CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT.
Act No. 16, 1955.
An Act to amend the Crimes Act, 1900, the Justices Act, 1902, and certain other Acts in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 14th April, 1955.]
| BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with, the advice and consent of the Legis- | 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 (Amendment)
Act, 1955."
2 . The Crimes Act, 1900, as amended by subsequent
Acts, is amended—
(a) by inserting in subsections one and two of sec- tion 52A after the words "motor vehicle" the words ' ' or through the impact of a motor vehicle with any vehicle or other object in, on or near which the person was at the time of impact and in either case the motor vehicle was at the time
of impact ' ' ; (b) by inserting in subsection four of the same sec- tion after the word "offence" where thirdly occurring the words "under this Ac t " ; (c) by inserting at the end of the same section the following new subsection:— (7) Without limiting the generality of the
meaning of the expression "object", thatexpression, in subsections one and two of this
section, includes animal, building and structure.
3. The Crimes Act, 1900, as amended by subsequent
Acts, is fu r the r amended—
(a) by inserting next after section eighty-one the following new sect ions:— 81A. Whosoever , being a male person, in pub lic or pr iva te , commits, or is a p a r t y to the commission of, or p rocures or a t t empts to p rocure the commission by any male person of, any act of indecency with another male person shall be liable to impr isonment for two years .
81B. (1) Whosoever , being a male person, in any public place—
(a ) solicits or inc i tes ; or (b) a t t emp t s to solicit o r incite,
in any manne r whatsoever any male person to commit o r to be a p a r t y to the commission of a n y offence unde r section seventy-nine, eighty- one or 81A of this Act shall be liable to imprison ment for twelve months .
(2) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section upon the tes t imony of one witness only, unless such tes t imony is cor robora ted by some other ma te r i a l evidence implicat ing the accused in the commission of the offence.
(3) This section does not exempt any person from any proceeding for an offence which is punishable a t common law, but so tha t no person shall be punished twice for the same
offence. (4) An offence under…