Criminal Code Amendment Act (No. 3) 1976 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

CRIMINAL CODE (No. 3).

No. 133 of 1976.

AN ACT to amend section 325 of The Criminal Code.

[Assented to 9th December, 1976.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Short title.

Code Amendment Act (No. 3), 1976.

(2) In this Act "the Code" means The Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act, 1913, appearing in Appendix B to the Criminal Code Compilation Act, 1913 as reprinted with amendments up to and including Act No. 19 of 1973, and amended by Acts Nos. 58 of 1974, 49 of 1975 and 35 and 62 of 1976.

No. 133.] Criminal Code (No. 3). [1976.

Section 325

amended. 2. Section 325 of the Code is amended by adding after the passage "wife," in line two the passage "or of his wife whilst he is separated from her and they are not residing in the same residence,".