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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23A
Part IC--Investigation of Commonwealth offences 23A
Application of Part
- (1)
- Any law of the Commonwealth in force immediately before
the commencement of this Part, and any rule of the common
law, has no effect so far as it is inconsistent with this
Part.
- (2)
- This Part does not exclude or limit the operation of a
law of a State or Territory so far as it can operate
concurrently with this Part.
- (3)
- In subsection (2):
law of a State or Territory includes such a law
that is given a particular application by a law of the
Commonwealth.
- (4)
- Where a law of a State or Territory would, apart from
this subsection, require the electronic recording of
confessional evidence in relation to a Commonwealth
offence (whether or not expressed as a condition of the
admissibility of that evidence), that requirement ceases
to apply on the commencement of this Part.
- (5)
- The provisions of this Part, so far as they protect the
individual, are in addition to, and not in derogation of,
any rights and freedoms of the individual under a law of
the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
- (6)
- If an offence against a law of the Australian Capital
Territory is punishable by imprisonment for a period
exceeding 12 months and the investigating official
concerned is a member or special member of the Australian
Federal Police, this Part applies to that offence as if:
- (a)
- references to Commonwealth offences included
references to that offence; and
- (b)
- references to a law of the Commonwealth included
references to a law of that Territory.
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