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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION (PROVOCATION) AMENDMENT BILL 2015

South Australia

Criminal Law Consolidation (Provocation) Amendment Bill 2015

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935


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Contents

Part 1—Preliminary


1Short title


2Amendment provisions


Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935


3Insertion of section 11A


11ALimitation on defence of provocation



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (Provocation) Amendment Act 2015.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

3—Insertion of section 11A

After section 11 insert:

11A—Limitation on defence of provocation

For the purposes of proceedings in which the defence of provocation may be raised, conduct of a sexual nature by a person does not constitute provocation merely because the person was the same sex as the defendant.

 


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