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TASMANIA
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POLICE OFFENCES AMENDMENT (BEGGING)
BILL 2016
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 8 substituted
8. Public obscene exposure
5. Repeal of Act
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POLICE OFFENCES AMENDMENT (BEGGING)
BILL 2016
(Brought in by Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Police Offences Act 1935
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Police Offences
Amendment (Begging) Act 2016.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Part, the Police Offences Act 1935* is referred
to as the Principal Act.
*No. 44 of 1935
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Police Offences Amendment (Begging) Act 2016
Act No. of
s. 4
4. Section 8 substituted
Section 8 of the Principal Act is repealed and the
following Section is substituted:
8. Public obscene exposure
(1) A person shall not willfully and obscenely
expose his person in any public place or in
the view of persons therein.
(2) A person who contravenes a provision of
subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is
liable on summary conviction to a penalty
not exceeding 10 penalty units or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12
months.
5. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and
sixty fifth day from the day on which all of the
provisions of this Act commence.
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