Queensland Numbered Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 19 - SECT 3

3 Amendment of s 305 (Punishment of murder)

(1) Section 305(2), '20'—

omit, insert—

'30'.

(2) Section 305—

insert—

'(4) If—

(a) the person killed was a police officer at the time the act or omission that caused the person's death was done or made; and
(b) the person being sentenced did the act or made the omission that caused the police officer's death—
(i) when—
(A) the police officer was performing the officer's duty; and
(B) the person knew or ought reasonably to have known that he or she was a police officer; or
(ii) because the police officer was a police officer; or
(iii) because of, or in retaliation for, the actions of the police officer or another police officer in the performance of the officer's duty;

the court sentencing the person must make an order that the person must not be released from imprisonment until the person has served a minimum of 25 or more specified years of imprisonment, unless released sooner under exceptional circumstances parole under the Corrective Services Act 2006.'.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback