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Criminal Code Act 1995
No. 12 of 1995
An Act relating to the criminal law
[Assented to 15 March 1995]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code Act 1995.
Commencement
2.(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(2) If this Act does not commence under subsection (1) within the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.