What Australia Crimes Act 1914 - Federal Criminal Law Code requires
The Crimes Act 1914 (Commonwealth, Act No. 12 of 1914, originally enacted 29 October 1914 with extensive amendment since) is the foundational federal criminal statute of Australia, jointly administered by the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of Home Affairs. The Act establishes the general principles of federal criminal liability, the rules of investigation and arrest, the constitutional aspects of state offences with a federal nexus, and certain substantive federal offences not covered by the Criminal Code Act 1995. Part I (Preliminary) establishes foundational definitions and operational scope. Part IAA (Search, Information Gathering, Arrest and Related Powers) confers core federal law-enforcement powers including search warrants (Division 2), conveyance stop-and-search (Division 3), terrorism powers (Division 3A), airport identity requirements (Division 3B), and arrest procedures (Division 4). Part IAAA (Delayed Notification Search Warrants) governs warrants with deferred notification subject to Commonwealth Ombudsman oversight. Part IAAB (Monitoring of Compliance) addresses monitoring of Part 5.3 supervisory orders. Part IAB (Controlled Operations) authorises undercover operations with protection from criminal responsibility for participants. Part IABA (Integrity Testing) establishes the framework for testing official conduct. Subsequent Parts cover specific offences and procedural rules retained from the pre-Code era. AI-enabled investigative tools, data-collection systems, and digital evidence handling by Commonwealth agencies must operate within the Crimes Act 1914 procedural framework.
Pillar: Legal & IP Sovereignty · Authority: Commonwealth of Australia (Federal Register of Legislation) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1914A00012/latest/text
SHA-256 integrity: 822940e8e52606e7477c60eeff9dc805633c0b5760ea728e3bda67c40e223b91
Primary Citations — 8 traced to source
- Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1914A00012/latest/text
- Crimes Act 1914 Part IAA Search, Information Gathering, Arrest and Related Powers
+ 6 more citations (full bibliography, deterministic workflow, actionable schema and crosswalks) included in the vault unlock — $0.01 via Skyfire / L402 / Direct Base USDC.
Access
- Discovery (free): /api/v1/nodes/au-crimes-act-1914.json — 6-field metadata
- Vault (full node): /api/v1/vault/nodes/au-crimes-act-1914.json — full 13-key payload, $0.01 USDC (L402/Skyfire/Direct Base)
- Canonical URL: https://bidda.com/intelligence/au-crimes-act-1914
- Back to registry: Browse all 10,099 compliance nodes