Australia

Criminal Code Act 1995 Vol 1

Chapter 2—General principles of criminal responsibility

Part 2.2—The elements of an offence

Division 4—Physical elements

4.3 Omissions

An omission to perform an act can only be a physical element if:
(a) the law creating the offence makes it so; or
(b) the law creating the offence impliedly provides that the offence is committed by an omission to perform an act that there is a duty to perform by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, or at common law.

Keywords

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