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Criminal Code Act 1924
453Abolition of capital punishment
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453 Abolition of capital punishment
After the commencement of the Criminal Code Act 1968 , the sentence of punishment by death is no longer to be pronounced or recorded, and the punishment of death is no longer to be inflicted, in respect of crimes committed against the laws of the State.