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Evidence Act 1906
Part 1Offences under *The Criminal Code*
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Part 1 — Offences under *The Criminal Code*
| s. 58 | Threatening a person who is to give, or has given, evidence before Parliament |
| s. 68 | Going armed in public so as to cause fear |
| s. 74 | Threatening violence in relation to a dwelling house |
| s. 98 | Undue influence of an elector |
| s. 123 | Threatening a juror or corruption of or by a juror |
| s. 128 | Threatening a witness before a Royal Commission or public inquiry |
| s. 144 | Forcibly freeing certain offenders from custody |
| s. 186 | Occupier or owner permitting a young person to be on premises for unlawful carnal knowledge |
| s. 191 | Procuration |
| s. 192(1), (3) and (4) | Procuring unlawful carnal knowledge of a person by threats, intimidation or drugs |
| s. 279 | Murder |
| s. 280 | Manslaughter |
| s. 281 | Unlawful assault causing death |
| s. 283 | Attempt to murder |
| s. 288 | Procuring, inducing or aiding suicide |
| s. 290 | Killing an unborn child |
| s. 292 | Disabling in order to commit an indictable offence or facilitate the flight of an offender |
| s. 293 | Stupefying in order to commit an indictable offence or facilitate the flight of an offender |
| s. 294 | Acts intended to maim, disfigure or disable, do grievous bodily harm, or resist or prevent arrest |
| s. 294A | Offences relating to dangerous goods on aircraft |
| s. 295 | Preventing or obstructing escape or rescue from a wreck |
| s. 297 | Grievous bodily harm |
| s. 301(1) | Unlawful wounding |
| s. 301(2) | Unlawful administration of poison etc., with intent to injure or annoy |
| s. 304 | Acts or omissions causing bodily harm or danger |
| s. 305 | Setting dangerous things for people |
| s. 313 | Common assaults |
| s. 317 | Assaults occasioning bodily harm |
| s. 317A | Assaults with intent |
| s. 318 | Serious assaults |
| s. 318A | Assaulting or threatening a member of the crew of an aircraft |
| s. 320 | Child under 13: Sexual offences against |
| s. 321 | Child of or over 13 and under 16: Sexual offences against |
| s. 321A | Persistent sexual conduct with child under 16 |
| s. 322 | Child of or over 16: Sexual offences against by person in authority etc. |
| s. 323 | Indecent assault |
| s. 324 | Aggravated indecent assault |
| s. 325 | Sexual penetration without consent |
| s. 326 | Aggravated sexual penetration without consent |
| s. 327 | Sexual coercion |
| s. 328 | Aggravated sexual coercion |
| s. 329 | Relatives and the like: Sexual offences by |
| s. 330 | Incapable person: Sexual offences against |
| s. 331B | Sexual servitude |
| s. 331C | Conducting business involving sexual servitude |
| s. 331D | Deceptive recruiting for commercial sexual services |
| s. 332 | Kidnapping |
| s. 333 | Deprivation of liberty |
| s. 336 | Procuring apprehension or detention of persons not suffering from mental illness or impairment |
| s. 337 | Unlawful detention or custody of persons who are mentally ill or impaired |
| s. 338A | Threats with intent to influence |
| s. 338B | Threats |
| s. 338C | False statements as to the existence of threats or plans to harm persons or property |
| s. 343 | Child stealing |
| s. 344 | Desertion of a child |
| s. 392 | Robbery |
| s. 393 | Assault with intent to rob |
| s. 396 | Demanding property with threats with intent to steal |
| s. 397 | Demanding property with threats with intent to extort or gain |
| s. 399 | Procuring execution, destruction etc., of documents by violence or restraint or by threats |
| s. 444 | Criminal damage |
| s. 449 | Casting away, destroying or endangering vessels |
| s. 451 | Obstructing or damaging railways |
| s. 451A | Endangering the safe use of aircraft |
| s. 451B | Unlawful interference with mechanism of aircraft |
| s. 454 | Causing explosion likely to do serious damage to property |
| s. 455 | Attempting to cause explosion likely to do serious damage to property |
| s. 456 | Attempts to damage or obstruct mines |
| s. 457 | Interfering with marine signals |
| s. 458 | Interfering with navigation works |
[Part 1 inserted: No. 48 of 1991 s. 10; amended: No. 14 of 1992 s. 15(2); No. 82 of 1994 s. 13(4)(a); No. 69 of 1996 s. 31; No. 15 of 1998 s. 6(1); No. 23 of 2001 s. 10(3); No. 3 of 2002 s. 41(3); No. 4 of 2004 s. 24, 26 and 61(6); No. 2 of 2008 s. 55; No. 29 of 2008 s. 33; No. 20 of 2023 s. 22(1).]