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Crimes Act 2011 Crimes 2011-23 CRIMES ACT 2011 Principal Act Act. No. 2011-23 Commencement (LN. 2012/185) 23.11.2012 Assent 15.8.2011 Amending Relevant current Commencement enactments provisions date Act. 2012-13 ss. 113(1) & (1)(a), (2), (3) & (4), 124(1), 176(a), 266A, 306(1)(c),(d) & (e), 307(5)(c) & (d), 308(1) & (1)(a), 555(1) & (1)(b), Schs. 2 & 3 23.11.20121 LN. 2013/049 Sch. 3 14.3.2013 2013/057 ss. 191A to 191D, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285 & Sch. 4 4.4.2013 Act. 2013-21 ss. 87(3), (7), 91(1)(a), 91(2),(3), 92(1), 92A, 92B, 93(1), 93A, 94(5),(6), 95(1),(8), 95A, 97A, 98, 99(1)(a),(b), (3), 100(1)(a), (b), (2)(c), 101(1)(a), (b), (2), (2)(c), 102(1)(a), (b), (2), 103(1)(a), (b), (3), (4), (5), (6), 104(1)(a), (b), (3), 111(2), 111A, 112(2)(b)(ii), 112A- 112D, 113A-D, 114A-D, 115A-D, 116,(1), (5A), (6A), (6B), (8), 116A- D, 117(1), (2), 117A, 305(1), 10.10.20132 307(5)(d), 315A-F 2013-26 ss. 94A 28.11.2013 LN. 2013/189 ss. 228(5)(b), 229(5)(b), 230(5)(b), 231(5)(b), 251(3)(b) & 252(3)(b) 18.12.2013 Act. 2014-03 s. 547 27.2.2014 LN. 2014/217 s. 385(1A), (2) 1.12.2014 Act. 2014-33 s. 555(1)(b) 1.1.2015 LN. 2015/140 ss. 361(1), 366(1), (2), (3), (4), 366A, 367(1)(b), 370(1A), 370(3A), 384(3A), (3B), 385 4.9.2015 Act. 2017-05 ss. 97B-97E, 227(1)(a), 227A, Sch. 3 18.5.20173 LN. 2017/118 Sch. 4 26.6.2017 Act. 2016-18 ss. 194(2)(c), 212(1), 305(1), 475(1)(b), Schs. 3 & 4 23.4.2018 1 Commencement notice see LN. 2012/186 2 Commencement notice see LN. 2013/136 3 Commencement notice see LN. 2017/097 © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) 2011-23 Crimes 2017-10 s. 19(5)(c)(i) 13.6.2018 LN. 2018/148 Sch. 10 28.6.2018 Act. 2018-24 ss. 293.A, 294(3), Sch. 3 30.11.20184 2018-23 s. 594 10.12.2018 2019-05 s. 22(2)(a), (c) 21.3.2019 2021-09 ss. 290(3)-(4), 291(3)-(4) 9.2.2021 Transposing: Directive 2011/92/EU EU Legislation/International Agreements involved: Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA 4 Commencement notice see LN. 2018/271 © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) Crimes 2011-23 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1. Title and commencement. 2. Interpretation. PART 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS Criminal liability 3. Age of criminal responsibility. 4. Inferences as to intent. 5. Use of force in making arrest, etc. Offences committed outside Gibraltar 6. Offences committed partly outside Gibraltar. 7. Offences to which sections 8 to 13 apply. 8. Jurisdiction in respect of Group A offences. 9. Questions immaterial to jurisdiction in the case of certain offences. 10. Rules relating to the location of events. 11. Conspiracy and encouraging or assisting. 12. Extended jurisdiction in relation to certain attempts. 13. Relevance of external law. Alternative verdicts 14. Conviction of offence other than that charged. 15. Person tried for offence may be convicted as accessory. Miscellaneous 16. Proceedings by and against spouses. 17. Offences - effect on civil proceedings. 18. Liability of corporate bodies. 19. Abrogation of requirement for corroboration. 20. Abolition of sedition and common law libel offences. 21. Service of documents. PART 3 INCHOATE OFFENCES Attempts © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) 2011-23 Crimes 22. Attempting to commit an offence. 23. Application of procedural and other provisions to offences under section 22. 24. Offences of attempt under other enactments. 25. Trial and penalties. 26. Effect of sections 22 to 25 on common law. Conspiracy 27. Conspiracy. 28. Conspiracy to commit offences outside Gibraltar. 29. Exemptions from liability. 30. Penalties. 31. Restrictions on the institution of proceedings. 32. Conspiracy under other enactments. 33. Effect of acquittal of other defendant. 34. Offence of conspiracy to defraud. 35. Abolitions, savings, transitional provisions. Encouraging or assisting offences 36. Encouraging or assisting an offence. 37. Proving an offence under section 36. 38. Supplemental provisions. 39. Defences. 40. Jurisdiction. 41. Extended jurisdiction in certain cases. 42. Institution of proceedings, etc. for an offence. 43. Persons who may be convicted. 44. Alternative verdicts and guilty pleas. 45. Penalties. 46. Abolition of common law offence of incitement. Accessories 47. Aiding and abetting. 48. Assisting offenders. 49. Concealing offences and false information. PART 4 TREASON OFFENCES 50. Treason. 51. Treasonable offences. 52. Limitation and procedure. 53. Assaults on the Queen. © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) Crimes 2011-23 PART 5 PUBLIC ORDER 54. Interpretation of Part. Riot, etc. 55. Riot. 56. Violent disorder. 57. Affray. 58. Fear or provocation of violence. 59. Riot, etc.: Mental element. 60. Riot, etc.: Procedure. 61. Common law offences of riot, etc. abolished. Processions and assemblies 62. Public processions: Advance notice. 63. Public processions: Conditions. 64. Public processions: Prohibition. 65. Public assemblies: Conditions. 66. Trespassory assemblies: Prohibition. 67. Trespassory assemblies: Offences. 68. Trespassory assemblies: Directing people not to attend. Raves 69. Power to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave. 70. Powers of entry and seizure. 71. Power to stop persons from proceeding. 72. Forfeiture of sound equipment. 73. Retention of and charges for seized property. Disguises 74. Authorisation relating to disguises. 75. Power to require removal of disguise. Causing public alarm or anxiety 76. Contamination of or interference with goods with intention of causing public alarm or anxiety, etc. 77. Bomb hoaxes. Quasi-military organisations, uniforms etc. 78. Quasi-military organisations. 79. Prohibition of uniforms in connection with political objects. © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) 2011-23 Crimes Breaches of the peace 80. Attempts to break up public meetings. 81. Offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace. 82. Making disturbances, etc. 83. Riotous behaviour in places of worship. 84. Printing abusive matter, etc. 85. Setting on dogs. 86. Disorderly conduct in police station. PART 6 PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT 87. Interpretation of Part. Threatening, abusive or insulting conduct 88. Intentional harassment, alarm or distress. 89. Harassment, alarm or distress. 90. Mental element. Course of conduct 91. Prohibition of harassment. 92. Harassing conduct. 92A. Stalking. 92B. Power of entry in relation to offence of stalking. 93. Civil remedy. 93A. Injunctions to protect persons from harassment within section 91(1A). 94. Putting people in fear of violence. 94A. Stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress. 95. Restraining orders on conviction. 95A. Restraining orders on acquittal. Sending letters, etc. with intent to cause distress 96. Offence of sending letters etc. with intent to cause distress or anxiety. Improper use of public electronic communications network 97. Offence of improper use of public electronic communications network. Harassment of a person in his home 97A. Offence of harassment etc. of a person in his home. © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) Crimes 2011-23 Disclosing private sexual photographs etc. 97B. Disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress. 97C. Meaning of “disclose” and “photograph or film”. 97D. Meaning of “private” and “sexual”. 97E. Gibraltar service providers: extension of liability. PART 7 HATRED OFFENCES AND INCREASE IN SENTENCES 98. Interpretation of Part. Racial hatred, religious hatred or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation – Offences 99. Use of words or behaviour or display of written material. 100. Publishing or distributing written material. 101. Public performance of a play. 102. Distributing, showing or playing a recording. 103. Broadcasting or including a programme in a cable programme service. 104. Possession of inflammatory material. Racial hatred, religious hatred or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation – Supplementary 105. Powers of entry and search. 106. Script as evidence of what was performed. 107. Power to make copies of scripts. 108. Power to order forfeiture. 109. Savings for reports of parliamentary or judicial proceedings. 110. Procedure and penalties. 111. Freedom of expression (religious). 111A. Freedom of expression (sexual orientation). Aggravated offences 112. Meaning of “racially aggravated”. 112A. Meaning of “religiously aggravated”. 112B. Meaning of “disability aggravated”. 112C. Meaning of “aggravated by reason of sexual orientation”. 112D. Meaning of “age aggravated”. 113. Racially aggravated assaults. 113A. Religiously-aggravated assaults. 113B. Disability-aggravated assaults. 113C. Aggravated assaults by reason of sexual orientation. © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) 2011-23 Crimes 113D. Age-aggravated assaults. 114. Racially aggravated criminal damage. 114A. Religiously-aggravated criminal damage. 114B. Disability-aggravated criminal damage. 114C. Aggravated criminal damage by reason of sexual orientation. 114D. Age-aggravated criminal damage. 115. Racially aggravated public order offences. 115A. Religiously-aggravated public order offences. 115B. Disability-aggravated public order offences. 115C. Aggravated public order offences by reason of sexual orientation. 115D. Age-aggravated public order offences. 116. Racially aggravated harassment etc. 116A. Religiously-aggravated harassment etc. 116B. Disability-aggravated harassment etc. 116C. Aggravated harassment etc. by reason of sexual orientation. 116D. Age-aggravated harassment etc. 117. Alternative verdicts. Increase in sentences 117A. Increase in sentences for racial, religious, disability or age aggravation or aggravation related to sexual orientation. PART 8 OFFENSIVE WEAPONS 118. Interpretation of Part. Knives, etc. 119. Unlawful marketing of knives. 120. Publications. 121. Exempt trades. 122. Other defences. 123. Manufacture and sale of flick knives, etc. 124. Sale of knives, and certain articles with a blade or point to person under18. 125. Entry, seizure and retention.
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