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10B: Period of limitation
or “This section used to set a time limit for taking legal action, but it's no longer in use.”
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“This rule helped people understand how to read other laws, but it's not used anymore.”

This section of the law, called ‘Construction of other Acts’, was part of the Crimes Act 1961 under the ‘Jurisdiction’ heading. However, it no longer exists. The government removed this section on 1 July 2013. When a part of a law is taken out, we say it has been ‘repealed’. This means you can’t use this section anymore when thinking about how the Crimes Act 1961 works.

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or “This section about a court's power to handle less serious crimes has been removed from the law.”
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Part 1 Jurisdiction

11Construction of other Acts (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 11: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).