Crimes Act. Australia
a requirement referred to in subsection (1) is an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a person is guilty of an offence in respect of each day during which the person refuses or fails to comply with that requirement, including the day of a conviction for any such offence or any later day.
(3) Charges against the same person for any number of offences against the same provision of a law of the Commonwealth may be joined in the same information, complaint or summons if those charges are founded on the same facts, or form, or are part of, a series of offences of the same or a similar character.
(4) If a person is convicted of 2 or more offences referred to in subsection (3), the court may impose one penalty in respect of both or all of those offences, but that penalty shall not exceed the sum of the maximum penalties that could be imposed if a separate penalty were imposed in respect of each offence.
4L Specified defences not to preclude other defences
Where a provision of a law of the Commonwealth provides a defence to a particular offence, the provision does not, unless the contrary intention appears, prevent the use of any defence that is otherwise available.
4M Children under 10
A child under 10 years old cannot be liable for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.
4N Children over 10 but under 14
(1) A child aged 10 years or more but under 14 years old can only be liable for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth if the child knows that his or her conduct is wrong.
(2) The question whether a child knows that his or her conduct is wrong is one of fact. The burden of proving this is on the prosecution.
6 Accessory after the fact
Any person who receives or assists another person, who is, to his or her knowledge, guilty of any offence against a law of the Commonwealth, in order to enable him or her to escape punishment or to dispose of the proceeds of the offence shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
9 Seizure and condemnation of forfeitable goods
(1) Any constable may, without warrant, seize any articles which are forfeited or which he or she has reasonable ground to believe are forfeited under any law of the Commonwealth, and take them before a court of summary jurisdiction.
(2) Where articles are taken before a court of summary jurisdiction under subsection (1), the court shall inquire into the matter and:
(a) if the court is satisfied that the articles are forfeited — shall order that the articles be condemned; or
(b) if the court is not so satisfied — shall order that the articles be delivered to such person as the court is satisfied is entitled to the articles.
(2A) A court of summary jurisdiction may, before inquiring into a matter under subsection (2), require notice of the inquiry to be given to such persons as the court thinks fit.
(3) Where any prosecution is pending, an order for the condemnation or the delivery to any persons of any articles relating thereto shall not be made until the prosecution is determined.
(4) All articles that are condemned as forfeited must be transferred to the Official Trustee to be dealt with under section 9A.
9A Forfeited articles to be dealt with by Official Trustee
Where articles are transferred to the Official Trustee under subsection 9(4), the Official Trustee must, subject to any direction by the Attorney-General given in a particular case:
(a) sell or otherwise dispose of the articles; and
(b) apply the proceeds of the sale or disposition in payment of the Official Trustee’s remuneration and other costs, charges and expenses of the kind referred to in section 9B payable to or incurred by it in connection with the sale or disposition; and
(c) credit the remainder of those proceeds to the Confiscated Assets Account as required by section 296 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
9B Costs etc. payable to Official Trustee
(1) The regulations may make provision in relation to:
(a) the costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection with; and
(b) the Official Trustee’s remuneration in respect of;
the performance or exercise by the Official Trustee of functions, duties or powers under section 9A.
(2) An amount equal to each amount of remuneration that the Official Trustee receives under the regulations is to be paid to the Commonwealth.
(3) Where there are no regulations in relation to a matter referred to in subsection (1):
(a) the regulations referred to in section 288 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 apply, so far as they are applicable, and with appropriate changes, in relation to the matter; and
(b) a reference in subsection (1) or (2) to regulations is taken to be a reference to the regulations referred to in section 288 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
13 Institution of proceedings in respect of offences
Unless the contrary intention appears in the Act or regulation creating the offence, any person may:
(a) institute proceedings for the commitment for trial of any person in respect of any indictable offence against the law of the Commonwealth; or
(b) institute proceedings for the summary conviction of any person in respect of any offence against the law of the Commonwealth punishable on summary conviction.
15 Remand of defendant
Where a person is charged, before a court of summary jurisdiction, with an offence against the law of the Commonwealth, if, from the absence of witnesses or from any other reasonable cause, it becomes necessary or advisable to defer the hearing of the case, the court before whom the accused person appears or is brought, may:
(a) by warrant from time to time remand the defendant to some gaol, lock-up, or other place of custody for such period as the court shall deem necessary to be there kept until the time appointed for continuing the hearing; or
(b) order the discharge of the defendant upon his or her entering into a recognizance conditioned for his or her appearance at the time and place appointed for continuing the hearing.
15AA Bail not to be granted in certain cases
(1) Despite any other law of the Commonwealth, a bail authority must not grant bail to a person (the defendant) charged with, or convicted of, an offence covered by subsection (2) unless the bail authority is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to justify bail.
(2) This subsection covers:
(a) a terrorism offence (other than an offence against section 102.8 of the Criminal Code); and
(b) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, if:
(i) a physical element of the offence is that the defendant engaged in conduct that caused the death of a person; and
(ii) the fault element for that physical element is that the defendant intentionally engaged in that conduct (whether or not the defendant intended to cause the death, or knew or was reckless as to whether the conduct would result in the death); and
(c) an offence against a provision of Division 80 or Division 91 of the Criminal Code, or against section 24AA of this Act, if:
(i) the death of a person is alleged to have been caused by conduct that is a physical element of the offence; or
(ii) conduct that is a physical element of the offence carried a substantial risk of