Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 7 - THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT  

Part 7.2 - Theft and other property offences  

Division 132 - Other property offences  

SECTION 132.2   Robbery  

(1)    
A person commits an offence if the person commits theft and:

(a) immediately before committing theft, the person:

(i) uses force on another person; or

(ii) threatens to use force then and there on another person;

with intent to commit theft or to escape from the scene; or

(b) at the time of committing theft, or immediately after committing theft, the person:

(i) uses force on another person; or

(ii) threatens to use force then and there on another person;

with intent to commit theft or to escape from the scene.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.

(2)    
For the purposes of this Code, an offence against subsection (1) is to be known as the offence of robbery.

Note:

Theft means an offence against section 131.1 . Under section 131.1 , an element of the offence of theft is that the property belongs to a Commonwealth entity.

(3)    
In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) , it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the property belonged to a Commonwealth entity.