Section 17A — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

Date of death

(1) The rule of law that it is conclusively presumed that an injury was not the cause of death of a person if the person died after the expiration of the period of a year and a day after the date on which the person received the injury is abrogated.
(2) This section does not apply in respect of an injury received before the commencement of this section.

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s 18 — Murder and manslaughter defined
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s 19B — Mandatory life sentences for murder of police officers

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