Crimes Act 1914

Pt II repealed by No 67 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 43, effective 30 June 2018.

S 24E repealed by No 144 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 7 item 2, effective 11 January 2006. S 24E formerly read:

Punishment of offences

(1)
An offence under section 24C or 24D shall be punishable either on indictment or summarily, but shall not be prosecuted summarily without the consent of the Attorney-General.

(2)
If any person who is prosecuted summarily in respect of an offence against section 24C or 24D , elects, immediately after pleading, to be tried upon indictment, the court or magistrate shall not proceed to summarily convict that person but may commit him for trial.

(3)
The penalty for an offence against section 24C or 24D shall, where the offence is prosecuted summarily, be imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.