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2005-2006
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Bill 2006
(Mrs B K Bishop)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 to prevent the destruction or desecration of the Australian National Flag
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Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Bill 2006
Contents
1 Short title 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Schedule(s) 2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Criminal Code Act 1995 3
Desecration of the Australian National Flag 3
Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Bill 2006
Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Bill 2006
Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Bill 2006
A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995 to prevent the destruction or desecration of the Australian National Flag
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protection of the Australian National Flag (Desecration of the Flag) Act 2006
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Criminal Code Act 1995
1. After section 132.9
Insert:
Desecration of the Australian National Flag
132.10 (1) A person who desecrates the Australian National Flag by wilfully destroying or otherwise mutilating the Australian National Flag in circumstances where a reasonable person would infer that the destruction or mutilation is intended publicly to express contempt or disrespect for the Flag or the Australian Nation shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: 100 penalty units or six months imprisonment
(2) In subsection (1) the Australian National Flag is as provided in the Flags Act 1953.
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