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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 24AA
24AA Treachery
- (1)
- A person shall not:
- (a)
- do any act or thing with intent:
- (i)
- to overthrow the
Constitution of the Commonwealth by revolution
or sabotage; or
- (ii)
- to overthrow by force or violence the established
government of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a
proclaimed country; or
- (b)
- within the Commonwealth or a Territory not forming
part of the Commonwealth:
- (i)
- levy war, or do any act preparatory to levying
war, against a proclaimed country;
- (ii)
- assist by any means whatever, with intent to
assist, a proclaimed enemy of a proclaimed country;
or
- (iii)
- instigate a person to make an armed invasion of a
proclaimed country.
- (2)
- Where a part of the Defence Force is on, or is
proceeding to, service outside the Commonwealth and the
Territories not forming part of the Commonwealth, a person
shall not assist by any means whatever, with intent to
assist, any persons:
- (a)
- against whom that part of the Defence Force, or a
force that includes that part of the Defence Force is
or is likely to be opposed; and
- (b)
- who are specified, or included in a class of persons
specified, by proclamation to be persons in respect of
whom, or a class of persons in respect of which, this
subsection applies.
- (3)
- A person who contravenes a provision of this section
shall be guilty of an indictable offence, called
treachery.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.
- (4)
- In this section:
proclaimed country means a country specified by
proclamation made for the purpose of this definition to be
a proclaimed country, and includes any colony, overseas
territory or protectorate of that country, or any
territory for the international relations of which that
country is responsible, which is a colony, overseas
territory, protectorate or territory to which the
proclamation is expressed to extend.
proclaimed enemy , in relation to a proclaimed
country, means an enemy:
- (a)
- of and at war with a proclaimed country, whether or
not the existence of a state of war has been declared;
and
- (b)
- specified by proclamation made for the purpose of
this definition to be an enemy of and at war with that
country.
- (5)
- A proclamation shall not be made for the purpose of the
definition of proclaimed country , or for the
purpose of the definition of proclaimed enemy , in
subsection (4) except in pursuance of a resolution of
each House of the Parliament passed within the preceding
period of 21 days.
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