43AZ Claim of right for Criminal Code Act

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIACRIMINAL CODE ACTAs in force at 2 April 2008TABLE OF PROVISIONS1

Short title.........................................................................................1

2

Commencement..............................................................................1

3

Repeal.............................................................................................1

4

Interpretation...................................................................................1

5

Establishment of Code....................................................................1

6

Liability to trial.................................................................................2

7

Civil remedies..................................................................................2

8

Contempt of Court...........................................................................2

Schedule I

Criminal Code of the Northern Territory ofAustralia

Part I

Introductory matters

Division 1

Definitions: Commission of offence: division ofoffences: attempts

1

Definitions.......................................................................................3

1A

Harm.............................................................................................10

1B

Person against whom offence may be committed........................10

1C

Birth...............................................................................................10

2

Commission of offence.................................................................11

3

Division of offences.......................................................................11

4

Attempts to commit offences.........................................................11

Division 2

Presumptions

5

Innocence.....................................................................................12

7

Intoxication....................................................................................12

8

Offences committed in prosecution of common purpose..............12

9

Mode of execution different from that counselled.........................12

10

Death or serious harm caused in the course of violence of 2 ormore persons................................................................................13

11

Power to impose domestic discipline............................................13

Division 3

Parties to Offences

12

Abettors and accessories before the fact......................................13

13

Accessories after the fact..............................................................14

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Division 4

Application of criminal law

14

Effect of changes in law................................................................14

15

Application of criminal laws...........................................................14

16

Offences counselled or procured in the Territory to becommitted out of the Territory.......................................................14

Division 5

Effect of previous finding of guilt or acquittal

17

Definitions.....................................................................................15

18

Defence of previous finding of guilt or acquittal............................15

19

Limitation of defence in relation to certain crimes.........................15

20

Finding of guilt or acquittal of regulatory offence no defence........15

21

Stay of vexatious, &c., proceedings..............................................16

Part II

Criminal responsibility

Division 1

General matters

22

Exclusion of regulatory offences...................................................16

23

Effect of authorization, justification or excuse...............................16

24

Authorization, justification or excuse of event...............................16

25

Lawful act, &c., to be authorized or justified and authorized or justified act to be lawful.................................................................16

Division 2

Authorization

26

Execution of law, &c......................................................................16

Division 3

Justification

27

Circumstances in which force not being such force as is likelyto cause death or serious harm is justified....................................17

28

Circumstances in which force causing death or serious harmis justified......................................................................................18

29

Defensive conduct justified...........................................................19

Division 4

Excuse

30

Ignorance of law: Bona fide claim of right, &c...............................20

31

Unwilled act etc. and accident.......................................................21

32

Mistake of fact...............................................................................21

33

Sudden and extraordinary emergency..........................................21

38

Immature age................................................................................22

39

Judicial officers.............................................................................22

40

Duress...........................................................................................22

42

Liability of husband or wife for offences committed by eitherwith respect to the other's property...............................................22

43

Damage to property......................................................................23

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Part IIAA

Criminal responsibility for Schedule 1offences and declared offences

Division 1

Preliminary matters

43AA

Application of Part.........................................................................23

Division 2

Elements of offence

Subdivision 1

General matters

43AB

Elements.......................................................................................24

43AC

Establishing guilt of offences........................................................24

Subdivision 2

Physical elements

43AD

Conduct and engaging in conduct.................................................25

43AE

Physical elements.........................................................................25

43AF

Voluntariness................................................................................25

43AG

Omissions.....................................................................................25

Subdivision 3

Fault elements

43AH

Fault elements..............................................................................26

43AI

Intention........................................................................................26

43AJ

Knowledge....................................................................................27

43AK

Recklessness................................................................................27

43AL

Negligence....................................................................................27

43AM

Offences that do not provide fault elements.................................27

Subdivision 4

Cases where fault elements are not required

43AN

Strict liability..................................................................................28

43AO

Absolute liability............................................................................28

Division 3

Circumstances in which there is no criminalresponsibility

Subdivision 1

Lack of capacity of children

43AP

Children under 10.........................................................................29

43AQ

Children over 10 but under 14.......................................................29

Subdivision 2

Intoxication

43AR

Self-induced intoxication...............................................................29

43AS

Intoxication – offences involving basic intent................................30

43AT

Intoxication – negligence as fault element....................................30

43AU

Intoxication – relevance to defences.............................................30

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