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Crimes Act 1961

Miscellaneous provisions

415: Inconsistency with other enactment or rule of law

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“These rules are stronger than other rules if they don't match up”

If sections 413 and 414 of this law don’t agree with any other law or legal rule, sections 413 and 414 will be the ones that are followed. This means that these two sections are more important than other laws or rules that might say something different.

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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions

415Inconsistency with other enactment or rule of law

  1. If sections 413 and 414 are inconsistent with any other enactment or rule of law, sections 413 and 414 prevail over that enactment or rule of law.

Notes
  • Section 415: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 37).