Criminal Code (Chapter Xxxvii) Amendment Act 1932 (WA)

No. 51.] Criminal Code (Chapter XXXVII.) [1932.

CRIMINAL CODE (CHAPTER XXXVII.)

23° GEO. V., No. LI.

No. 51 of 1932.

AN ACT to amend Chapter XXXVII. of the Criminal Code.

[Assented to 30th December, 1932.]

E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in13and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows :—

Sher lea 1. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Chapter

XXXV H.) Amendment Act, 1932.

Insertion of new 2. There is hereby inserted in Chapter XXXVII. of the

section In Chapter

XXXVII. of the Criminal Code, after section three hundred and ninety, a

Code.

new section as follows :-

Unauthorised use of	390A. Any person who unlawfully uses, or takes for the purpose of using, or drives or otherwise assumes control of any vehicle as defined in the Traffic Act, 1919-1931, without the consent of the owner or the person in charge thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding three years.
vehicles.