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CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (GRAFFITI) BILL 2009

                       Western Australia


Criminal Code Amendment (Graffiti) Bill 2009

                           CONTENTS


  1.    Short title                                             2
  2.    Commencement                                            2
  3.    The Criminal Code amended                               2
  4.    Chapter XXIV inserted                                   2
        Chapter XXIV -- Miscellaneous offences
        216.     Selling graffiti implements to children   2
  5.    Section 445 amended                                     3




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



 Criminal Code Amendment (Graffiti) Bill 2009


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the The Criminal Code.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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1    1.       Short title
2             This is the Criminal Code Amendment (Graffiti) Act 2009.

3    2.       Commencement
4             This Act comes into operation as follows --
5              (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
6                    receives the Royal Assent;
7              (b) the rest of the Act -- on a day fixed by proclamation,
8                    and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

9    3.       The Criminal Code amended
10            This Act amends The Criminal Code.

11   4.       Chapter XXIV inserted
12            After section 215 insert:
13

14                 Chapter XXIV -- Miscellaneous offences
15          216.     Selling graffiti implements to children
16             (1)   In this section --
17                   graffiti implement means any of these --
18                     (a) a can of spray paint;
19                     (b) a pen, marker pen, or similar implement,
20                            that --
21                               (i) has a tip over 6 mm wide; and
22                              (ii) contains a fluid that is not water soluble
23                                   and that is capable of marking a surface.
24             (2)   A person who sells a graffiti implement to a child
25                   commits an offence and is liable --
26                     (a) for a first offence, to a fine of $6 000;
27                     (b) for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $12 000.

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1         (3)   It is a defence to a charge of an offence under
2               subsection (2) to prove the accused, or a person acting
3               on behalf of the accused, believed on reasonable
4               grounds that the person to whom the implement was
5               sold had reached 18 years of age.
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7    5.   Section 445 amended
8         In section 445 delete "12 months and a fine of $12 000." and
9         insert:
10

11        2 years and a fine of $24 000.
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