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1 Short title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Crimes Act 1958 and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette.
S. 1 amended by Nos 6731 s. 2(1), 6958 s. 8(4)(a), 7088 s. 2(g), 7703 s. 5, 7884 s. 2(1), 8280 s. 2, 8338 ss 2, 7(a), 8425 s. 2(1), 8493 s. 33(a)(i)(ii), 8679 s. 3(1) (a)(i)(ii), 8870 s. 6(3), 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 34), 9073 s. 2(c), 9155 s. 4(c), 9228 s. 2(1)(a)(b), 9407 s. 2(c) (i)(ii), 9509 s. 3(1)(2), 9549 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 50), 9576 s. 11(1), 10026 s. 2(a)(b), 10079 s. 7(1) (a)(b), 10084 s. 15(a)(i)(ii), 25/1989 s. 4.