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Criminal Code Act 1924
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457 Repeal of section 155
(1) In this section, common law defence means a rule or principle of the common law that renders any circumstances a justification or excuse for any act or omission or a defence to a charge upon indictment.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the repeal effected by section 4 of the Criminal Code Amendment (Year and a Day Rule Repeal) Act 1993 is not to be taken as reviving any common law defence that might, but for this section, be revived by the repeal.