South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (ABOLITION OF DEFENCE OF PROVOCATION AND RELATED MATTERS) ACT 2020 (NO 43 OF 2020) - SECT 6

6—Insertion of section 14B

Before section 15 insert:

14B—Abolition of certain common law defences

        (1)         The following common law defences are abolished:

            (a)         provocation;

            (b)         necessity;

            (c)         duress;

            (d)         marital coercion.

        (2)         To avoid doubt, the common law defences abolished by subsection (1)

remain available in respect of offences allegedly committed before the commencement of that subsection.