[no bill text published] Children Under 10 Cannot Be Held Criminally Responsible, and Up to 10 Years Jail for Ram-Raiding
Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2024
Introduced by: Gerard Maley (CLP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Children under 10 cannot be held criminally responsible for an offence.
Children aged 10 to 13 are now subject to specific criminal responsibility provisions.
Driving a vehicle to damage another person's property is now a crime; the maximum penalty is 10 years in prison.
Ram-raiding is now classified as an aggravated property offence for sentencing.
Posting social media content that glorifies or boasts about specific crimes is now a crime; the maximum penalty is 2 years in prison.
The 'post and boast' offence does not apply to fictional, academic, artistic, or journalistic material.
The law ends the offence of unlawful disclosure under section 473 of the Criminal Code.
Children under 10 years old cannot be held criminally responsible for any offence.
Children aged 10 to 13 are now subject to the same legal framework that previously only applied to 12 and 13-year-olds.
People who drive a vehicle to intentionally damage someone else's property (ram-raiding) face up to 10 years jail.
People who post material on social media to boast about, glorify, or encourage certain crimes face up to 2 years jail.
People posting about crimes will not be convicted if the material is fictional, for academic or artistic purposes, or used to warn the public.
The law regarding 'unlawful disclosure' is removed from the Criminal Code.