CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - As at 6 July 2009 - Act 80 of 1916 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Act 2. Inciting to crimes 3. Printing or publishing writing inciting to crimes 4. Penalty for offences 5. Where offence punishable otherwise CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - LONG TITLE An Act to make further provision for the prevention of crimes; for that purpose to amend certain Acts; and for purposes incidental thereto. CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Crimes Prevention Act 1916. CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - SECT 2 Inciting to crimes 2 Inciting to crimes If any person incites to, urges, aids, or encourages the commission of crimes or the carrying on of any operations for or by the commission of crimes that person shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - SECT 3 Printing or publishing writing inciting to crimes 3 Printing or publishing writing inciting to crimes If any person prints or publishes any writing which incites to, urges, aids, or encourages the commission of crimes or the carrying on of any operations for or by the commission of crimes, such person shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to a penalty not exceeding 1 penalty unit. CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - SECT 4 Penalty for offences 4 Penalty for offences If any person is guilty of an offence against this Act for which a penalty is not otherwise provided that person shall be liable on summary conviction before the Local Court to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - SECT 5 Where offence punishable otherwise 5 Where offence punishable otherwise Where an offence against this Act is also punishable under any other Act or at common law, it may be prosecuted and punished either under this Act or under the other Act or at common law, but so that no person be punished twice for the same offence. CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - NOTES Reprint history (since 1972): Reprint No 1 28 May 1985 CRIMES PREVENTION ACT 1916 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: ______________________________________________________________________ |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsCrimes Prevention Act 1916 No 80. Assented to 20.12.1916. This Act has been amended as follows: ___________________________________________________________________________ | | |Decimal Currency Act | | | |1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. | |1965|No 33| | | | |Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and | | | |the Currency Act | |___________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. | |1993|No 47| | |___________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to | |1995|No 16|15.6.1995. | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) | |1999|No 31|Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________| | | |Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) | | | |Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. | |2007|No 94| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW| |___________________________________________________________________________| Table of amendmentsNo reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. _____________________________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |The whole Act|Am 1999 No 31, Sch 5.28 (each heading that is not a sec heading| |_____________________________________________________________________________|