Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Criminal Appeal Act 1912 No 16 (formerly Criminal Appeal Act of 1912). Assented to 16.4.1912. This Act has been amended as follows:

1924	No 10	Crimes (Amendment) Act 1924. Assented to 1.10.1924.
1929	No 2	Crimes (Amendment) Act 1929. Assented to 12.3.1929.
1939	No 17	Child Welfare Act 1939. Assented to 23.10.1939. Date of commencement, 1.12.1939, sec 1 (2) and GG No 185 of 24.11.1939, p 5541.
1951	No 31	Crimes (Amendment) Act 1951. Assented to 6.11.1951.
1957	No 19	Habitual Criminals Act 1957. Assented to 29.4.1957. Date of commencement, 1.6.1957, sec 1 (2) and GG No 59 of 24.5.1957, p 1609.
1958	No 25	Justices (Amendment) Act 1958. Assented to 31.10.1958.
1969	No 60	Public Defenders Act 1969. Assented to 27.10.1969. Date of commencement, 1.1.1970, sec 1 (2) and GG No 144 of 12.12.1969, p 5142.
1970	No 52	Supreme Court Act 1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. Date of commencement, Part 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018.
1972	No 41	Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972. Assented to 11.4.1972.
	No 48	Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972.
1974	No 50	Crimes and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1974. Assented to 6.5.1974. Date of commencement, 2.8.1974, sec 2 and GG No 92 of 2.8.1974, p 2957.
1975	No 1	District Court (Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 11.3.1975. Date of commencement of sec 5, 1.4.1975, sec 2 (2) and GG No 50 of 27.3.1975, p 1154.
	No 65	Miscellaneous Acts (Administrative Changes) Amendment Act 1975. Assented to 23.10.1975.
1977	No 114	Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act 1977. Assented to 9.12.1977.
1978	No 165	Criminal Appeal (Bail) Amendment Act 1978. Assented to 29.12.1978. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.3.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 45 of 14.3.1980, p 1143.
1979	No 97	Criminal Appeal (Crimes) Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 17.5.1979. Date of commencement of sec 5, 17.3.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 45 of 14.3.1980, p 1143; date of commencement of Sch 1, 12.11.1979, sec 2 (3) and GG No 148 of 2.11.1979, p 5451.
	No 205	Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. Date of commencement of Sch 2, Parts 1 and 2, 1.9.1980, sec 2 (3) (b) and (4) and GG No 91 of 4.7.1980, p 3366.
1982	No 69	Miscellaneous Acts (Coal Mines Regulation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 20.5.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 26.3.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 24 of 17.2.1984, p 753.
1983	No 181	Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. The matter relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 was repealed by the Criminal Appeal (Mental Illness) Amendment Act 1986.
1985	No 59	Miscellaneous Acts (Death Penalty Abolition) Amendment Act 1985. Assented to 15.5.1985.
1986	No 94	Criminal Appeal (Mental Illness) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 29.5.1986. Date of commencement, 22.8.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 134 of 22.8.1986, p 4056.
	No 211	Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 23.12.1986. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (1), (3) and (4), 13.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 117 of 10.7.1987, p 3860; date of commencement of Sch 1 (2), 1.2.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 20 of 30.1.1987, p 426.
1987	No 238	Miscellaneous Acts (Victims Compensation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 15.2.1988, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 12.2.1988, p 832.
	No 251	Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, 18.12.1987, sec 2.
1988	No 20	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988. Assented to 28.6.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 18.12.1987, sec 2 (3).
1989	No 102	Criminal Appeal (Mental Disorder) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 15.8.1989. Date of commencement, 17.9.1989, sec 2 and GG No 93 of 8.9.1989, p 6586.
	No 226	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, assent, sec 2.
1990	No 11	Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990. Assented to 1.6.1990. Date of commencement, 3.9.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5400.
	No 74	Criminal Procedure Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 4.12.1990. Date of commencement, 17.3.1991, sec 2 (1) and GG No 37 of 1.3.1991, p 1693.
	No 84	Environmental Offences and Penalties (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 7.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, 4.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3238.
	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, assent, sec 2.
1991	No 17	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, assent, Sch 2.
1992	No 2	Criminal Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992. Assented to 17.3.1992. Date of commencement, 3.5.1992, sec 2 and GG No 55 of 1.5.1992, p 2985.
1993	No 64	Crimes Legislation (Review of Convictions) Amendment Act 1993. Assented to 9.11.1993. Date of commencement, 14.11.1993, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 12.11.1993, p 6715.
1994	No 15	Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Act 1994. Assented to 10.5.1994. Date of commencement, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2913.
	No 95	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
1995	No 16	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Criminal Appeal Act 1912, assent, sec 2.
	No 23	Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3433.
	No 88	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 8.3.1996, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 8.3.1996, p 1009.
1996	No 6	Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 5.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 16.8.1996, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 16.8.1996, p 4609.
1997	No 85	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 30.9.1997. Date of commencement, 30.3.1998, sec 2 and GG No 62 of 27.3.1998, p 1823.
1998	No 49	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 3.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5602.
	No 53	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement, 31.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5746.
	No 54	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998. Assented to 30.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 137	Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.
	No 149	Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391.
	No 150	Drug Court Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 5.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 17 of 5.2.1999, p 575.
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.10, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1). Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999 No 85. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.62, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 39	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.9.1999, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 27.8.1999, p 6684.
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.12, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487; date of commencement of Sch 4.97, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 31	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 25.9.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 125 of 22.9.2000, p 10678.
	No 43	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. Date of commencement, 31.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 93 of 21.7.2000, p 6457.
2001	No 100	Justice Legislation Amendment (Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001. Assented to 11.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 22.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 119 of 19.7.2002, p 5431.
	No 117	Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 18.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6 [1], 21.12.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10437; date of commencement of Sch 6 [2]–[9], 1.7.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 102 of 21.6.2002, p 4466.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2003	No 27	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 8.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 7 [1] and [2], assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 7 [3], 18.8.2003, sec 2 (2) and GG No 126 of 15.8.2003, p 7905.

This Act has also been amended pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3) and 9A of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 31.1.1973, and published in GG No 19 of 2.2.1973, p 329, declaring that the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply. Order dated 4.7.1985, and published in GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Reprints Act 1972, Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.

Long title	Am GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665.
Sec 1	Am 1969 No 60, sec 2 (2) (a); 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (1); 1999 No 31, Sch 5.29.
Sec 2	Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (1); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 102, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 11, Sch 2; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [1] [2]; 2000 No 43, Sch 4; 2001 No 100, Sch 1.2; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [1] [2]; 2003 No 27, Sch 7 [1] [2].
Sec 3	Am 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 5	Am 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 5AA	Ins 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (2). Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (1A) (ins 1979 No 97, sec 5 (a)); 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (2); 1999 No 94, Sch 4.97 [1]; 2000 No 31, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 5AB	Ins 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1.
Sec 5AC	Ins 1982 No 69, Sch 2.
Sec 5AD	Ins 1990 No 74, Sch 3. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [3].
Sec 5AE	Ins 1998 No 53, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 5AF (previously sec 5AE)	Ins 1998 No 150, Sch 1.3 [1]. Renumbered 1999 No 31, Sch 2.10 [1].
Sec 5A	Ins 1924 No 10, sec 32. Am 1951 No 31, sec 7 (a); 1974 No 50, sec 16 (a); 1975 No 1, sec 5 (a); 1977 No 114, sec 2; 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (3); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1986 No 211, Sch 1 (1); 1998 No 53, Sch 4 [2] [3].
Sec 5B	Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1929 No 2, sec 17; 1939 No 17, sec 176; 1951 No 31, sec 7 (b); 1975 No 1, sec 5 (b); 1998 No 137, Sch 2.8 [1].
Sec 5BA	Ins 1990 No 84, Sch 2. Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.8 [2].
Sec 5C	Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1975 No 1, sec 5 (c); 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (4); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1, 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1986 No 211, Sch 1 (2), (3); 1987 No 251, Sch 1 (1); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [4].
Sec 5D	Ins 1924 No 10, sec 33. Am 1975 No 1, sec 5 (d); 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (5); 1986 No 211, Sch 1 (4); 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1992 No 2, Sch 3 (1); 1998 No 49, Sch 6 [1] [2].
Sec 5DA	Ins 1992 No 2, Sch 3 (2). Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.3 [1].
Sec 5DB	Ins 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [1]. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [5].
Sec 5E	Ins 1929 No 2, sec 18. Subst 1957 No 19, sec 12 (1).
Sec 5F	Ins 1987 No 251, Sch 1 (2). Am 1988 No 20, Sch 3; 1999 No 39, Sch 1; 2000 No 31, Sch 3 [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [6]–[8].
Sec 6	Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 6AA	Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 6A	Ins 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (3). Am 1989 No 102, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1990 No 11, Sch 2.
Sec 7	Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (7); 1986 No 94, Sch 1 (4); 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [1]; 2003 No 27, Sch 7 [3].
Sec 8	Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 8A	Ins 1958 No 25, sec 3 (1). Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (3); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [9]–[12].
Sec 9	Am 1974 No 50, sec 16 (b); GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665; 1987 No 238, Sch 1; 1998 No 54, Sch 2.7 [1] [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [4] [5]; 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [2].
Sec 10	Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (8); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1982 No 69, Sch 2; 1985 No 59, Sch 1; 1990 No 74, Sch 3; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [2] [3]; 1998 No 150, Sch 1.3 [2]; 1999 No 31, Sch 2.10 [2] (am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.62). Subst 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [3].
Sec 11	Am 1979 No 97, Sch 1 (9).
Sec 12	Am 1987 No 251, Sch 1 (3); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [13].
Sec 13	Rep 1969 No 60, sec 2 (2) (b).
Sec 14A	Ins 1995 No 23, Sch 1.3. Subst 1996 No 6, Sch 1.3. Am 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [4].
Sec 17	Am GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.76 [14].
Sec 18	Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (4); 1995 No 88, Sch 1.2 [1] [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [6]–[9], 4.97 [2].
Sec 19	Am 1969 No 60, sec 2 (2) (c); 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [4]–[6].
Sec 21	Am 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [7].
Sec 21A	Ins 1998 No 49, Sch 6 [3].
Sec 22	Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (5). Subst 1995 No 88, Sch 1.2 [3]. Am 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [5]; 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [8].
Sec 22A	Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 24	Am 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 25A	Ins 1998 No 149, Sch 2.3 [2]. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.12 [10]–[12].
Part 6	Rep 1993 No 64, Sch 2 (1).
Sec 26	Am 1985 No 59, Sch 1; GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665. Rep 1993 No 64, Sch 2 (1).
Part 7, headings	Ins 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (7).
Sec 27	Am 1975 No 65, sec 6; GG No 105 of 19.7.1985, p 3665. Subst 1993 No 64, Sch 2 (2).
Sec 28	Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (8); 1990 No 108, Sch 1.
Sec 29	Ins 1978 No 165, Sch 1 (9) (am 1979 No 97, sec 5 (b)). Am 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 2.
Sec 30	Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (5).
Sch 1	Ins 1994 No 15, Sch 1 (5). Am 1995 No 88, Sch 1.2 [4]; 1997 No 85, Sch 1.3 [6]; 1998 No 53, Sch 4 [4]; 1998 No 149, Sch 2.3 [3]; 2000 No 31, Sch 3 [3]; 2001 No 117, Sch 6 [9].