Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00307:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00307
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 2294–4067

6  Death penalty must not be imposed

  The punishment of death must not be imposed as the penalty for any offence referred to in subsection 3(2) or (3).
Notes to the Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973

Note 1

The Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 100, 1973 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts
Act                                                                                      Number     Date          Date of commencement      Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                                                                         and year   of Assent
Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973                                                         100, 1973  18 Sept 1973  18 Sept 1973
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997                                           34, 1997   17 Apr 1997   Schedule 5: Royal Assent  —
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Act 2010  37, 2010   13 Apr 2010   Schedule 2: 14 Apr 2010   —

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                                How affected
Title....................                                                                         am. No. 37, 2010
S. 3....................                                                                          am. No. 34, 1997; No. 37, 2010
Ss. 4, 5.................                                                                         am. No. 37, 2010
S. 6....................                                                                          ad. No. 37, 2010