Does Section 20A Need Amending or Not?

[Legislation: Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (South Australia)] I   INTRODUCTION Criminal offence typically consists of two components: physical elements and fault elements. But s 20A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) (‘CLCA’) regarding ‘’choking, suffocation or strangulation” (‘’CSS’’), particularly par. (1) of s 20A, seems to be completely silent on the fault elements,…

Wacky Statute

– California Proposition 47 Source: Penal Code (Criminal Law) 459.5 PC – California Shoplifting Laws – Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=459.5.# 459.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 459, shoplifting is defined as entering a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny while that establishment is open during regular business hours, where the value…

Statutory Interpretation

Role Play You have been instructed by the Commissioner of Police for South Australia to provide alegal opinion in relation to the following story in South Australia. You will need to conductindependent research and refer to the applicable legislation and techniques and rules ofstatutory interpretation in your answer. Your answer should be written in the…