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CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 3B

Provocation no longer a partial defence to murder

The rule of law that provocation reduces the crime of murder to manslaughter is abolished.

S. 4
amended by No. 9576 s. 11(1), repealed by No. 10079 s. 8(b), new s. 4 inserted by No. 77/2005 s. 4, repealed by No. 63/2014 s. 3(1).

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S. 4A inserted by No. 72/2014 s. 3.



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