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New South Wales
Crimes Amendment (Murder of Police
Officers) Bill 2002
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Crimes Act 1900 No 40 2
Schedule 1 Amendment 3
b02-403-p01.835
New South Wales
Crimes Amendment (Murder of Police
Officers) Bill 2002
No , 2002
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to provide for compulsory life sentences to
be imposed for the murder of police officers.
Clause 1 Crimes Amendment (Murder of Police Officers) Bill 2002
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Crimes Amendment (Murder of Police Officers) 3
Act 2002. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent. 6
3 Amendment of Crimes Act 1900 No 40 7
The Crimes Act 1900 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 8
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Crimes Amendment (Murder of Police Officers) Bill 2002
Amendment Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment 1
(Section 3) 2
Section 19B 3
Insert after section 19A: 4
19B Compulsory life sentences for murder of police officers 5
(1) A court is to impose a sentence of imprisonment for life on a 6
person who is convicted of murder of a police officer if the 7
murder was committed: 8
(a) while in the execution of the police officer's duty, or 9
(b) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions 10
undertaken by that or any other police officer in the 11
execution of the officer's duty. 12
(2) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life under this section 13
is to serve the sentence for the term of the person's natural life. 14
(3) This section applies to a person who is convicted of murder of 15
a police officer only if the person was of or above the age of 18 16
years at the time the murder was committed. 17
(4) If this section requires a person to be sentenced to 18
imprisonment for life, nothing in section 21 (or any other 19
provision) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 or 20
in any other Act or law authorises a court to impose a lesser or 21
alternative sentence. 22
(5) Nothing in this section affects the prerogative of mercy. 23
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