📜 Criminal Code Amendment (Criminal Damage to Places of Worship) Bill 2015
Bill discharged from Notice Paper under Standing Order 144ALABill 12018 March 2015Private Member
This Bill amends The Criminal Code to increase the maximum penalty for criminal damage to places of worship to 14 years imprisonment. It also clarifies that this increased penalty applies to places associated with a place of worship.
Impact
Religious groups and communities are directly affected, as the bill aims to provide greater protection for their places of worship. This matters because it reflects a legislative effort to deter religiously motivated vandalism and property damage.
Key Changes
["Increases the maximum penalty for criminal damage to places of worship to 14 years imprisonment.", "Applies the increased penalty to places associated or connected with a place of worship.", "Amends section 444 of The Criminal Code."]
Parliamentary Progress
- LA Second Reading MovedLA18 Mar 2015
- LA IntroducedLA18 Mar 2015
Affected Sectors
justiceother
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Questions on Notice
Track QoNs, answers, response times, and portfolios.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.