Crimes (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1992 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Crimes (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1992

No. 76 of 1992

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900

[Notified in ACT Gazette S236:  24 December 1992]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Crimes (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1992.

Commencement

2.  This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Crimes Act 1900.1

Insertion

4.  After section 545 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Fighting

“545A.  A person shall not fight with another person in a public place.

Penalty:  $1,000.”.

NOTE

1. Reprinted as at 8 July 1992.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 10 December 1992]

© Australian Capital Territory 1992