Whereas the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly on 22 December 1911,
directed the compilation with its amendments of the Criminal Code Act 1902 ;
and a compilation of the said Act and the Acts amending the same was duly made
in accordance with the Statutes Compilation Act (as amended): And whereas it
is desirable to repeal the Acts so compiled: And whereas in order to carry out
the purposes of the Criminal Code Amendment Act 1913 , it is desirable to
include in the compilation the further amendments authorised to be so included
by that Act, and also the provisions of the Secret Commissions Act 1905
(except section 19 thereof), and to repeal the last-mentioned Act and the
portions of the Criminal Code Amendment Act 1913 , containing the said further
amendments: And whereas the Acts and the parts of an Act which it is desirable
to repeal are set out in the Appendix A; and the compiled Act set out in
Appendix B is a true compilation of the Acts and parts of Acts so directed to
be compiled or authorised to be included in the compilation as aforesaid, and
it is desirable to give such compilation the force of law. Be it therefore
enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western
Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows: