Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES (TORTURE) ACT 1988

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Application  
   5.      Effect of this Act on other laws  
   6.      Offence of torture  
   7.      Only Australian citizens or persons present in Australia may be prosecuted  
   8.      Prosecutions  
   9.      Jurisdiction of courts and choice of law  
   10.     Alternative verdicts  
   11.     No defence of exceptional circumstances or superior orders  
   12.     Section 38 of Judiciary Act  
   13.     Assistance under article 6 of Convention  
           SCHEDULE