Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 723

723 Retrospective application of amendment

(1) This Code, as amended by the Criminal Code (Abusive Domestic Relationship Defence and Another Matter) Amendment Act 2010, section 3, applies to proceedings for an offence—

(a) started but not finished before the commencement; or

(b) started after the commencement, whether the act or omission constituting the offence happened before or after the commencement.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to proceedings for an appeal from a conviction or sentence that happened before the commencement.

(3) In this section—

"commencement" means the commencement of the Criminal Code (Abusive Domestic Relationship Defence and Another Matter) Amendment Act 2010, section 3.