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I NFORMATI ON, ANALYSIS AND ADVI CE FOR THE PARLI AMENT

I NF OR MAT IO N A ND R ES EA RC H S ER VI CES

Bills Digest No. 82 2002-03

International Criminal Court Bill 2002

D E P A R T M E N T O F T H E P A R L I A M E N T A R Y L I B R A R Y

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Bills Digest

No. 82 2002-03

International Criminal Court Bill 2002

Law and Bills Digest Group 15 January 2003

Contents

Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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International Criminal Court Bill 2002

Date Introduced: 25 June 2002

House: House of Representatives

Portfolio: Attorney-General

Commencement: Royal Assent

Note: The Act received Royal Assent on the 27 June 2002, (ie two days after its introduction into the Parliament) and became Act No. 41, 2002.

Purpose

Introduced with the International Criminal Court (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002, the Bill enables Australian to comply with its international obligations on ratification of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court.1

1 Bills List, Senate Table Office, as at 24 December 2002.