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Criminal CodeNo 12, 1995

The Criminal Code

3.(1) The Schedule has effect as a law of the Commonwealth.

(2) The Schedule may be cited as the Criminal Code.

Definitions

4.(1) Expressions used in the Code (or in a particular provision of the Code) that are defined in the Dictionary at the end of the Code have the meanings given to them in the Dictionary.

(2) Definitions in the Code of expressions used in the Code apply to its construction except insofar as the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires.