2012 s 39
s 108(2)
s 108 redesignated as s 108(2) by 43/2012 s 39
Pt 5 Div 4
s 112
amended by 27/1995 s 23
4.5.1995
s 113
amended by 26/1992 s 12
Pt 5 Div 5
amended by 43/2012 s 40
s 114
amended by 43/2012 s 41
Pt 5
substituted by 18/2017 s 7
Pt 5 Div 1
s 103
s 103(1)
substituted by 4/2023 s 12
22.6.2023
Pt 5 Div 3
s 108
s 108(3)
inserted by 35/2020 s 4
s 111
s 111(6)
amended by 57/2021 s 9
s 114
s 114(3)
amended by 57/2021 s 10
Pt 5 Div 3A
inserted by 35/2020 s 5
Pt 5
s 117
s 117(3)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 13
Pt 5 Div 5
s 123
s 123(2)
amended by 9/2018 s 4(1)
s 123(5)
amended by 9/2018 s 4(2)
s 124
s 124(8)
substituted by 25/2022 s 4
8.3.2023
Pt 5 Div 6
s 133
amended by 35/2020 s 6(1)
(c) deleted by 35/2020 s 6(2)
Pt 6
amended by 26/1982 ss 14—17
amended by 68/1982 s 12
amended by 6/1985 s 4(s), (t)
amended by 51/1988 ss 66, 67
deleted by 72/1991 s 45
Pt 6
inserted by 18/2017 s 7
s 146
s 146(1) and (3)—(6)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 14
s 147
s 147(1) and (3)—(6)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 15
s 148
s 148(1) and (3)—(6)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 16
s 149
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 17
Pt 6A
inserted by 18/2017 s 7
s 152
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 18
s 153
s 153(2)—(7)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 19
s 154
s 154(1) and (2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 20
s 155
s 155(1) and (2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 21
s 157
s 157(1)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 22
amended by 57/2021 s 11(1)
s 157(2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 22
s 157(3)
inserted by 57/2021 s 11(2)
s 158
s 158(1)—(8)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 23
s 159
s 159(1)—(3) and (5)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 24
s 160
s 160(1)—(3)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 25
s 161
s 161(1) and (2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1cl 26
s 162
s 162(1) and (3)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 27
s 163
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 28(1), (2)
s 164
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 29
s 165
s 165(1) and (2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 30(1)
s 165(3) and (4)
deleted by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 30(2)
s 166
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 31
s 167
s 167(3)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 32
s 168
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 33
s 170
s 170(2) and (3)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 34
s 171
s 171(1) and (2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 35
s 172
s 172(1)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 36
s 173
s 173(1) and (2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 37
Pt 7
ss 175—179
inserted by 18/2017 s 8
s 180
inserted by 18/2017 s 8
s 180(1a)
inserted by 21/2019 s 10(1)
s 180(4)
amended by 21/2019 s 10(2), (3)
Heading preceding s 181
s 181
substituted by 72/1991 s 46
s 181(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 47
s 181(2)
amended by 43/2016 s 47
s 182
substituted by 72/1991 s 46
s 182(1) and (2)
Heading preceding s 183
s 183
inserted by 41/1998 s 9
1.10.1998
s 184
inserted by 41/1998 s 9
1.10.1998
s 184(1)
amended by 84/2009 s 346
1.2.2010
amended by 62/2016 s 14
s 184(2)
ss 185—187
Heading preceding s 187AA
substituted by 104/1988 s 2
s 187AA
substituted by 104/1988 s 2
Heading preceding s 187A
s 187A
s 187A(1)
amended by 26/1982 s 18(a)
amended by 72/1991 s 47(a)
amended by 43/2016 s 48(1), (2)
s 187A(1a)
inserted by 26/1982 s 18(b)
substituted by 72/1991 s 47(b)
s 187AB and heading
inserted by 6/1985 s 4(u)
deleted by 72/1991 s 48
s 187B and heading
deleted by 51/1988 s 68
s 188
amended by 49/1991 Sch 2
s 188(1)—(3)
s 189 before substitution by 31/2011
s 189(1)
substituted by 62/1993 s 40(a)
amended by 24/1999 s 19(a)
s 189(2a)
inserted by 24/1999 s 19(b)
s 189(5)
substituted by 62/1993 s 40(b)
s 189(8)
inserted by 24/1999 s 19(c)
complainant
inserted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 32
restraining order
substituted by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 32
s 189
substituted by 31/2011 s 18
s 189A
s 189A(1)
(b) deleted by 31/2013 s 47
3.2.2014
s 189A(2) and (3)
s 189B
amended by 18/2017 s 9, Sch 1
amended by 9/2018 s 5
s 189C
s 189C(1)
amended by 43/2016 s 49(1), (2)
s 189C(2)
complainant—see informant
informant
complainant amended to read informant by 43/2016 s 49(3)
s 189D
s 189D(1)—(4)
s 190
s 191
s 191(2)
s 191(3)
inserted by 18/2017 Sch 1
s 191A
inserted by 18/2017 s 10
s 192
s 192(1)
s 192 redesignated as s 192(1) by 18/2017 Sch 1
s 192(2)
inserted by 18/2017 Sch 1
ss 193—203 and headings
amended by 26/1982 s 19
deleted by 72/1991 s 48
Schs 1 and 2
Sch 3
inserted by 72/1991 s 49
amended by 80/1999 Sch para (c)
25.12.1999
deleted by 26/2002 s 19(2) (Sch 3 cl 9(g))
Sch 4
inserted by 72/1991 s 49
deleted by 26/2002 s 19(2) (Sch 3 cl 9(g))
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments
Statutes Repeal and Amendment (Courts) Act 1991
22—Transitional provisions—general
(1) This section applies to amendments made by this Act or the Justices Amendment Act 1991.
(2) The following transitional provisions apply in relation to those amendments:
(a) if the effect of the amendment is to reduce the penalty for an offence, the amendment applies whether the offence was committed before or after the amendment takes effect;
(b) if the effect of the amendment is to increase the penalty for an offence, the amendment applies only to offences committed after it takes effect;
(c) if the effect of the amendment is to increase or remove a time limit for commencing proceedings for an offence, the previous limit applies in respect of an offence committed before the amendment takes effect;
(d) an amendment affecting the classification of an offence as summary or indictable does not apply in relation to an offence committed before the amendment takes effect.
Summary Procedure (Restraining Orders) Amendment Act 1994
An order in force or registered under Part 4 Division 7 of the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this Act continues to have effect as if it were an order in force or registered under that Part as substituted by this Act.
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Justice Portfolio) Act 1999
56—Transitional provision
Section 104 of the principal Act, as amended by this Part, applies in relation to proceedings commenced before or after the commencement of this Part.
Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Sentencing Procedures) Amendment Act 2001
The amendments made by the Act are to be considered procedural rather than substantive.
Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration) Act 2001
31—Transitional provision
The amendments made to the principal Act by this Part do not apply in respect of an offence committed before the commencement of this Part.
Statutes Amendment (Courts Efficiency Reforms) Act 2012
42—Transitional provisions
(1) The amendment made to section 76A of the Summary Procedure Act 1921 by section 36 applies in respect of convictions and orders made before or after the commencement of the amendment.
(2) The amendments made to sections 103, 105 and 108 of the Summary Procedure Act 1921 by sections 37, 38 and 39—
(a) do not apply in respect of the procedure to be followed after the commencement of this Part in proceedings commenced before that commencement (and such proceedings are to proceed as if this Act had not been enacted); and
(b) apply in respect of the procedure to be followed in proceedings commenced after that commencement.
Summary Procedure (Abolition of Complaints) Amendment Act 2016, Sch 1 Pt 2—Transitional provision
2—Certain statements to have effect as affidavits
(1) For the purposes of section 104(3) of the Summary Procedure Act 1921 (as amended by this Act), a requirement under that subsection that a statement be in the form of an affidavit will be taken to be satisfied if the statement is in the form of a written statement verified by declaration made before the commencement of this clause and in the form prescribed by the rules (as in force immediately before the commencement of this clause).
(2) In this clause—
rules has the same meaning as in the Summary Procedure Act 1921.
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act 2017, Sch 2 Pt 14
41—Transitional provision
The amendments made by this Act apply to proceedings relating to an offence that are commenced after the commencement of this Act, regardless of when the offence occurred (and the Acts amended by this Act, as in force before the commencement of this Act, continue to apply to proceedings that were commenced before the commencement of this Act).
Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2018, Sch 1—Transitional provision
1—Application of amendment
Section 189B of the Criminal Procedure Act 1921, as in force after the commencement of section 5, applies in relation to proceedings whether commenced before or after the commencement of section 5.
Statutes Amendment (Stealthing and Consent) Act 2022, Pt 3
The amendments made by this Part apply to proceedings relating to an offence that are commenced after the commencement of this Part, regardless of when the offence occurred.
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