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Crimes Act (with its variations) is a stock
short title
In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title.
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used for legislation in
Australia
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,
New Zealand
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and the
United States
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, relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends to be used for Acts which consolidate or codify the whole of the criminal law.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Crimes Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Crimes Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the criminal law.
List
Australia
Federal legislation
:The
Crimes Act 1914
The ''Crimes Act 1914'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which addresses the most serious federal offences — that is, crimes against the Commonwealth. It was the first major federal criminal law since the Federation of Australi ...
Crimes Act 1900
The ''Crimes Act'' 1900. is a New South Wales statute that sets out the majority of criminal offences for the state of New South Wales in Australia. It, the Commonwealth Crimes Act 1914. and the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 form the major ...
(currently links to the NSW Act)
New South Wales
:The
Crimes Act 1900
The ''Crimes Act'' 1900. is a New South Wales statute that sets out the majority of criminal offences for the state of New South Wales in Australia. It, the Commonwealth Crimes Act 1914. and the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 form the major ...
Victoria
:The
Crimes Act 1958
The Crimes Act 1958 is an Act of the Parliament of Victoria.
The Act codified most common law
In law, common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial ...
Crimes Act 1961
The Crimes Act 1961 is an act of New Zealand Parliament that forms a leading part of the criminal law in New Zealand. It repeals the Crimes Act 1908, itself a successor of the Criminal Code Act 1893. Most crimes in New Zealand are created by t ...
(No.43)
United States
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Crimes Act of 1790
The Crimes Act of 1790 (or the Federal Criminal Code of 1790), formally titled ''An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States'', defined some of the first federal crimes in the United States and expanded on the crimin ...
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Crimes Act of 1825
The Crimes Act of 1825 (also known as the Federal Criminal Code of 1825), formally titled ''An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes'', was the first piece of omnibu ...
*The
Major Crimes Act
The Major Crimes Act (U.S. Statutes at Large, 23:385)List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
*Act of Uniformity (disambigu ...
Criminal Code
A criminal code (or penal code) is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that migh ...