THE TERRITORY OF ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS

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Criminal Code Ordinance 1989

No. 1 of 1989

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933.

Dated 16 august 1989.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for the Arts, Tourism and Territories

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An Ordinance to amend the Criminal Code of the Northern Territory in its application to the Territory

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Code Ordinance 1989.1

Commencement

2. This Ordinance commences on the day on which the Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Amendment Act 1985 comes into operation.

The Criminal Code

3. In this Ordinance, “the Code” means the Criminal Code of the Northern Territory2 in its application to the Territory.

Punishment of murder

4. Section 164 of the Code is amended by omitting “which cannot be mitigated or varied under section 390”.

Repeal

5. Sections 169, 401, 402, 403 and 404 of the Code are repealed.

Application

6. The amendments made by this Ordinance apply to an act or omission that occurs either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 August 1989.

2. The Criminal Code applied in the Territory by 5/ virtue subsection 6(1) of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933.