Piracy Punishment Act 1902
No 69 (repealed)
Republication No 3
Effective: 18 January 2003
Republication date: 18 January 2003
As repealed by Act 2002 No 49
Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Piracy Punishment Act 1902 (repealed) (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)).It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 18 January 2003.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
Kinds of republications
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unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
When preparing the authorised version of this republication amendments were not made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
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Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
(a)if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
(b)if the person charged is a corporation—$500.
Piracy Punishment Act 1902 (repealed)
Contents
Page
Name of Act 2
Punishment if piracy accompanied by assault with intent to murder etc 2
Punishment in other cases 2
Punishment of accessories 2
Nothing in this Act to affect Acts regulating management of prisons 2
Schedule 13
Endnotes
About the endnotes 4
Abbreviation key 4
Legislation history 5
Amendment history 6
Earlier republications 6
Piracy Punishment Act 1902 (repealed)
An Act to consolidate the statutes relating to the punishment for piracy
Name of Act
This Act is the Piracy Punishment Act 1902.
Punishment if piracy accompanied by assault with intent to murder etc
A person who, with intent to commit, or at the time of, or immediately before, or…