CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT.
Act No. 10, 1924.
An Act to amend the criminal law, and for that purpose to amend the Crimes Act, 1000, and certain other Acts ; and for purposes con- nected therewith. [Assented to, 1st October, 1024.]
I~)E it enacted by the Kind's Most Excellent Majesty, y
!>y ami with the advice and consent of the leg is - lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South "Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1 . This Act may be cited as the "Crimes (Amend-
ment) Act, 192 V and shall be read with the Crimes Act,
1900, hereinafter called the Principal Act. 3 L
2 . I n a m e n d m e n t s inser ted by th is A c t in the
| Pr incipal Act , the expression " t h i s A c t " | means | t h e |
| Pr inc ipa l Act as amended by this Ac t . |
The enac tmen t s ment ioned in t he Schedule to this A c t are, to t he e x t e n t therein expressed, hereby repealed except as to offences commi t t ed and th ings done or commenced before t he pass ing of th i s Act , which shal l be deal t wi th and cont inued, and in respect of which every r igh t and liabil i ty shall r emain as if this A c t had no t been passed.
3 .
4 . P a r t I of t he Pr inc ipa l A c t is amended as
fo l lows:—
(a) Section f o u r : — (i) By adding at the end of the definition of " d w e l l i n g - h o u s e " : " A n y bu i ld ing or o ther place which if occupied would be a dwel l ing-house shall be deemed to be a dwell ing-house no twi ths t and ing t h a t
it is temporar i ly unoccupied ."
(ii) by inse r t ing after the definition of
" G o v e r n o r " t he following definition : — " Gr ievous bodily h a r m " includes a n y
p e r m a n e n t or serious disf iguring of the person.
(iii) by inserting after the definition of
" j u s t i c e " t h e following definition :— " L o a d e d a r m s " means any gun ,
pistol , or o ther a rms , loaded t h e barre l or chamber wi th gun
in
powder or other explosive sub- s tance , and wi th ball , shot, s lug, or…