Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Act 2010 (37 of 2010)

Schedule 1   Amendments and repeal relating to offence of torture

Part 2   Other amendments

Criminal Code Act 1995

2   Paragraph 71.13(1)(a) of the Criminal Code

Omit “torture”, substitute “the deliberate and systematic infliction of severe pain over a period of time”.


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