Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 44 of 1935
- Royal Assent 25 October 1935
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I - Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Section 2
3. Interpretation
PART II - General Police Provisions Division I - Drunkenness,
vagrancy, indecency, and other public annoyances
4. Drunkenness when in charge of vehicle or in possession of dangerous
weapon
4A. Custody of intoxicated persons
4B. Provisions relating to persons held in custody
4C. Declaration of places of safety
5. Section 5
6. Section 6
6A. Display of certain insignia, &c., prohibited
6B. Search, seizure and forfeiture of prohibited items
6C. Display of Nazi symbols prohibited, &c.
6D. Performance of Nazi gestures, &c., prohibited
7. Loiterers, &c.
7A. Loitering near children
7B. Possession of implement or instrument
8. Begging, imposition, &c.
9. Section 9
10. Disorderly houses
11. Section 11
12. Prohibited language and behaviour
13. Public annoyance
13A. Observation or recording in breach of privacy
13B. Publishing or distributing prohibited visual recording
13C. Possession of prohibited visual recording
13D. Persons who are not criminally responsible for an offence under
section 13A or 13B
14. Public decency
Division IA - Offences relating to trespass to lands
14A. Peering into dwelling-houses, &c.
14B. Unlawful entry on land, &c.
14C. Names and addresses of offenders may be required
14D. Alternative convictions
Division II - Offences relating to good order and safety
15. Section 15
15A. Section 15A
15B. Dispersal of persons
15C. Dangerous articles
15CA. Graffiti and graffiti equipment
15D. Use, carriage and possession of crossbows
15E. Body armour
15F. Laser pointers
16. Street entertainment
17. Chimneys on fire
18. Discharge of distress signals
17A. Section 17A
17B. Section 17B
19. Poisoned substances
19AA. Dangerous junk
19A. Sports venues
20. Misbehaviour at public meetings
Division III - Consorting
20A. Interpretation of Division III
20B. Object of Division III
20C. Consorting
20D. Official warnings
20E. Review of decision to authorise giving of official warning
20F. Review of Division
20AA. Section 20AA
20G. Section 20G
20H. Section 20H
20I. Section 20I
20J. Section 20J
20K. Section 20K
20L. Section 20L
20M. Section 20M
20N. Section 20N
Division IIIA - Prohibited behaviour
21. Prohibited behaviour
21A. Unlawfully administering drug, &c.
22. Section 22
23. Section 23
24. Section 24
24A. Section 24A
24B. Section 24B
Division IV - Consumption of liquor
25. Consumption of liquor in streets, &c.
Division V - Sale or supply of liquor to youths
26. Sale or supply of liquor to youths
27. Section 27
28. Section 28
29. Section 29
30. Section 30
31. Section 31
32. Section 32
Division VI -
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33. Section 33
34. Section 34
34A. Section 34A
Division VII - Offences against public authority
34B. Resistance to, and obstruction of, public officers prohibited
PART III - Injuries to the Person
35. Common assault and aggravated assault
35A. Tattooing, body piercing and body modification
36. Injury by driving, &c.
PART IV - Injuries to Property
37. Offences relating to property
37AAA. Interference with war memorials
37AA. Unlawfully setting fire to property
PART IVA - Offences Involving Vehicles Division 1 - Motor vehicle
stealing, &c.
37A. Interpretation
37B. Motor vehicle stealing
37C. Procuring the hire or use of a motor vehicle by fraud, &c.
37D. Summary prosecution of offenders
37E. Penalty
37F. Disqualification from driving
37G. Requirement of owner or registered operator to provide details
37GA. Notice of demand
37GB. Statutory declaration naming driver or occupant of vehicle
37H. Application of section 18 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
37I. Tampering with vehicles
37J. Excessive noise, smoke, &c., from vehicles
37JA. Use of spotlights on vehicles on public streets
Division 2 - Confiscation and clamping of vehicles for certain
offences Subdivision 1 - Preliminary
37K. Interpretation of Division
37L. Application of Division
37M. Punishment under Division additional to other punishment
37MA. Special compulsory penalty for prescribed offences
Subdivision 2 - Clamping and confiscation of vehicles
37N. Clamping and confiscation of vehicles
37O. Period of clamping or confiscation for first prescribed offence
37P. Period of clamping or confiscation for second prescribed offence
37Q. Period of clamping or confiscation for third or subsequent prescribed
offence
37QA. Period of clamping or confiscation for evasion vehicle
37QB. Evasion vehicle may be forfeited
37R. Transportation of vehicle to holding yard
37S. Unlawful interference with, or removal of, confiscated vehicle
37SA. Unlawful interference with clamped vehicle, &c.
37T. Notice of clamping or confiscation to be given
37U. Content of notice for first offence
37V. Content of notice for second or subsequent offence
37VA. Content of notice for evasion offence
37W. Advice to registered operator of date of hearing
37X. Costs of confiscation
Subdivision 3 - Forfeiture orders
37Y. Application for forfeiture of vehicles
37Z. Defence to show no knowledge and consent
37ZA. Powers for enforcing forfeiture order
37ZB. Third party protection from forfeiture order
Subdivision 4 - Unclamping and recovery, &c., of vehicles
37ZC. Unclamping or recovery of vehicle clamped or confiscated for
prescribed offence
37ZD. Unclamping or recovery of vehicle clamped or confiscated for second
or subsequent prescribed offence
37ZE. Clamped or confiscated vehicle may be unclamped or returned in
certain circumstances
37ZF. Unclamping or return of vehicle in case of severe hardship upon
conviction
37ZG. Return of vehicle if offending driver not convicted, &c.
Subdivision 5 - Disposal of vehicles, &c.
37ZH. Disposal of confiscated vehicle
37ZI. Disposal of forfeited vehicle
37ZJ. Voluntary transfer of ownership of vehicle to Crown
37ZK. Clamped or confiscated vehicle not to be sold or disposed of
37ZL. Application of proceeds of sale
Subdivision 6 - Miscellaneous
37ZLA. Power of Commissioner to authorise unclamping
37ZM. Protection from liability
PART V - Offences Involving Dishonesty
38. Section 38
38A. Making off without payment
38B. Stealing with force
39. Possession of stolen property
39A. Section 39A
40. Section 40
41. Advertising reward for return of stolen property
42. Taking or using animal, vehicle, or vessel without owner's consent
43. Finding property
PART VA - Offences Relating to Computers
43A. Computer-related fraud
43B. Damaging computer data
43C. Unauthorized access to a computer
43D. Insertion of false information as data
43E. Extra-territorial application of this Part
43F. Period during which complaint may be made
PART VI - Miscellaneous Offences Division I - Bogus advertisements
and false notices
44. Bogus advertisements
44A. False reports to police
Division II -
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45. Section 45
46. Section 46
Division IIA - Setting of traps
46A. Section 46A
Division III - Motor-vehicle races and reliability trials
47. Interpretation
48. No motor-vehicle race to be held without a permit
49. Power of Commissioner of Police to grant permit
Division IIIAA - Activities on public streets
49AA. Interpretation of Division
49AB. Public street permits
Division IIIA - Public entertainments
49A. Interpretation
49B. Power of Commissioner to control public entertainments
49C. Section 49C
Division IV -
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50. Section 50
51. Section 51
52. Section 52
53. Section 53
54. Section 54
PART VII - Powers of Police Officers and Other Persons Division I
- Arrest
55. Arrest
55A. Names and addresses of offenders
56. Procedure on arrest
Division II - Entry and search
57. Power of police officers to enter certain places
57A. Searching of hawkers, &c.
57B. Section 57B
58. Search of persons for poison
58A. Power to search for liquor
58B. Search of accused person in custody
Division III - Search warrants
59. Section 59
60. Commissioner's warrant
Division IV - Infringement notices
61. Infringement notices
62. Payments into Public Account
PART VIII - Declaration of Crime Scenes and Serious Incident Sites
Division 1 - Crime scenes
63. Declaration of crime scene
63A. Authority at crime scene
Division 2 - Serious incident sites
63B. Declaration of serious incident site
63C. Authority at serious incident site
PART IX - Procedure and Supplemental Provisions
64. Accomplice
65. Power of court, upon neglect to prosecute, court to order another
person to proceed
66. Provision relating to determination of certain questions by courts
67. Averment of age prima facie proof
67A. Evidentiary provision
68. Procedure for seized firearms
69. Disposal of property forfeited to Crown
70. Section 70
71. Section 71
72. Section 72
73. Act not to affect rights of the Crown
74. Regulations
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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