Minister: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services
Agency: Queensland Health
Criminal Code Act 1899
Queensland Criminal
Code Act 1899
Current as at [Not applicable]
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Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 62 have
also been incorporated in this indicative
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this Act are
also included in
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities and
Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2018 and
the Criminal Code (Non-consensual Sharing
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Queensland Criminal Code Act
1899 Contents 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
8 Schedule 1 Part 1
Chapter 1 1
2 3 4
5 6 Chapter 2
7 8 9
10 10A Chapter 3
11 12 Page
Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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28 Establishment of Code—schedule 1 . . .
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Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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28 Construction of statutes, statutory
rules, and other instruments . 29
Provisions of Code exclusive with certain
exceptions . . . . . . . . . 30
Civil remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Offender may be
prosecuted under Code or other statute . . . . .
31
Contempt of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The
Criminal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Introductory Interpretation—application—general
principles Interpretation Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Definition of
offence .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Division of offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Attempts to commit offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Arrest without
warrant .
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47
Carnal knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Parties to offences Principal
offenders . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Offences committed in prosecution
of common
purpose . . . . . .
49
Mode
of execution immaterial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Accessories after
the fact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interpretation
of ch
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Application of
criminal law Effect of changes in law
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50
Application of
Code as
to offences
wholly or
partially committed in
Criminal Code Act 1899 Contents
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only 13 14
15 16 17
Chapter 4 18
Chapter 5 22
23 24 25
26 27 28
29 30 31
34 36 Part 2
Chapter 7 44
45 46 51
52 Chapter 8 53
54 54A 55
56 Page 2 Queensland . . .
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. . . . 51 Offences enabled, aided, procured or
counselled by persons out of Queensland . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 51 Offences procured in Queensland to be
committed out of Queensland 52
Defence Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Person not to be twice punished for same offence . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Former conviction or acquittal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Royal prerogative of mercy
Royal prerogative of
mercy .
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54
Criminal responsibility Ignorance of
the law—bona fide claim of right
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Intention—motive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Mistake of fact
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Extraordinary emergencies .
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56
Presumption
of sanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56
Insanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56
Intoxication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Immature age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Judicial officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Justification and
excuse—compulsion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Offences by partners and members of companies with
respect to partnership or corporate
property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 59 Application of rules
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. 59 Offences against public order
Sedition Definition of
seditious intention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 59 Innocent
intentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Definition of seditious enterprises
etc. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Unlawful drilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Sedition . .
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61
Offences against the executive
and legislative power Evidence of proceedings in
the Assembly
allowed for
prosecution 62 Interference with Governor
or Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Demands with menaces upon agencies of government . . . . . . . 63
Interference with
the Legislature .
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65
Disturbing the
Legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
56A 56B 57
58 59 60
Chapter 9 61
69 70 71
72 74 75
76 Chapter 9A 77
77A 77B 77C
Chapter 10 78
Chapter 11 79
80 Part 3 Chapter 12
85 86 Chapter 13
87 88 89
90 Criminal Code Act 1899
Contents Disturbance in
House when Parliament not sitting . . . . . . . .
. . . 66 Going armed to Parliament House
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False evidence before Parliament . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Witness refusing to attend, answer question
or produce a thing before Legislative Assembly or authorised
committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Member of Parliament receiving bribes . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Bribery of member of Parliament . . . . . .
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Breaches of the peace Riot
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. . . . . . . . . . . 71 Going armed so as to cause fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Forcible entry .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Forcible detainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Affray . . . .
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73
Prize fight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Threatening violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Recruiting person to become participant in
criminal organisation 73 Consorting Definitions for
chapter .
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74
Meaning of consort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Habitually consorting with recognised
offenders .
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76
Particular acts of consorting
to be
disregarded .
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Offences against
political liberty Interfering with political liberty
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Piracy Definition of
act of
piracy .
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80
Crime of piracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Offences against
the administration of
law and
justice, against office and against public
authority Unlawfully obtaining or disclosing
information Disclosure of official secrets
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82 Obtaining of or disclosure of secret
information about the identity of informant .
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82
Corruption and
abuse of
office Official
corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Extortion by public officers
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85 Public officers interested in
contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 86 Officers
charged with
administration of property of a special character
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91 False claims by officials . . . . . .
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92 Abuse of office . . . . . . . . . . .
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92A Misconduct in relation to public
office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 93 Corruption of surveyor and
valuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 94 False
certificates by public officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Administering
extrajudicial oaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
96 False assumption of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Personating
public officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 14 Corrupt and
improper practices at elections Chapter division
1 Definitions for
ch 14
98 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter division 2 Legislative
Assembly elections and
referendums 98A
Reference to election or referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98B False or misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98C Bribery . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
98D Forging or uttering electoral or referendum paper
. . . . . . . . . . . .
98E Influencing
voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98F Providing money
for illegal
payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98G Voting if not
entitled .
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Chapter division 3 Other elections 98H
Application of
ch div
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99 Voting if not entitled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100 Hindering or interfering with
voting conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Bribery . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
102 Publishing
false information about a candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Providing money
for illegal
payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Election notices
to contain
particular matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
107 Corrupt and illegal practices—time
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Interfering at
elections .
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109 Electors attempting to violate secrecy of ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Stuffing ballot
boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111 Presiding officer helping an elector with
a disability . . . . . . . . . .
112 False or misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Interfering with
secrecy at
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
114 Breaking the seal of a parcel at elections
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Chapter 15 118
Chapter 16 119
119A 119B 120
121 122 123
123A 124 125
126 127 128
129 130 131
132 133 136
137 139 140
Chapter 17 141
142 143 144
145A 145B 147
148 Chapter 20 Criminal Code Act
1899 Contents Selling and
trafficking in offices Bargaining for offices in public
service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 102 Offences relating to the
administration of justice Definitions for ch 16 . . . . . . . .
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103 Meaning of family . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103 Retaliation against or intimidation
of judicial
officer, juror, witness
etc. 105
Judicial corruption . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Official corruption not judicial but
relating to offences . . . . . . . . . 107
Corruption of jurors . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
108 Perjury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
109 Perjury—contradictory statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Punishment of
perjury .
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110
Evidence on charge of perjury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
110
Fabricating evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Corruption of witnesses .
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. 110 Deceiving witnesses
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Damaging evidence with intent
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112
Preventing witnesses from attending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Conspiracy to
bring false
accusation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Conspiring to defeat justice
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. 113 Compounding an indictable
offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Justices exercising jurisdiction in
a matter
of personal
interest .
. 114 Delay to take person arrested
before magistrate . . . . . . . . . . . .
114
Inserting advertisement without authority
of court
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114
Attempting to pervert justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
115
Escapes—obstructing officers of
courts Aiding persons
to escape
from lawful
custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
115
Escape by persons in lawful custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Permitting escape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
Harbouring escaped prisoners
etc. .
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116
Sections 141
to 144
do not
apply to
certain types of custody . . .
116
Evidence of lawful custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Removing etc. property under
lawful seizure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Obstructing officers of
courts of
justice .
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194 195 195A
199 200 204
205 205A Part 4
Chapter 21 206
207 Chapter 22 207A
210 211 213
215 216 217
218 218A 218B
219 221 222
227 227A 227B
227C 228 228A
228B False verified statements
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117 False declarations . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
118 Evidence . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 118 Contradictory statements—false
statements or declarations . . . 118
Resisting public officers . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Refusal by public officer to perform duty
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. 119 Disobedience to statute law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Disobedience to
lawful order issued
by statutory authority
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. 120 Contravening order about
information necessary to
access information stored
electronically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 120 Acts injurious to the public in
general Offences relating to religious
worship Offering violence to officiating ministers
of religion . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Disturbing religious worship
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121 Offences
against morality Definitions for
this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Indecent
treatment of children under
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Bestiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
Owner etc. permitting abuse of children on
premises .
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127
Carnal knowledge
with or
of children
under 16
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127
Abuse of persons with an impairment of
the mind . . . . . . . . . . .
128
Procuring young person etc.
for carnal
knowledge .
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130
Procuring sexual acts by coercion etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using internet etc. to procure children
under 16
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. 132 Grooming children under 16
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Taking child for
immoral purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Conspiracy to
defile .
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Incest . . . . .
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. 136 Indecent acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
Observations or
recordings in breach of privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Distributing prohibited visual
recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Persons who are
not criminally responsible for
offences against ss 227A and 227B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140 Obscene publications and exhibitions .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Involving child in making child exploitation
material . . . . . . . . . . 142
Making child exploitation material . . . . .
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228C 228D 228DA
228DB 228DC
228E 228F 228G
228H 229 229B
Chapter 22A 229C
229D 229E 229F
229FA 229G
229H 229HA 229HB
229HC 229I
229J 229K 229L
229M 229N 229O
Chapter 23 230A
230 232 Criminal Code Act
1899 Contents Distributing
child exploitation material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 144 Possessing child exploitation material
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Administering child exploitation material
website . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Encouraging use of child exploitation
material website . . . . . . . . 146
Distributing information about avoiding
detection . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Defences for ss
228A–228DC
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. 148 Excluding non-essential persons
from court
when child
exploitation material
displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 149 Forfeiture of child exploitation
material etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Possession etc. of child exploitation
material by law enforcement officer 151
Knowledge of
age immaterial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Maintaining a
sexual relationship with
a child
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. 152 Prostitution Definitions for
ch 22A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 154 Meaning of sexual intercourse
for ch
22A .
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. 155 Meaning of prostitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
156
Meaning of carry
on a
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Obtaining
prostitution from person who is not an adult . . . . . . . .
157
Procuring engagement in prostitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Knowingly participating in provision
of prostitution . . . . . . . . . . . 159
When
section 229H does not apply to a person
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
Carrying on business of
providing unlawful prostitution . . . . . . . 162
Persons engaging in or obtaining prostitution through unlawful prostitution
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Persons found in
places reasonably suspected of being used for prostitution
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163
Certificate of discharge for
particular offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
164
Having an interest in premises
used for
prostitution etc. . . . . . . .
166
Permitting young person etc.
to be
at place
used for
prostitution 169 Evidence that business of prostitution
is being carried on . . . . . 169
Evidence
that place
is being
used for
prostitution . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Non-compellability of health service providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Nuisances—misconduct relating
to corpses Definitions for
ch 23
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. 171 Common nuisances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Operating a place for unlawful games
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236 Chapter 24 238
239 240 241
Chapter 25 242
Part
5 Chapter 26 245
246 247 248
249 250 251
252 253 254
255 257 258
260 261 262
263 264 265
266 267 Possession of
thing used to play an unlawful game . . . . . . . .
. . 173 Conducting or playing unlawful
games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 173 Misconduct with regard to
corpses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 173 Offences against public health
Contamination of goods . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hoax
contamination of goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
175
Dealing in contaminated goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Definitions for ch 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cruelty to
animals Serious animal cruelty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Offences against the person and relating
to marriage
and parental rights and
duties Assaults and violence to the person
generally—justification and excuse
Definition of
assault .
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177
Assaults unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Execution of sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
178
Execution of process . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Execution
of warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Erroneous sentence or process or warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Sentence or process or warrant without
jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . .
179
Arrest of wrong person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Irregular process or warrant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Force used in
executing process or in arrest
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
Duty
of persons arresting
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Other cases of
preventing escape from
arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
Preventing escape or rescue after arrest
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Preventing a breach of the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Suppression of
riot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Suppression of
riot by
magistrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Suppression of
riot by
person acting under
lawful orders . . . . . . 182
Suppression of
riot by
person acting without
order in
case of
emergency 183
Riot—persons subject to military law
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Prevention of crimes and offences for which
an offender may be arrested without
warrant—prevention of violence
by particular persons
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183
Defence of dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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271 272 273
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277 278 279
280 281 282
282A 283 284
Chapter 27 285
286 288 289
290 Chapter 28 291
292 293 294
295 296 297
298 300 302
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Provocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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184 Defence of provocation . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Prevention of repetition of insult
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Self-defence against unprovoked assault . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Self-defence against provoked assault . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Aiding in self-defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Defence of moveable property against
trespassers . . . . . . . . . .
187
Defence of moveable property with
claim of
right .
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. 187 Defence of moveable property without
claim of
right . . . . . . . . . 187
Defence of premises against trespassers—removal
of disorderly persons
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. . . . . . . . 188 Defence of possession of real property
or vessel with claim of right 188
Exercise of right of way or easement
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Domestic discipline . . . . . . . .
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189 Discipline of vehicle . . . . . . . .
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189 Surgical
operations and medical
treatment .
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189
Palliative care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Excessive force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Consent to death immaterial .
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. 192 Duties relating to the preservation of
human life Duty to provide necessaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Duty
of person who has care of child
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Duty
of persons doing dangerous acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Duty
of persons in charge of dangerous things
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193
Duty to do
certain acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Homicide—suicide— concealment of
birth Killing of a
human being unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
When
a child becomes a human being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Definition of killing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Death by acts done at childbirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Causing death
by threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Acceleration of
death .
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. 195 When injury or death might be prevented by
proper precaution .
195
Injuries causing death in consequence of
subsequent treatment 195 Unlawful homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
196
Definition of murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
196
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304A 304B 305
306 307 308
309 310 311
313 314 Chapter
28A 314A Chapter 29 315
315A 316 316A
317 317A 318
319 319A 320
320A 321 321A
322 323 323A
323B 324 326
Definition of manslaughter . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Killing on provocation . . . . . . . .
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197 Diminished responsibility . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199 Killing for preservation in an abusive
domestic relationship . . . . 200
Punishment of murder . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Attempt to murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Accessory after the fact to murder
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203
Threats to murder in document
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203
Conspiring to murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Punishment of
manslaughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
204
Aiding suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Killing unborn child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
204
Concealing the
birth of
children .
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. 205 Unlawful striking causing death Unlawful striking causing death
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205
Offences endangering life or health Disabling in order to commit indictable
offence .
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. 207 Choking, suffocation or strangulation
in a
domestic setting . . . .
207
Stupefying in
order to
commit indictable offence
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. 208 Unlawful drink spiking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Acts intended
to cause
grievous bodily harm
and other
malicious acts 210 Carrying or
sending dangerous goods in a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . .
211 Obstructing rescue or escape from
unsafe premises . . . . . . . . . 212
Endangering the safety of a person in a
vehicle with intent . . . . 213
Termination of pregnancy performed by
unqualified person . . . . 213 Grievous bodily
harm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Torture . . . .
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. 215 Attempting to injure by explosive or
noxious substances . . . . . .
215
Bomb
hoaxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
216
Administering poison with
intent to
harm .
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217
Wounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
217
Female genital mutilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
217
Removal of child
from State
for female
genital mutilation .
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. 218 Failure to supply necessaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Endangering life
of children
by exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
219
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328B 329 330
333 334 Chapter 30
335 338A 339
340 346 Chapter 32
347 348 349
350 351 352
Chapter 33 354
354A 355 356
357 358 359
Chapter 33A 359A
359B 359C 359D
359E 359F Criminal Code Act
1899 Contents Setting mantraps
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. . . Negligent acts causing harm . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dangerous
operation of a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Additional power to convict for dangerous
operation of a vehicle Endangering safety of persons
travelling by railway . . . . . . . . . . Sending or
taking unseaworthy ships to sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evading laws as to equipment of
ships .
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. Landing
explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assaults Common assault
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. Assaults of
member of
crew on
aircraft .
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. Assaults
occasioning bodily harm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serious assaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assaults
in interference with freedom of trade or work . . . . . . . . Rape and sexual assaults Definitions for
ch 32
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. Meaning of
consent .
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Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Attempt to commit rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault
with intent to commit rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sexual assaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Offences against liberty Kidnapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kidnapping for ransom
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deprivation of liberty
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . False certificates by officers
charged with duties
relating to
liberty Concealment of
matters affecting liberty
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. Unlawful custody
of particular persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unlawful stalking Definitions for
ch 33A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What
is unlawful stalking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What is immaterial for unlawful
stalking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Particular conduct that is not unlawful
stalking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Punishment
of unlawful
stalking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Court may restrain unlawful stalking
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223 223 224 224
224
225
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226
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229
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232
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236
236
237
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361 362 363
363A 364 364A
Chapter 35 365
Chapter 35A 365A
365B 365C Part 6
Division 1 Chapter 36
390 391 392
393 394 395
396 398 Chapter 37
399 403 406
408A 408C 408D
408E Chapter 38 409
Offences relating to marriage and parental
rights and duties Bigamy . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Unlawful celebration of marriage . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unqualified
persons procuring registration as persons qualified to
celebrate marriages . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child-stealing .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Abduction of child under 16 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cruelty to
children under 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . Leaving a child under 12 unattended
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Criminal defamation Criminal
defamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circumstance of aggravation
for particular offences Application
of ch
35A .
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of defences
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Proof of being
adversely affected by
an intoxicating substance . Offences relating to property
and contracts Stealing and like
offences Stealing
Things capable of being stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definition of stealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funds etc.
held under direction .
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. Funds etc. received by agents for sale
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. Stealing by
persons having an interest in
the thing
stolen . . . . . Punishment of stealing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences analogous to stealing
Fraudulent concealment of particular
documents .
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. Severing with
intent to
steal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bringing stolen goods into Queensland .
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. Unlawful use
or possession of
motor vehicles, aircraft
or vessels Fraud . . . . .
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. Obtaining or
dealing with identification
information . . . . . . . . . . . Computer hacking and misuse
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stealing with violence—extortion
by threats Definition of
robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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245 246 246
247 247
249
250
250
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261
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265
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411 412 413
414 415 417A
Chapter 39 418
419 421 425
427 Chapter 40 427A
430 431 Chapter 41
432 433 435
Chapter 42A 442A
442B 442BA 442C
442D 442E 442EA
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Punishment of robbery . . . . . . . .
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Attempted robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Assault with intent to steal . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Demanding property with menaces with intent
to steal . . . . . . . . 271 Extortion
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. . . . . . . 271 Taking control of aircraft
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273
Burglary—housebreaking—and like offences Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
274
Burglary . . .
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. 274 Entering or being in premises and
committing indictable offences 275 Possession of things used in connection with
unlawful entry . . .
276
Unlawful entry
of vehicle
for committing indictable offence
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. 277 Other fraudulent practices Obtaining
property by passing valueless
cheques . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Fraudulent falsification of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
278
False accounting by public officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Receiving property stolen or fraudulently obtained and
like offences
What
is tainted property for ch 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 279 Receiving tainted property . . . . . .
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Taking reward for recovery of property
obtained by way of indictable offences . .
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280
Secret
commissions Definitions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 280 Receipt or solicitation of secret
commission by an agent . . . . . . 283
Gift
or offer of secret commission to an agent . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 284 Secret
gifts received by
parent, spouse, child,
partner etc. of agent 284
False or misleading receipt or account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
285
Secret commission for advice given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Offer or solicitation of secret commission in
return for
advice given or to be given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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286 Secret commission to trustee in return
for substituted appointment 287
Liability of director etc. acting without
authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Penalty on conviction . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
287 Court may order withdrawal of trifling
or technical cases . . . . . . 288
Witness giving answers
criminating himself or herself . . . . . . . .
288
Certificate to witness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
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only 442M Custom of itself
no defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 289 Chapter 43 Match-fixing 443
Definitions for ch 43 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
443A Engaging in match-fixing conduct . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
443B Facilitating match-fixing conduct or
match-fixing arrangement . . 291
443C Offering or giving benefit, or
causing or
threatening detriment, to
engage in match-fixing
conduct or match-fixing arrangement . . . . . . . .
. 292 443D Using or
disclosing knowledge of match-fixing conduct or match-fixing
arrangement for
betting .
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. 292 443E Encouraging
person not
to disclose
match-fixing conduct
or match-fixing
arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
293
443F Using or disclosing inside knowledge
for betting
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. 296 Chapter 44 Offences
analogous to stealing relating
to animals Chapter division
1 Offences relating to animals
generally 444A Killing
animals with intent
to steal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
444B Using registered brands with
criminal intention .
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. 297 Chapter division 2 Offences
relating to
stock 445
Unlawfully using
stock .
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297
446 Suspicion
of stealing stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
298
447 Illegal branding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
448 Defacing brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
448A Having
in possession stock
with defaced brand . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Chapter division 3 Arrest
450A Arrest without warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
300
450B Warrant in first instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Chapter 44A Special
provisions in respect of offences relating
to stock Chapter division 1 Preliminary 450D
Definitions
for ch 44A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter division 2 Prescribed
records 450E
Duty
of police officer who seizes an animal connected with
a charge 301 450EA
Admissibility of adequate prescribed
record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
302 Chapter division 3 Stock disposal
orders 450EB Application for
stock disposal order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 303 450EC Affidavit to
accompany application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 304 450ED When order may be made if party disputes
making of
order .
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450EE Order if no
dispute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 305 450EF Content of
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
450EG Security for
costs of keeping animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 306 450EH Clear title to
animal for sale under order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 307 Chapter division 4 Other
provisions 450EI Unavailability
of animal
at trial
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. 307 450EJ Effect of
defendant not objecting to
animal’s
return to
its owner
. 307 450F Animal valuers
and valuations .
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308
450H Licence disqualification where commission
of offence
facilitated by licence or use of vehicle
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309 450I Forfeiture in
cases of conviction for offences under specified sections
310 Division 2 Injuries to
property Chapter 45 Definitions 458
Unlawful acts .
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. 311 459 Acts done with
intent to defraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 312 Chapter 46 Offences 461
Arson . . . .
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312
462 Endangering particular property
by fire
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312
463 Setting fire to crops and growing plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
313
467 Endangering the safe use of vehicles and
related transport infrastructure 313
468 Injuring animals . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
314 469 Wilful
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
469AA Forfeiture of
thing used to record, store or transmit image of graffiti
320 469A Sabotage and
threatening sabotage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 321 470 Attempts to
destroy property by
explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
470A Unlawful dealing with explosive
or noxious
substances . . . . . . . 323
471 Damaging mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
472 Interfering with marine signals
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. 324 473 Interfering with
navigation works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
324
474 Communicating infectious diseases
to animals
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324
475 Travelling with infected animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
477 Obstructing railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
325
478 Sending letters threatening to
burn or
destroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
325
479 Arrest without warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
325
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484 Chapter 49 488
498 499 500
501 501A 502
Chapter 51 510
Chapter 52 514
515 Division 4 Chapter 54
533 Part 7 Chapter 55
535 536 538
539 540 Chapter 56
541 542 543
543A Chapter 57 544
545 Part 8 Forgery in
general—definitions Definitions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 326 Punishment of forgery and like
offences Forgery and uttering . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
326 Falsifying warrants for money payable
under public authority . . 327
Falsification
of registers .
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. 327 Sending false certificate of
marriage to
registrar .
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328
False statements
for the
purpose of
registers of births, deaths, and
marriages . . . . . . . .
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. 328 Contradictory statements
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328 Procuring or claiming unauthorised
status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
328 Preparation for forgery
Instruments and materials for forgery
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Personation Personation
in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
330
Falsely acknowledging deeds, recognisances etc.
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. 330 Offences
connected with trade and breach of contract Other
offences Mixing
uncertified with certified articles
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330
Preparation to
commit offences—conspiracy— accessories after the fact Attempts and
preparation to commit offences Attempts to
commit indictable offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 331 Punishment of attempts to commit
indictable offences . . . . . . . . 331
Reduction of punishment . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Attempts
to procure
commission of criminal
acts . . . . . . . . . . . .
332
Preparation
to commit
crimes with
dangerous things . . . . . . . . .
333
Conspiracy Conspiracy
to commit
crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
334
Conspiracy to
commit other offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Other conspiracies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Industrial disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
335
Accessories
after the
fact Accessories
after the
fact to
offences .
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336
Punishment of
accessories after the fact to offences . . . . . . . . . 336
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Chapter 58 545A
546 547 547A
548 549 550
551 552 Chapter
58A 552A 552B 552BA
552BB 552C
552D 552E 552F
552G 552H 552I
552J Chapter 59 553
554 557 558
559 Chapter 60 559A
560 Criminal Code Act 1899
Contents Arrest
Chapter does not apply to police
officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
337 Arrest without warrant
generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 337 Arrest without warrant in special
cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Arrest of persons found committing offences
on aircraft . . . . . . . 338 Arrest of persons found committing
offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Arrest of offender committing indictable offences
by night . . . . .
339
Arrest during flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Arrest of persons offering stolen
property for sale etc. . . . . . . . . 339
Duty
of persons arresting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Indictable offences dealt with summarily Charges of
indictable offences that
must be
heard and
decided summarily on
prosecution election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 340 Charges of indictable offences that
must be heard and decided summarily unless defendant elects
for jury
trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Charges of indictable offences
that must
be heard
and decided summarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
342
Excluded offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
343
Constitution
of Magistrates Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
When
Magistrates Court must abstain
from jurisdiction . . . . . . . 351
Charge may be heard and decided where
defendant arrested or served 352
Time
for prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Value of
property affecting jurisdiction to be decided by Magistrates
Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
353
Maximum penalty for indictable
offences dealt with summarily .
. 353 Procedure under s 552B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Appeals against decision to decide charge
summarily . . . . . . . . 355
Jurisdiction—preliminary
proceedings—bail Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Preliminary proceedings on
charges of
indictable offences . . . .
355
Place of trial .
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356
Persons brought before wrong
court .
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. 357 Change of
place of trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Indictments Definition for
ch 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
358
Presenting indictments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
359
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564 565 566
567 568 569
570 571 572
573 574 Chapter 61
575 576 577
578 579 580
581 582 583
584 585 586
587 588 588A
589 589A Chapter 62
Place where indictment is presented . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Ex
officio indictments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 360 Arrest of person charged in ex officio
indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Nolle prosequi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Form
of indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 361 General rules applicable to
indictments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Particular indictments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Joinder of charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
365
Cases in which several charges
may be
joined . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Accessories .
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370
Statement of previous conviction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
370
Formal defects .
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371
Amendment of
indictments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Particulars .
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. 372 Summary convictions
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372
Effect of indictment Offences
involving circumstances of aggravation
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373
Indictment containing count of murder or manslaughter .
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373
Charge of homicide of child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Charge of offence of a sexual nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
374
Charge of
specific injury—charge of injury with
specific intent . . 374
Charge of injury to property
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. 375 Offences of dishonesty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
375
Charge of procuring commission of
offence or
wrongful act . . . . 375
Conviction for attempt to commit offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
376
When
evidence shows offence of similar nature
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. 377 Effect of conviction
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378
Corrupt practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Illegal practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
378
Charge of stealing stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
378
Charges of stealing certain
animals and
of killing
certain animals with
intent to steal . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
379 Indictment for joint receiving
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380 Indictment for using or disclosing
knowledge of match-fixing conduct or match-fixing
arrangement for betting
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380
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Chapter division 1 Bringing accused
person to trial 590 Bringing accused to trial
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380 Chapter division 2 Directions and
rulings before trial 590AA Pre-trial
directions and rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 381 590AAA Noncompliance
with direction about disclosure . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 383 Chapter division 3 Disclosure
by the
prosecution Chapter
subdivision A Preliminary provisions 590AB
Disclosure
obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
385
590AC Chapter division
does not
have particular consequences .
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. 385 Chapter subdivision B
Interpretation 590AD
Definitions
for ch div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
386
590AE Meaning of possession of
the prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
590AF Meaning of
sensitive evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
388
590AFA Meaning of
Evidence Act section
93A device
statement .
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389
590AG Particular references to
an accused
person include references
to a
lawyer acting for the accused person
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Chapter subdivision C Disclosure 590AH
Disclosure that must always be made . . . .
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590AI When mandatory
disclosure must be made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
391 590AJ Disclosure that
must be made on request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
392 590AK When requested
disclosure must be made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
394
590AL Ongoing obligation
to disclose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
394
590AM How disclosure
may be
made .
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395
Chapter subdivision D Limitations
on disclosure 590AN
Limit on disclosure of things accused person
already has . . . . .
396
590AO Limit on
disclosure of sensitive evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
396
590AOA Evidence Act
section 93A
device statement .
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. 398 590AP Limit on
disclosure of witness contact
details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
590APA Protected counselling communications .
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. 404 590AQ Limit on
disclosure contrary to the public interest
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406
Chapter subdivision E Viewing
590AR Viewing evidence that is not original
evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
408
590AS Viewing
particular evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Chapter subdivision F Miscellaneous
provisions 590AT
Accused person may waive entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
590AU Court may waive requirement .
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only 590AV Disclosure
directions under particular provisions . . . . . . . .
. . . . 410 590AW When issues
about disclosure must be resolved . . . . . . . .
. . . . 410 590AX Unauthorised
copying of sensitive evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 410 Chapter division 4 Disclosure by an
accused person 590A Notice of alibi . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
411 590B Advance notice
of expert
evidence .
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413
590C Advance
notice of representation if
person who
made it
is unavailable 413
Chapter division 4A Disclosure
obligation directions 590D Purpose and
scope of ch div 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 414 590E Definitions for
ch div 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 415 590F Subject matter
for disclosure obligation direction . . . . . . . .
. . . . 415 590G Application for
disclosure obligation direction .
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417
Chapter division 5 Bringing
on trial and ordering
adjournment 591
Accelerating trial of persons not
under committal .
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. 417 592 Adjournment
of trial
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. 418 593 Directions as
to trial
upon adjournment .
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. 418 593A Warrant to bring
witness before court
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. 419 Chapter division 6 Corporation as
accused person 594A Presence in
court and
plea where
accused person is a corporation 419 Chapter division 7 Applications
by accused
person about indictment 595
Delivery of copy of indictment
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. 421 596 Motion to quash
indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
597 Misnomer
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. 421 Chapter division 8 Separate
trials 597A
Separate
trials where 2 or more charges
against the
same person 422
597B Separate trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Chapter division 9 Pleas
597C Accused person to be called on to plead to indictment
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423
598 Pleas
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599 Defence of justification for defamation
to be
specially pleaded . . 425
600 Persons committed for sentence
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. 426 601 Standing mute . . .
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. 426 602 Plea of
autrefois convict or autrefois
acquit .
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427
603 Trial on plea to the jurisdiction .
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427
604 Trial by jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
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605 Demurrer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
427 613 Want of
understanding of accused person . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 428 Chapter division 9A Trial by judge
alone 614 Application for order
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. 428 615 Making a no jury
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 429 615A More than 1
charge or
accused person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
615B Law and procedure to be applied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
430
615C Judge’s verdict and judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
615D Particular proceedings excluded from
application . . . . . . . . . . . .
431
615E References to trial by jury
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Chapter division 10 Appearances
and fair
conduct 616
Defence by counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
432
617 Presence of accused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
617A Juries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
433
Chapter division 11 Trial of issues
618 Evidence
in defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
433
619 Speeches by counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
620 Summing up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
434
624 Special verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
625 General
verdict on charge of defamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
435
Chapter division 12 Other provisions 630
Procedure on charge of an offence committed after
previous conviction 435
631 Further pleas . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
436 631A Plea of guilty
during trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 436 Chapter 63 Evidence—presumptions of fact
632 Corroboration . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 438 634 Evidence on
trials for
perjury and
subornation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
438
635 Evidence of previous conviction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
636 Evidence of blood relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
439
638 Evidence
of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
440
639 Averments about public officers
and public
service officers or
employees 440
641 Evidence on certain charges of
stealing money . . . . . . . . . . . . .
440 642 Evidence on
charges relating to seals and stamps . . . . . . . . . . .
442 643 Intention to
injure, deceive or defraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 63A 644B
644C 644D Chapter 64
645 646 647
648 649 650
651 652 653
659 Chapter 65 660
662 Chapter 67 668
668A 668B 668C
668D 668E 668F
669 669A 670
671 671A 671B
671D Admissions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 442 Witness giving incriminating
answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 443 Nonattendance of witness
Nonattendance of individual
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443 Nonattendance of corporation . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Noncompliance is
contempt of
court .
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. 444 Verdict—judgment Accused person insane during
trial .
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445
Discharge of persons acquitted
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445
Acquittal on ground of insanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
445
Convicted person to be called on to show cause . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Arrest of
judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Sentence . .
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. 446 Court may decide summary offences
if a
person is
charged on
indictment . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 447 Proceedings to transmit charge for summary
offence . . . . . . . . . 448 Remission of
proceedings to court exercising summary jurisdiction
449 Effect of summary conviction for
indictable offences . . . . . . . . . 450
Costs Costs of prosecution in
certain cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
450
Taxation . . .
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. 451 Appeal—pardon Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
451
Reference by
Attorney-General of pre-trial direction or
ruling .
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452
Reservation of
points of
law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
453
Appeal from arrest of judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Right of
appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Determination of
appeal in
ordinary cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
455
Powers of Court in special cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Power to grant new trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
456
Appeal by Attorney-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
457
Revesting and restitution of
property on
conviction . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Time
for appealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Judge’s notes and report to be furnished on
appeal .
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. 460 Supplemental powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
461
Right of appellant to be present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
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671H 671J 671K
671L 672 672A
675 676 677
Chapter 68 678
678A 678B 678C
678D 678E 678F
678G 678H 678I
678J 678K Chapter 69
679A 680 682
683 685B Chapter 70
686 687 Criminal Code Act
1899 Contents Appeals
permitted in writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 462 Costs of appeal . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
462 Grant of bail to appellant and custody
when attending Court . . . 463
Duties of registrar . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
464 Documents, exhibits etc. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Recording of trial proceedings
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. 465 Powers exercisable by a judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Appeals from the
decisions of the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
467
Pardoning power preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
468
Conditional remission of
sentence by
Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Pardon in case of imprisonment
for non-payment
of money
. .
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468
Effect of pardon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
469
Exceptions to
double jeopardy rules Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
469
Application of
ch 68
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. 470 Court may order retrial for
murder—fresh and compelling evidence 471 Court may order retrial for
25 year
offence—tainted acquittal
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. 471 Fresh and
compelling evidence—meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
472
Tainted acquittal—meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
473
Interests of justice—matters
for consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
474
Application for
retrial—procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
474
Retrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
476
Authorisation of
police investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Bail . . . . .
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478
Restrictions on
publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Seizure and detention of
property connected with
offences— restitution of
property unlawfully acquired Search of
aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 479 Property found on offenders on arrest
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Disposal of property seized . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
481 Orders
for delivery of
certain property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
482
Informations by
private persons for
indictable offences—ex
officio indictments Information by
leave of the court by private prosecutors . . . . . . .
482 Security to be given by prosecutor for
costs of defence . . . . . . . 483
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689 690 691
692 693 694
695 Chapter 71 695A
696 697 699
700 702 704
705 706 706A
707 708 Part 9
Chapter 72 709
Chapter 73 710
Chapter 74 711
Chapter 75 712
Chapter 76 713
Service of information . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
483 Plea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
483 Default of plea . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
483 Time and place of trial . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
484 Effect of judgment for prosecutor on
demurrer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
484 Effect of judgment by default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
485
Costs of defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Practice to be applied on ex officio indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
485
Miscellaneous provisions Power to protect
victim of
violence by
prohibiting publication of information about proceedings
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Warrant for release of person detained in
custody . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Court may direct certain persons to be
prosecuted for perjury . . 487 Staying
prosecution for publication of parliamentary paper
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. . 488 Certificate of dismissal by justices .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Saving of civil remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
No
court fees in criminal cases
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489
Copies of depositions to be allowed to persons committed
for trial 490
Inspection of depositions at
trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Development of
administrative arrangements .
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490
Forms of criminal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
492
Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Transitional and
validation provisions Transitional
provision for Act No. 18 of 1999
Transitional provision for
Act No.
18 of
1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Transitional provision for
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
(No. 2) 1999 Transitional provision for Justice
Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2)
1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
493
Transitional
provision for Criminal
Law Amendment Act
2000 Transitional
provision for Criminal
Law Amendment Act
2000 . .
494
Transitional
provision for Criminal
Law Amendment Act
2002 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law Amendment Act 2002 . .
495 Transitional provision for
Sexual Offences (Protection of
Children) Amendment Act
2003 Transitional provision for Sexual Offences
(Protection of Children) Amendment Act 2003—unlawful sexual
relationship . . . . . . . . . 495
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Chapter 83 720
Chapter 84 721
Chapter 85 722
Chapter 86 723
Chapter 87 724
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Validation provision for Criminal Proceeds
Confiscation Act 2002 Validation provision for Criminal
Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002— presentation of
indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 496 Transitional provision for Evidence
(Protection of Children) Amendment Act 2003 Transitional
provision for disclosure by the prosecution . . . . . .
. 496 Transitional provision for
Defamation Act 2005
Defence of truth of defamatory
matter still to be specially
pleaded 497 Transitional provision for Criminal
Code Amendment Act 2006 Effect
of repeal
of ss
56, 57
and 58
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. 497 Transitional provision for
Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2007 Appointment of animal valuers
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Transitional provision for Criminal Code and
Other Acts Amendment
Act 2008 References to particular
offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
498
Transitional
provision for Criminal
Code and
Jury and
Another Act Amendment
Act 2008 Trial by judge alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
499
Transitional
provision for Justice
and Other
Legislation Amendment Act
2008, part
8 Notices to
witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Transitional
provision for the Criminal Code
(Medical
Treatment) Amendment Act
2009 Retrospective
application of amendment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Transitional
provisions for Criminal
Code (Abusive Domestic Relationship Defence and
Another Matter) Amendment
Act 2010 Retrospective application of
amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
501
Transitional
provision for members
of QR
Group Employees of
members of QR Group taken to be persons employed in
public service during interim
period .
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502
Transitional
provisions for Civil and Criminal
Jurisdiction Reform and
Modernisation Amendment Act
2010 Definitions for
ch 88
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. 503 New
disclosure provisions apply only to prosecutions
commenced after commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
503
New summary disposition
provisions apply only to prosecutions commenced after
commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Transitional
provision for Criminal
Code and
Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2011 Page
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Chapter 90 729
Chapter 91 730
Chapter 92 731
Chapter 93 732
Chapter 94 733
734 Chapter 95 735
Chapter 96 736
737 738 Chapter 97
739 Chapter 98 740
Chapter 99 741
Application of amendment Act . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Transitional provision for Criminal Law
Amendment Act 2012 Application of amendment Act . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Transitional provisions for Criminal Law
(Child Exploitation and Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Act
2013 Indictments for offences . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Transitional provision for Criminal Law
(Criminal Organisations Disruption) and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2013 Application
of amended
s 597C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
507
Transitional
provision for Criminal
Code and
Another Act
(Stock) Amendment
Act 2014 Tendering, return or disposal
of stock
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. 508 Transitional provisions for
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 2014 Extended application of ch 68 . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Application of s 564 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Transitional
provision for Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016
References to particular offences
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Transitional provisions for Serious and
Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act
2016 Review of
consorting provisions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
510
Regulation made
by the
Serious and
Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Offences against ss 60A and 60B charged before
repeal .
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. 512 Transitional provision for
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 2017 Application of amendment Act . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Transitional provision for Victims of Crime
Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2017 Protected
counselling communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 513 Transitional provision for Penalties
and Sentences (Drug and Alcohol
Treatment Orders) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 Application of
s 552H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
514
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Criminal Code Act 1899 Criminal Code Act
1899 An Act to establish a Code of Criminal
Law Not authorised —indicative only
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[s
1] Preamble Whereas
it is desirable
to declare, consolidate, and
amend the
Criminal Law; Be it enacted
and declared by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty,
by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows— 1 Short title This Act may be
cited as the Criminal Code Act 1899 .
2 Establishment of Code—schedule
1 (1) On and from 1 January 1901, the
provisions contained in the Code of Criminal
Law set forth in schedule 1 ( the Code
)
shall be the law of Queensland with respect to the
several matters therein dealt with. (2)
The
said Code may be cited as the Criminal Code. 3
Saving However—
(a) the repeal of any statute or part of a
statute set forth in the schedules
shall not
affect the
construction of
any other statute,
or of any
other part
of the same
statute, whether as
regards the past or the future; (b)
when
any enactment not mentioned in the schedules has
been repealed,
confirmed, revived,
or perpetuated, by
any enactment hereby
repealed, such
repeal, confirmation, reviver,
or perpetuation, shall
not be affected by the
repeal effected by this Act; (c)
this
Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect, or
consequences, of anything already done or
suffered, or any existing status
or capacity, or
any right, title,
obligation, or
liability, civil
or criminal, already
acquired, accrued,
or incurred, or
any remedy or
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proceeding in
respect thereof,
or any release
or discharge of
or from any
debt, penalty,
obligation, liability, claim,
or demand, or
any indemnity, or
the proof of
any past act
or thing; and
any action, prosecution, or
other proceeding, begun
before the
coming into operation of the Code, may,
subject to the provisions of the Code, be continued as if
this Act had not been passed; and any action,
prosecution, or other proceeding, in respect of anything
done or omitted to be done before the coming into operation
of the Code, may, subject to the provisions of the Code, be
brought, taken, and prosecuted, in the same manner as if
this Act had not been passed; (d)
this
Act shall not, except as expressly therein declared,
affect any
principle or
rule of
law or equity,
or established jurisdiction, or form or
course of pleading, practice, or
procedure, notwithstanding that
the same respectively may
have been
in any manner
affirmed, recognised or
derived, by,
in, or from,
any enactment hereby
repealed; (e) this Act shall not revive or restore
any jurisdiction, duty, liability, right,
title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice,
procedure, form of punishment, or other matter or thing,
not now existing or in force. 4
Construction of statutes, statutory rules,
and other instruments From
and after the
coming into
operation of
the Code, the
following rules shall apply with respect to
the construction of statutes, statutory rules, by-laws, and
other instruments, that is to say— (a)
when in
any statute, statutory
rule, by-law,
or other instrument,
public or private, the term felony
is
used, or reference is made to an offence by the name
of felony, it shall be taken that reference is intended to
an offence which is a crime under the provisions of the
Code; (b) when in
any statute, statutory
rule, by-law,
or other instrument,
public or private, the term murder
is
used, it Current as at [Not applicable]
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[s
5] shall be taken that reference is intended to
the crimes of wilful murder and murder and each of
them; (c) when in
any statute, statutory
rule, by-law,
or other instrument,
public or private, the term larceny
is
used, it shall be taken that reference is intended to
the crime of stealing; (d)
when in
any statute, statutory
rule, by-law,
or other instrument,
public or private, reference is made to any offence by any
specific name, it shall be intended that reference
is intended to
the offence which,
under the
provisions of
the Code, is
constituted by
the act or
omission that
would heretofore have
constituted the
offence referred to; (e)
when in
any statute, statutory
rule, by-law,
or other instrument,
public or private, reference is made to any of the
statutory provisions hereby
repealed, it
shall be
taken that
reference is
intended to
the corresponding provisions or
substituted provisions of the Code. 5
Provisions of Code exclusive with certain
exceptions From and
after the
coming into
operation of
the Code, no
person shall be liable to be tried or
punished in Queensland as for an indictable offence except under
the express provisions of the Code or some other statute law
of Queensland, or under the express provisions of some statute
of the United Kingdom which is expressly applied to
Queensland, or which is in force in all parts of
Her Majesty’s dominions not expressly excepted from
its operation, or
which authorises the
trial and
punishment in
Queensland of
offenders who
have at
places not in
Queensland committed offences against the laws of the
United Kingdom. 6
Civil
remedies (1) When by the Code any act is declared
to be lawful, no action can be brought in respect
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(2) A person who suffers loss or injury
in, or in connection with, the commission of an indictable
offence of which the person is found guilty
has no right of action against another person for the loss or
injury. (3) Subsection (2) applies whether or not
a conviction is recorded for the offence. (4)
Except as aforesaid, the provisions of this
Act shall not affect any right of action which any person
would have had against another if this Act had not been
passed, nor shall the omission from the Code of
any penal provision in respect of any act or omission which
before the time of the coming into operation of the Code
constituted an actionable wrong affect any right
of
action in respect thereof. 7 Offender may be
prosecuted under Code or other statute When an offender
is punishable under the provisions of the Code, and also
under the provisions of some other statute, the offender
may be prosecuted and
convicted under
the provisions either of the Code or of
such other statute, so that the offender is
not twice punished for the same offence. 8
Contempt of court Nothing in this
Act or in the Code shall affect the authority of
courts of record to punish a person
summarily for the offence commonly known as ‘contempt of court’,
but so that a person can not be so punished and also
punished under the provisions of the Code for
the same act or omission. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Schedule 1 The Criminal Code
Part 1
Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
Schedule 1 The Criminal
Code section 2 Not
authorised —indicative
only Part 1 Introductory Interpretation—application—general
principles Chapter 1 Interpretation 1
Definitions In this
Code— adult means a person
of or above the age of 18 years. adult
entertainment has the meaning given by the
Liquor Act 1992
,
section 103N. adult entertainment permit
means an
adult entertainment permit granted
under the Liquor Act 1992 and in
force. affected child
, for chapter
62, chapter division
3, see section
590AD. aircraft includes
any machine or
apparatus designed
to support itself in the
atmosphere. It is immaterial whether the machine or
apparatus is incapable of use through mechanical defect or
whether any part or parts thereof have been removed for any
purpose or by any person. A flight of an aircraft shall be
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(a) at the
time of
the closing of
the external door
of the aircraft last to
be closed before the aircraft first moves for the purpose
of taking off from any place; or (b)
if
paragraph (a) is not applicable—at the time at which
the
aircraft first moves for the purpose of taking off from
any
place; and shall be deemed to end— (c)
at the time
of the opening
of the external
door of
the aircraft first to be opened after the
aircraft comes to rest after its
next landing
after the
commencement of
the flight; or (d)
if
paragraph (c) is not applicable—at the time at which
the
aircraft comes to rest after its next landing after the
commencement of the flight;
or, if the
aircraft is
destroyed, or
the flight is
abandoned, before either
paragraph (c) or (d) becomes applicable, at the time
at which the
aircraft is
destroyed or
the flight is
abandoned, as the case may be.
animal includes any
living creature other than mankind. anonymising
service , for part 4, chapter 22, see section
207A. approved manager
means an
approved manager
under the
Prostitution Act 1999 .
arresting officer —
(a) for chapter 62, chapter division 3,
see section 590AD; or (b) for chapter 62,
chapter division 4A, see section 590E. benefit
includes property, advantage, service,
entertainment, the use of or access to property or
facilities, and anything of benefit
to a person
whether or
not it has
any inherent or
tangible value, purpose or attribute.
bet or make a
bet , for chapter 43, see section 443.
bodily harm
means any
bodily injury
which interferes with
health or comfort. Current as at
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Part 1
Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
Not authorised —indicative
only Page 34 brothel
licence has the meaning given by the
Prostitution Act 1999
,
schedule 4. canal includes
aqueduct. carnal knowledge see section
6. child exploitation material
,
for chapter 22, see section 207A. circumstance of
aggravation means
any circumstance by
reason whereof an offender is liable to a
greater punishment than that to which the offender would be
liable if the offence were committed without the existence
of that circumstance. classified , for chapter
22, see section 207A. clerk and
servant include
any person employed
for any purpose
as or in
the capacity of
a clerk or
servant, or
as a collector
of money, although
temporarily only,
or although employed also by
other persons than the person alleged to be the person’s
employer, or although employed to pay as well as
receive money, and any person employed as or
in the capacity of a commission agent for the collection or
disbursement of money, or in any similar capacity, although
the person has no authority from
the person’s employer
to receive money
or other property on the employer’s
account. committal for trial includes
committal for sentence. Commonwealth Classification Act
, for chapter
22, see section
207A. company means an
incorporated company. computer game , for chapter
22, see section 207A. computer generated
image means
electronically recorded
data capable,
by way of
an electronic device,
of being produced
on a computer
monitor, television screen,
liquid crystal display
or similar medium as an image, including an image in the
form of text. conduct , for chapter
23, see section 230A. consent , for chapter
32, see section 348. Current as at [Not
applicable]
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Part
1 Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
Not authorised —indicative only
consort , for part 2,
chapter 9A, see section 77A. conviction , for part 2,
chapter 9A, see section 77. court
,
for chapter 62, chapter division 3, see section 590AD.
crematorium includes
the land or
water where
the crematorium is situated.
criminal history
, for chapter
62, chapter division
3, see section
590AD. criminal organisation see
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992, section 161O. Editor’s
note— Definition criminal
organisation is an uncommenced amendment—see
2016
Act No. 62 s 142. criminal responsibility means liability
to punishment as for an offence. criminally
responsible means liable to punishment as for an
offence. Crown Law
Officer means the Attorney-General or
director of public prosecutions. damage
, in
relation to a document, includes— (a)
obliterate the document; and
(b) make the
whole document
or part of
the document illegible or
irrecoverable. detriment , caused to a
person, includes detriment caused to a person’s
property. disclosure obligation , for chapter
62, chapter division 4A, see section
590E. disclosure obligation direction
, for chapter
62, chapter division 4A, see
section 590E. distribute , for part 4,
chapter 22, see section 207A. document
includes— (a)
anything on which there is writing;
and Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Page 36 (b)
anything on
which there
are marks, figures,
symbols, codes,
perforations or anything else having a meaning for a person
qualified to interpret them; and (c)
a
record. domestic relationship means a relevant
relationship under the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act
2012 ,
section 13. Note—
Under the
Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act
2012 ,
section 13, a
relevant relationship means
an intimate personal
relationship, a family relationship or an
informal care relationship, as defined under
that Act. domestic violence offence
means an offence against an Act,
other than the Domestic and
Family Violence Protection Act 2012
,
committed by a person where the act done, or omission
made, which constitutes the offence is
also— (a) domestic violence
or associated domestic
violence, under the
Domestic and Family Violence Protection
Act 2012 , committed by
the person; or (b) a contravention of
the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , section
177(2). Note— Under
the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act
2012 ,
section 177(2), a respondent against whom a
domestic violence order has been made under that Act must not
contravene the order. DPP presenter , for chapter
60, see section 559A. dwelling includes
any building or
structure, or
part of
a building or structure, which is for
the time being kept by the owner or
occupier for
the residence therein
of himself or
herself, his or her family, or servants, or
any of them, and it is immaterial that it is from time to
time uninhabited. A building or
structure adjacent
to, and occupied
with, a
dwelling is
deemed to
be part of
the dwelling if
there is
a communication between
such building
or structure and
the dwelling, either
immediate or
by means of
a covered and
Current as at [Not applicable]
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Part
1 Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
Not authorised —indicative only
enclosed passage leading from the one to the
other, but not otherwise. encourage
,
for chapter 43, see section 443. Evidence Act
section 93A device statement , for chapter
62, chapter division 3, see section
590AD. exculpatory thing
, for chapter
62, chapter division
3, see section
590AD. explosive substance includes a
gaseous substance in such a state of
compression as to be capable of explosion. family
,
for chapter 16, see section 119A. film
,
for chapter 22, see section 207A. forge
a document, means
make, alter
or deal with
the document so that the whole of it or a
material part of it— (a) purports to be
what, or of an effect that, in fact it is not; or
(b) purports to be made, altered or dealt
with by a person who did not make, alter or deal with it or
by or for some person who does not, in fact exist;
or (c) purports to be made, altered or dealt
with by authority of a person who did not give that
authority; or (d) otherwise purports to be made, altered
or dealt with in circumstances in which it was not made,
altered or dealt with. genitalia
includes surgically constructed
genitalia. grievous bodily harm means—
(a) the loss of a distinct part or an
organ of the body; or (b) serious
disfigurement; or (c) any bodily injury of such a nature
that, if left untreated, would endanger or be likely to
endanger life, or cause or be likely to cause permanent injury to
health; whether or not treatment is or could have
been available. Current as at [Not applicable]
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hidden network , for part 4,
chapter 22, see section 207A. indecent
matter includes indecent film, videotape,
audiotape, picture, photograph or printed or written
matter. indictment means
a written charge
preferred against
an accused person in order to the
person’s trial before some court other than
justices exercising summary jurisdiction. information , for part 4,
chapter 22, see section 207A. inland
water includes river, canal and reservoir.
judicial officer includes—
(a) an arbitrator, or
umpire, appointed
in relation to
an arbitration in which evidence may be
taken on oath; and (b) a member
of a tribunal
established under
an Act to
perform judicial
functions or
judicial functions
and other functions; and
(c) a person
conducting a
hearing of
the Crime and
Corruption Commission under
the Crime and
Corruption Act 2001 , chapter 4;
and (d) a justice of the peace constituting a
court. judicial proceeding , for chapter
16, see section 119. knowingly ,
used in
connection with
any term denoting
uttering or using, implies knowledge of the
character of the thing uttered or used. law enforcement
agency means— (a)
the
Queensland Police Service; or (b)
the
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(c) the Crime and Corruption Commission;
or (d) any other entity of—
(i) another State; or (ii)
the
Commonwealth; Page 38 Current as at
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Part
1 Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
that performs
a similar function
to an entity
in paragraphs (a) to (c).
law
enforcement officer means— (a)
a member or
officer of
a law enforcement agency,
including a person appearing for the
director under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act
1984 , section 10(4); or
(b) a person
who is authorised, in
writing, by
the commissioner of the police service, or
the chairperson of the Crime
and Corruption Commission, to
help a
member or officer of a law enforcement
agency; or (c) a person
who belongs to
a class of
persons that
is authorised, in writing, by the
commissioner of the police service, or the chairperson of the
Crime and Corruption Commission, to
help a
member or
officer of
a law enforcement
agency. liable ,
used alone,
means liable
on conviction upon
indictment. licensed
brothel has the meaning given by the
Prostitution Act 1999
,
schedule 4. licensee , for a licensed
brothel, means the person who holds the brothel
licence for the brothel under the Prostitution
Act 1999 .
match-fixing arrangement , for chapter
43, see section 443. match-fixing conduct
,
for chapter 43, see section 443. material
,
for chapter 22, see section 207A. money
includes bank
notes, bank
drafts, cheques,
and any other
orders, warrants,
authorities, or
requests, for
the payment of money. motor
vehicle includes any machine or apparatus designed
for propulsion wholly
or partly by
gas, motor
spirit, oil,
electricity, steam
or other mechanical power,
and also Current as at
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only Schedule 1 The Criminal Code
Part 1
Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
includes a motor cycle, or a caravan,
caravan trailer or other trailer designed to be attached to a
motor vehicle. It is immaterial whether the machine or
apparatus is incapable of use through mechanical defect or
whether any part or parts thereof have been removed for any
purpose or by any person. network , for part 4,
chapter 22, see section 207A. night
or night-time means
the interval between
9p.m. and
6a.m. observe
,
for chapter 22, see section 207A. occupier
,
for chapter 23, see section 230A. offence
see
section 2. original evidence
, for chapter
62, chapter division
3, see section
590AD. participant , in a criminal
organisation, see the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161P. party
,
for chapter 62, chapter division 4A, see section 590E.
penetrate , for chapter
32, see section 347. penis includes
a surgically constructed penis,
whether provided for a
male or female. person and
owner ,
and other like
terms, when
used with
reference to property, include corporations
of all kinds, and any other associations of persons capable of
owning property, and also, when so used, include Her
Majesty. person employed
in the public
service includes
police officers, staff
members under the Ministerial and Other Office
Holder Staff Act 2010 and persons
employed to execute any process of
a court of
justice, and
also includes
the chief executive
officer of
a rail government entity
and persons employed by a
rail government entity. person with an impairment of the
mind means a person with a disability
that— Page 40 Current as at
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Part
1 Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
(a) is attributable to an intellectual,
psychiatric, cognitive or neurological impairment or a
combination of these; and (b) results
in— (i) a substantial reduction of the
person’s capacity for communication, social interaction or
learning; and (ii) the person
needing support. picture includes image
including computer generated image. place
,
for chapter 23, see section 230A. port
includes harbour and dock.
possession includes
having under
control in
any place whatever,
whether for
the use or
benefit of
the person of
whom the
term is
used or
of another person,
and although another
person has
the actual possession or
custody of
the thing in question. possession of
the prosecution ,
for chapter 62,
chapter division 3, see
section 590AE. premises includes—
(a) a building or structure, or part of a
building or structure, of any type; and (b)
a
group of, or part of a group of, buildings or structures,
of
any type; and (c) the land
or water where
a building or
structure or
a group of buildings or structures is
situated; and (d) a vehicle, or a caravan; and
(e) a tent, or a cave; and
(f) premises in which more than 1 person
has ownership. prescribed summary trial , for chapter
62, chapter division 3, see section 590AD. private
act , for chapter 22, see section 207A.
private place , for chapter
22, see section 207A. Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Page 42 property
includes— (a)
every thing animate or inanimate that is
capable of being the subject of ownership; and
(b) money; and (c)
electrical or other energy, gas and water;
and (d) a plant; and (e)
an
animal that is— (i) a tame animal, whether or not
naturally tame; or (ii) an untamed
animal of a type that, if kept, is usually kept confined;
or (iii) an
untamed animal
in a person’s
possession or
being pursued for return to possession after
escape; and (f) a thing produced
by an animal mentioned in paragraph (e); and
(g) any other property real or personal,
legal or equitable, including things in action and other
intangible property. prosecution —
(a) for chapter 62, chapter division 3,
see section 590AD; or (b) for chapter 62,
chapter division 4A, see section 590E. prostitution has the meaning
given by section 229E. publication , for chapter
22, see section 207A. public officer
means a
person other
than a
judicial officer,
whether or not the person is
remunerated— (a) discharging a duty imposed under an
Act or of a public nature; or (b)
holding office under or employed by the
Crown; and includes, whether or not the person is
remunerated— (c) a person
employed to
execute any
process of
a court; and
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Part
1 Introductory Chapter 1 Interpretation [s 1]
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(d) a public service employee; and
(e) a person
appointed or
employed under
any of the
following Acts— (i)
the Police Service Administration Act
1990 ; (ii) the
Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
; (iii) the
State Buildings
Protective Security
Act 1983 ;
and (f) a member,
officer, or employee of an authority, board, corporation, commission, local
government, council,
committee or other similar body established
for a public purpose under an Act. public
place , for chapter 23, see section 230A.
rail government entity
see the Transport
Infrastructure Act
1994 , schedule
6. railway includes
every kind
of way on
which vehicles
are borne upon
a rail or
rails, whatever
may be the
means of
propulsion. recognised
offender , for part 2, chapter 9A, see section
77. record means any thing
or process— (a) on or by which information is recorded
or stored; or (b) by means of which sounds, images,
writings, messages or anything else having meaning can be
conveyed in any way in a visible or recoverable form;
even if
the use or
assistance of
some electronic, electrical, mechanical,
chemical or other device or process is required to
recover or convey the information or
meaning. registered brand
and registered mark
mean respectively a
brand or mark which is registered under the
authority of the laws relating
to brands and
each such
registered brand
or registered mark shall for the purposes
of this Code be deemed to be the registered brand or
registered mark respectively of the person in
whose name such brand or mark is registered. Current as at
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only Page 44 However, where
such brand or mark is registered in the names of 2 or more
persons such registered brand or registered mark
shall for
the purposes of
this Code
be deemed to
be the registered brand
or registered mark
respectively of
each of
such
persons. relevant offence , for part 2,
chapter 9A, see section 77. relevant
proceeding ,
for chapter 62,
chapter division
3, see section
590AD. sensitive evidence
, for chapter
62, chapter division
3, see section
590AF. serious disease means a disease
that would, if left untreated, be of such a
nature as to— (a) cause or be likely to cause any loss
of a distinct part or organ of the body; or
(b) cause or be likely to cause serious
disfigurement; or (c) endanger or be likely to endanger
life, or to cause or be likely to cause permanent injury to
health; whether or not treatment is or could have
been available. ship includes
every kind
of vessel used
in navigation not
propelled by oars. someone
,
for chapter 22, see section 207A. spent
conviction means a conviction— (a)
for
which the rehabilitation period under the Criminal
Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 has
expired under that Act; and (b)
that is
not revived as
prescribed by
section 11
of that Act.
sporting contingency , for chapter
43, see section 443. sporting event , for chapter
43, see section 443. statement ,
for chapter 62,
chapter division
3, see section
590AD. Current as at [Not applicable]
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state of undress , for chapter
22, see section 207A. stock means any of the
following animals or their young— (a)
horse, asses, mules or camels;
(b) cattle, oxen or buffalo;
(c) sheep; (d)
swine; (e)
deer; (f)
goats. summary
conviction means
summary conviction before
a Magistrates Court. the
offender can
not be arrested
without warrant
see section 5(3). the
offender may
be arrested without
warrant see
section 5(1). trial
includes a
proceeding wherein
a person is
to be sentenced. uncorroborated testimony
means testimony
which is
not corroborated in
some material
particular by
other evidence
implicating the accused person.
unlawful game , for chapter
23, see section 230A. utter means
and includes using
or dealing with,
and attempting to use or deal with, and
attempting to induce any person to use, deal with, or act upon,
the thing in question. vagina includes
a surgically constructed vagina,
whether provided for a
male or female. valuable security
includes any
document which
is the property
of any person,
and which is
evidence of
the ownership of any property or of the
right to recover or receive any
property. vehicle includes—
(a) a motor vehicle, train, aircraft, or
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(b) anything else
used or
to be used
to carry persons
or goods from place to place.
vessel includes a ship,
or boat, and every other kind of vessel used in
navigation. view , for chapter
62, chapter division 3, see section 590AD. visually
record , for chapter 22, see section 207A.
vulva includes
a surgically constructed vulva,
whether provided for a
male or female. woman includes any
female. writing includes any way
of representing or reproducing in a visible form any
word, inscription, signature or other mark. 2
Definition of offence
An
act or omission which renders the person doing the act or
making the omission liable to punishment is
called an offence .
3 Division of offences
(1) Offences are
of 2 kinds,
namely, criminal
offences and
regulatory offences. (2)
Criminal offences
comprise crimes,
misdemeanours and
simple offences. (3)
Crimes and misdemeanours are indictable
offences; that is to say, the offenders can not, unless
otherwise expressly stated, be prosecuted or
convicted except upon indictment. (4)
A
person guilty of a regulatory offence or a simple offence
may
be summarily convicted by a Magistrates Court. (5)
An
offence not otherwise designated is a simple offence.
4 Attempts to commit offences
(1) When a person, intending to commit an
offence, begins to put the person’s intention into execution
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fulfilment, and manifests the person’s
intention by some overt act, but does not fulfil the person’s
intention to such an extent as
to commit the
offence, the
person is
said to
attempt to
commit the offence. (2)
It
is immaterial, except so far as regards punishment, whether
the
offender does all that is necessary on the offender’s part
for
completing the commission of the offence, or whether the
complete fulfilment of the offender’s
intention is prevented by circumstances independent of his or
her will, or whether the offender desists
of his or
her own motion
from the
further prosecution of
the offender’s intention. (3) It is immaterial
that by reason of circumstances not known to the offender it
is impossible in fact to commit the offence. (4)
The
same facts may constitute one offence and an attempt to
commit another offence. 5
Arrest without warrant (1)
The
expression the offender may be arrested without
warrant means that the provisions of this Code
relating to the arrest of offenders or
suspected offenders
without warrant
are applicable to
the offence in
question, either
generally or
subject to
such conditions (if
any) as
to time, place,
or circumstance, or
as to the
person authorised to
make the
arrest, as are specified in the particular
case. (2) Except when otherwise stated, the
definition of an offence as a crime
imports that
the offender may
be arrested without
warrant. (3)
The expression the
offender can
not be arrested
without warrant
means that the provisions of this Code
relating to the arrest of offenders or suspected offenders
without warrant are not applicable to the crime in question,
except subject to such conditions (if any) as to time, place,
or circumstance, or as to the person authorised to make the
arrest as are specified in the particular
case. Current as at [Not applicable]
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6] 6 Carnal knowledge (1)
If carnal knowledge
is used in
defining an
offence, the
offence, so far as regards that element of
it, is complete on penetration to any extent.
(2) Carnal knowledge includes anal
intercourse. Not authorised —indicative
only Chapter 2 Parties to
offences 7 Principal offenders
(1) When an offence is committed, each of
the following persons is deemed to have taken part in
committing the offence and to be
guilty of
the offence, and
may be charged
with actually
committing it, that is to say—
(a) every person
who actually does
the act or
makes the
omission which constitutes the
offence; (b) every person who does or omits to do
any act for the purpose of enabling or aiding another person
to commit the offence; (c)
every person who aids another person in
committing the offence; (d)
any
person who counsels or procures any other person to
commit the offence. (2)
Under subsection
(1)(d) the person may
be charged either
with
committing the offence or with counselling or procuring
its
commission. (3) A conviction of counselling or
procuring the commission of an offence
entails the same consequences in all respects as a
conviction of committing the offence.
(4) Any person who procures another to do
or omit to do any act of such a nature that, if the person
had done the act or made the omission, the act or omission
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8] offence on
the person’s part,
is guilty of
an offence of
the same kind,
and is liable
to the same
punishment, as
if the person had done
the act or made the omission; and the person may be charged
with doing the act or making the omission. 8
Offences committed in prosecution of common
purpose When 2
or more persons
form a
common intention
to prosecute an
unlawful purpose
in conjunction with
one another, and in the prosecution of
such purpose an offence is committed of
such a
nature that
its commission was
a probable consequence of
the prosecution of
such purpose,
each
of them is deemed to have committed the offence.
9 Mode of execution immaterial
(1) When a person counsels another to
commit an offence, and an offence is actually committed after
such counsel by the person to whom
it is given,
it is immaterial whether
the offence actually
committed is
the same as
that counselled or
a different one, or whether the offence
is committed in the way counselled, or in a different way,
provided in either case that the
facts constituting the
offence actually
committed are
a probable consequence of carrying out
the counsel. (2) In either case the person who gave the
counsel is deemed to have counselled the
other person
to commit the
offence actually
committed by the other person. 10
Accessories after the fact
A person who
receives or
assists another
who is, to
the person’s knowledge, guilty of an
offence, in order to enable the
person to
escape punishment, is
said to
become an
accessory after the fact to the
offence. Current as at [Not applicable]
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(1) Under section 7, a person’s criminal
responsibility extends to any offence that, on the evidence
admissible against him or her, is either the offence proved
against the person who did the act or made the
omission that constitutes that offence or any statutory or
other alternative to that offence. (2)
Under section 8, a person’s criminal
responsibility extends to any offence that, on the evidence
admissible against him or her, is
a probable consequence of
the prosecution of
a common intention
to prosecute an
unlawful purpose,
regardless of what offence is proved against
any other party to the common intention. (3)
This
section does not limit any other provision of this chapter.
Chapter 3 Application of
criminal law 11 Effect of changes in law
(1) A person can not be punished for doing
or omitting to do an act unless the act or omission
constituted an offence under the law in force
when it occurred; nor unless doing or omitting to
do
the act under the same circumstances would constitute an
offence under the law in force at the time
when the person is charged with the offence.
(2) If the law in force when the act or
omission occurred differs from that in force at the time of the
conviction, the offender can not be punished to any greater
extent than was authorised by the former law, or to any greater
extent than is authorised by the latter law. Page 50
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12] 12 Application of Code as to offences
wholly or partially committed in Queensland (1)
This Code
applies to
every person
who does an
act in Queensland or
makes an
omission in
Queensland, which
in either case constitutes an
offence. (2) Where acts or omissions occur which,
if they all occurred in Queensland, would constitute an
offence and any of the acts or omissions
occur in Queensland, the person who does the acts or makes
the omissions is guilty of an offence of the same
kind
and is liable to the same punishment as if all the acts or
omissions had occurred in Queensland.
(3) Where an event occurs in Queensland
caused by an act done or omission made out of Queensland
which, if done or made in Queensland, would constitute an
offence, the person who does the act or makes the omission is
guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable to the
same punishment as if the act or omission had occurred in
Queensland. (3A) It is a defence
to prove that the person did not intend that the
act
or omission should have effect in Queensland. (4)
Where an event occurs out of Queensland
caused by an act done or omission made in Queensland, which
act or omission would constitute an
offence had
the event occurred
in Queensland, the
person who
does the
act or makes
the omission is guilty of an offence of
the same kind and is liable to
the same punishment as
if the event
had occurred in
Queensland. (5)
This
section does not extend to a case where the only material
event that occurs in Queensland is the death
in Queensland of a person whose death is caused by an act
done or an omission made out of Queensland at a time when the
person was out of Queensland. 13
Offences enabled, aided, procured or
counselled by persons out of Queensland
(1) Any person who while out of
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14] (a) does or omits to do an act for the
purpose of enabling or aiding another
person to
commit an
offence that
is actually committed in Queensland;
or (b) aids another
person in
committing an
offence that
is actually committed in Queensland;
or (c) counsels or
procures another
person to
commit an
offence that is actually committed in
Queensland; is guilty of an offence of the same kind and
is liable to the same punishment as if the person had
committed the offence in Queensland. (2)
Any
person who while out of Queensland procures another to
do
or omit to do in Queensland an act of such a nature that, if
the person had
done the
act or made
the omission in
Queensland, the person would have been
guilty of an offence is guilty of an offence of the same
kind and is liable to the same punishment as if the person had
done the act or made the omission in Queensland.
14 Offences procured in Queensland to be
committed out of Queensland Any person who
while in Queensland procures another to do an act or make
an omission at a place not in Queensland of such a nature
that, if the person had done the act or made the
omission in Queensland, the person would
have been guilty of an offence, and that, if the person had done
the act or made the omission, the
person would
have been
guilty of
an offence under the laws
in force in the place where the act or omission is done or made,
is guilty of an offence of the same kind, and is liable to the
same punishment, as if the act had been done or the omission had
been made in Queensland, but so that the punishment does
not exceed that which the person would have incurred under
the laws in force in the place where the act was
done
or the omission was made, if the person had done the act
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15] 15 Defence Force Officers and
other members of the Australian Defence Force are, while on
duty or in uniform, subject to the special laws relating to that
Force, but are not exempt from the provisions of this
Code. 16 Person not to be twice punished for
same offence A person can
not be twice
punished either
under the
provisions of this Code or under the
provisions of any other law for the same act or omission,
except in the case where the act
or omission is
such that
by means thereof
the person causes the death
of another person, in which case the person may be convicted
of the offence of which the person is guilty by
reason of
causing such
death, notwithstanding that
the person has
already been
convicted of
some other
offence constituted by
the act or omission. 17 Former conviction or acquittal
It is a
defence to
a charge of
any offence to
show that
the accused person
has already been
tried, and
convicted or
acquitted upon an indictment on which the
person might have been convicted
of the offence
with which
the person is
charged, or has already been acquitted upon
indictment, or has already been
convicted, of
an offence of
which the
person might
be convicted upon
the indictment or
complaint on
which the person is charged.
Note— This section
does not apply to the charge mentioned in section 678B
(Court may order retrial for murder—fresh
and compelling evidence) or 678C (Court may
order retrial for 25 year offence—tainted acquittal).
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18] Chapter 4 Royal
prerogative of mercy 18 Royal prerogative of mercy
This
Code does not affect the Royal prerogative of mercy.
Not authorised —indicative
only Chapter 5 Criminal
responsibility 22 Ignorance of the law—bona fide claim
of right (1) Ignorance of the law does not afford
any excuse for an act or omission which would otherwise
constitute an offence, unless knowledge of the
law by the offender is expressly declared to be an element of
the offence. (2) But a person is not criminally
responsible, as for an offence relating to
property, for an act done or omitted to be done by
the
person with respect to any property in the exercise of an
honest claim of right and without intention
to defraud. (3) A person is not criminally responsible
for an act or omission done or made in contravention of a
statutory instrument if, at the time of
doing or making it, the statutory instrument was
not known to
the person and
had not been
published or
otherwise reasonably made available or known
to the public or those persons likely to be affected by
it. (4) In this section— publish
— (a) in relation to a
statutory instrument that is subordinate legislation—means notify in accordance with
section 47 (Notification) of
the Statutory Instruments Act
1992 ;
and (b) in
relation to
a statutory instrument that
is not subordinate
legislation—means publish in the gazette. Page 54
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23] 23 Intention—motive (1)
Subject to
the express provisions of
this Code
relating to
negligent acts
and omissions, a
person is
not criminally responsible
for— (a) an act
or omission that
occurs independently of
the exercise of the person’s will;
or (b) an event that— (i)
the
person does not intend or foresee as a possible consequence;
and (ii) an ordinary
person would not reasonably foresee as a possible
consequence. Note— Parliament, in
amending subsection (1)(b) by the Criminal Code
and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011
,
did not intend to change the circumstances in
which a person is criminally responsible. (1A)
However, under subsection (1)(b), the person
is not excused from criminal responsibility for death or
grievous bodily harm that results
to a victim
because of
a defect, weakness,
or abnormality. (2)
Unless the intention to cause a particular
result is expressly declared to be an element of the offence
constituted, in whole or part, by an act or omission, the
result intended to be caused by an act or
omission is immaterial. (3) Unless otherwise
expressly declared, the motive by which a person is
induced to do or omit to do an act, or to form an
intention, is
immaterial so
far as regards
criminal responsibility. 24
Mistake of fact (1)
A
person who does or omits to do an act under an honest and
reasonable, but mistaken, belief in the
existence of any state of things is not criminally responsible
for the act or omission to any greater extent than if the real
state of things had been such as the person
believed to exist. Current as at [Not applicable]
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25] (2) The operation of this rule may be
excluded by the express or implied provisions of the law relating
to the subject. 25 Extraordinary emergencies
Subject to the express provisions of this
Code relating to acts done upon
compulsion or
provocation or
in self-defence, a
person is
not criminally responsible for
an act or
omission done
or made under
such circumstances of
sudden or
extraordinary emergency that an ordinary
person possessing ordinary power
of self-control could
not reasonably be
expected to act otherwise.
26 Presumption of sanity
Every person is presumed to be of sound
mind, and to have been of
sound mind
at any time
which comes
in question, until the
contrary is proved. 27 Insanity (1)
A
person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission
if at the time of doing the act or making the
omission the person is in such a state of mental disease or
natural mental infirmity as to deprive the person of capacity
to understand what the person is doing, or of capacity to
control the person’s actions, or of capacity
to know that the person ought not to do the act or make the
omission. (2) A person whose
mind, at
the time of
the person’s doing
or omitting to
do an act,
is affected by
delusions on
some specific matter
or matters, but who is not otherwise entitled to
the
benefit of subsection (1), is criminally responsible for the
act
or omission to the same extent as if the real state of
things had been such as the person was induced by
the delusions to believe to exist. Page 56
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28] 28 Intoxication (1)
The provisions of
section 27 apply
to the case
of a person
whose mind
is disordered by
intoxication or
stupefaction caused
without intention
on his or
her part by
drugs or
intoxicating liquor or by any other
means. (2) They do not
apply to
the case of a person who has, to
any extent intentionally caused
himself or
herself to
become intoxicated or
stupefied, whether in order to afford excuse for
the
commission of an offence or not and whether his or her
mind
is disordered by the intoxication alone or in combination
with
some other agent. (3) When an intention to cause a specific
result is an element of an offence,
intoxication, whether
complete or
partial, and
whether intentional or unintentional, may be
regarded for the purpose of
ascertaining whether
such an
intention in
fact existed.
29 Immature age (1)
A person under
the age of
10 years is
not criminally responsible for
any act or omission. (2) A
person under
the age of
14 years is
not criminally responsible for
an act or omission, unless it is proved that at the time of
doing the act or making the omission the person had capacity to
know that the person ought not to do the act or make the
omission. 30 Judicial officers Except as
expressly provided by this Code, a judicial officer is
not
criminally responsible for anything done or omitted to be
done by
the judicial officer
in the exercise
of the officer’s
judicial functions, although the
act done is
in excess of
the officer’s judicial authority, or
although the officer is bound to do the act
omitted to be done. Current as at [Not applicable]
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31] 31 Justification and
excuse—compulsion (1) A person is not criminally responsible
for an act or omission, if the
person does
or omits to
do the act
under any
of the following
circumstances, that is to say— (a)
in
execution of the law; (b) in obedience to
the order of a competent authority which he or she is
bound by law to obey, unless the order is manifestly
unlawful; (c) when the act is reasonably necessary
in order to resist actual and unlawful violence threatened to
the person, or to another person in the person’s
presence; (d) when— (i)
the
person does or omits to do the act in order to save himself or
herself or another person, or his or her
property or
the property of
another person,
from serious
harm or
detriment threatened to
be inflicted by some person in a position
to carry out the threat; and (ii)
the person doing
the act or
making the
omission reasonably
believes he or she or the other person is unable otherwise
to escape the carrying out of the threat;
and (iii) doing the act or
making the omission is reasonably proportionate to
the harm or detriment threatened. (2)
However, this protection does not extend to
an act or omission which would constitute the crime of murder,
or an offence of which grievous bodily harm to the person of
another, or an intention to cause such harm, is an element,
nor to a person who has by
entering into
an unlawful association or
conspiracy rendered
himself or
herself liable
to have such
threats made to the person.
(3) Whether an order is or is not
manifestly unlawful is a question of law.
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Sedition [s 34] 34
Offences by partners and members of
companies with respect to partnership or corporate
property A person who,
being a
member of
a co-partnership, corporation, or
joint stock company, does or omits to do any act
with respect
to the property
of the co-partnership, corporation, or
company, which,
if the person
were not
a member of
the co-partnership, corporation, or
company, would constitute
an offence, is criminally responsible to the same extent as
if the person were not such member. 36
Application of rules (1)
The provisions of
this chapter
apply to
all persons charged
with any
criminal offence
against the
statute law
of Queensland. (2)
Except for
sections 22(3), 29
and 31, this
chapter does
not apply to regulatory offences.
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44 Definition of seditious
intention An intention to effect any of the following
purposes, that is to say— (a)
to
bring the Sovereign into hatred or contempt; (b)
to excite disaffection against
the Sovereign or
the Government or Constitution of the
United Kingdom or of Queensland as by law established, or
against either Current as at [Not applicable]
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Sedition [s 45] House
of Parliament of
the United Kingdom
or of Queensland, or
against the administration of justice; (c)
to
excite Her Majesty’s subjects to attempt to procure
the alteration of
any matter in
the State as
by law established
otherwise than by lawful means; (d)
to raise discontent or
disaffection amongst
Her Majesty’s subjects;
(e) to promote
feelings of
ill will and
enmity between
different classes of Her Majesty’s
subjects; is a seditious
intention , unless it is justified by the
provisions of section 45. 45
Innocent intentions It is lawful for
any person— (a) to endeavour in good faith to show
that the Sovereign has been mistaken in any of Her counsels;
or (b) to point
out in good
faith errors
or defects in
the government or Constitution of the
United Kingdom or of Queensland as by law established, or in
legislation, or in the administration of
justice, with
a view to
the reformation of such errors or defects;
or (c) to excite in good faith Her Majesty’s
subjects to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of
any matter in the State as by law established;
or (d) to point out in good faith in order to
their removal any matters which
are producing or
have a
tendency to
produce feelings of ill will and enmity
between different classes of Her Majesty’s subjects.
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enterprises etc. (1)
A seditious enterprise
is
an enterprise which is undertaken in order to the
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Seditious words are words
expressive of a seditious intention. (3)
In
this Code— seditious writing includes
anything intended to be read, and any
sign or
visible representation, which
is expressive of
a seditious intention.
51 Unlawful drilling (1)
Any
person who— (a) in contravention of
the directions under
a regulation, trains or drills
any other person to the use of arms or the practice of
military exercises, movements, or evolutions; or
(b) is present at any meeting or assembly
of persons held in contravention of
the directions of
any such proclamation, for
the purpose of
there training
or drilling any
other person
to the use
of arms or
the practice of military exercises,
movements, or evolutions; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) Any
person who,
at any meeting
or assembly held
in contravention of the directions under
a regulation, is trained or drilled to the
use of arms or the practice of military exercises,
movements, or
evolutions, or
who is present
at any such
meeting or
assembly for
the purpose of
being so
trained or
drilled, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 2 years.
(2A) The offender may
be arrested without warrant. (3)
A
prosecution for any of the offences defined in this section
must
be begun within 6 months after the offence is committed.
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(a) conspires with
any person to
carry into
execution a
seditious enterprise; or (b)
advisedly publishes any seditious words or
writing; is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable
to imprisonment for 3 years. (2)
If the person
has been previously convicted
of any such
offence the
person is
guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years.
(3) A prosecution for any of the offences
defined in this section must be begun within 6 months after
the offence is committed. (4) A person can not
be convicted of any of the offences defined in
this section
upon the
uncorroborated testimony
of 1 witness.
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Evidence of proceedings in the Assembly
allowed for prosecution (1)
Despite the
Parliament of
Queensland Act
2001 ,
section 8, evidence of
anything said or done during proceedings in the Assembly may be
given in a proceeding against a person for an
offence under
this chapter
to the extent
necessary to
prosecute the person for the offence.
(2) Subsection (1) does
not limit the
Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001
,
section 36. (3) In this section— proceedings in
the Assembly see
the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001 , section 9 and
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54] 54 Interference with Governor or
Ministers (1) Any person who— (a)
does any
act with intention
to interfere with
the free exercise by the
Governor of the duties or authority of the Governor’s
office; or (b) does any
act with intention
to interfere with
the free exercise by a
member of the Executive Council of the duties or
authority of the member’s office as a member of the Executive
Council or as a Minister of State; is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
(2) The offender
may be, and
it is hereby
declared that
the offender always was liable to be,
arrested without warrant. 54A Demands with
menaces upon agencies of government (1)
Any
person who demands that anything be done or omitted to
be
done or be procured by— (a) the
Government of
Queensland or
a person in
the employment of
the Crown in
right of
Queensland, in
performance of the duties of the person’s
employment or otherwise in the person’s official capacity;
or (b) the Governor, in his or her role of
Governor; or (c) a Minister of the Crown, in his or her
office as Minister or as a member of the Executive Council of
Queensland; or (d) a government
corporation, in discharge of its functions conferred by
law, or a person in the employment of a government
corporation, in performance of the duties of the
person’s employment or
otherwise in
the person’s official
capacity; with threats
of detriment of
any kind to
be caused to
any person aforesaid or any other person
or to the public or any member or
members of
the public or
to property, by
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offender or by any other person, if the
demand is not complied with is guilty of a crime and is
liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person is not criminally responsible
for an act referred to in subsection (1) if
the detriment is
threatened to
himself or
herself only
or to property
of which the
person is
the sole owner.
(3) It is immaterial to the commission of
an offence defined in this section that— (a)
the demand or
threat is
made by
means of
a medium ordinarily used
for disseminating information to
the public and not to a particular person;
or (b) the threat
does not
specify the
detriment that
is to be
caused or the person or persons to whom or
the property to which it is to be caused.
(4) If the carrying out of the threat
would be likely to cause— (a) loss of life or
serious personal injury to any person; or (b)
substantial economic loss—
(i) to the Crown; or (ii)
to a
government corporation; or (iii) in
any industrial or
commercial activity
whether conducted
by a public
authority or
as a private
enterprise; the
offender is
liable to
imprisonment for
life and
if, in addition,
the offender or
another person
on the offender’s behalf
has carried out
the threat and
thereby caused
a consequence specified in this
subsection or has by some overt act
begun to
prepare for
the carrying out
of the threat,
the offender is liable to imprisonment for
life, which can not be mitigated or
varied under
this Code
or any other
law or is
liable to an indefinite sentence under part
10 of the Penalties and Sentences
Act 1992 . Page 64 Current as at
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55] (5) A prosecution for an offence defined
in this section shall not be commenced without the consent of
the Attorney-General. (6) For the purposes
of this section— detriment includes
destruction of or damage to— (a)
flora or fauna protected by or under an Act;
or (b) any place, thing or living creature or
plant that by reason of its
cultural, educational, environmental, historical, recreational, religious
or scientific significance is
of substantial public interest or
concern; and, in the absence of proof that any such
item destroyed or damaged was or is the property of a
particular person, shall be deemed to be
detriment to the Crown. government corporation means
any body corporate
or corporation sole constituted by or
under an Act that represents the
Crown or
that is
declared under
a regulation to
be a government
corporation for the purposes of this section. 55
Interference with the Legislature
(1) Any person who, by force or fraud,
intentionally interferes or attempts to
interfere with the free exercise by the Legislative
Assembly of
its authority, or
with the
free exercise
by any member of the
Legislative Assembly of the member’s duties or authority as
such member, or as a member of a committee of the
Legislative Assembly is guilty of a misdemeanour, and
is
liable to imprisonment for 3 years. (2)
The offender may
be, and it
is hereby declared
that the
offender always was liable to be, arrested
without warrant. 56 Disturbing the Legislature
(1) A person who, while the Legislative
Assembly is in session, intentionally— (a)
disturbs the Assembly; or
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(b) commits any disorderly conduct in the
immediate view and presence of the Assembly, tending to
interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to
its authority; commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—3 years imprisonment. (2)
A
person may be arrested without warrant. 56A
Disturbance in House when Parliament not
sitting (1) Any person
creating or
joining in
any disturbance in
Parliament House or within the precincts
thereof at any time other than during an actual sitting of
Parliament therein or at the office or residence of the
Governor or of any member of the Legislative
Assembly or of the Executive Council shall be guilty of an
offence and— (a) if the
person created
or joined in
such disturbance in
Parliament House or within the precincts
thereof—may be apprehended without warrant on the verbal
order of the Speaker or, in the Speaker’s absence, of
the clerk of the Parliament, or
of the person
for the time
being discharging the
duties of the office of the clerk of the Parliament, and
may be kept in custody by any officer of Parliament or by
any police officer; or (b) if the person
created or joined in such disturbance at the office or
residence of the Governor or of any member of the Legislative
Assembly or of the Executive Council— may be
apprehended without warrant on the verbal order of the Governor
or, as the case may be, member of the Legislative Assembly
or of the
Executive Council
concerned, and
may be kept
in custody by
any police officer.
(2) Such person may be so kept in custody
until the person can be dealt with in the manner following,
that is to say— (a) every such person shall, as soon as
reasonably may be, be brought before
a magistrate without
formal written
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56B] complaint and there and then charged with
such offence and summarily dealt with according to
law; (b) any such person on summary conviction
shall be liable to a fine of 100 penalty units or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
Not authorised —indicative only
56B Going armed to Parliament House
(1) Any person who without lawful excuse
being armed enters or is found in Parliament House or in any
of the grounds thereof or in
any building in
or upon such
grounds is
guilty of
an offence and is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of 100 penalty
units with
or without imprisonment for
a term not
exceeding 2 years. (1A)
The
offender may be arrested without warrant. (2)
On the conviction of
a person for
an offence against
subsection (1), any arms found in the
person’s possession or under the person’s control are
forfeited to the State. (3) For the purposes
of this section— armed shall mean
having in the person’s possession or under the person’s
immediate control whether concealed or not— (a)
any
firearm whatsoever loaded or unloaded and whether
capable of projecting a missile or not;
or (b) any bomb or other explosive matter,
machine, or device mechanical or
otherwise capable
of causing injury
to any person or damage to any property
or any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument; or
(c) any corrosive substance;
and
the word arms shall have a
correlative meaning. 57 False evidence before
Parliament (1) A person who, during an examination
before the Legislative Assembly or a committee, knowingly
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lawful and
relevant question
put to the
person during
the examination commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) A person can not be arrested without
warrant. (3) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that
a member of
the Legislative Assembly
does not
give an
answer during
an examination before
the Legislative Assembly
only because
the member answers
a question during
Question Time,
a debate or the conduct of other daily
business of the Legislative Assembly.
(4) A person can not be convicted of an
offence under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of 1
witness. (5) In this section— committee
see the Parliament of
Queensland Act
2001 ,
schedule. person
includes a member of the Legislative
Assembly. proceedings in
the Assembly see
the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001 , section 9 and
schedule. 58 Witness refusing to attend, answer
question or produce a thing before Legislative Assembly or
authorised committee (1)
A
person who— (a) fails to
attend before
the Legislative Assembly
as required under the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001 , section 29; or (b)
fails to
attend before
an authorised committee
as required under the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001 , section 30(4); or (c)
fails to answer a question asked by the
Assembly, or to produce a document or other thing to the
Assembly, as required under the Parliament of
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59] (d) fails to
answer a
question asked
by an authorised committee, or to
produce a document or other thing to an
authorised committee, as
required under
the Parliament of Queensland Act
2001 , section 33(8); commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(2) A person
can not be
convicted of
an offence against
subsection (1)(a) or
(b) if the
Assembly has
excused the
person for the failure mentioned in the
subsection. (3) In this section— authorised
committee see the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001 ,
schedule. 59 Member of Parliament receiving
bribes (1) Any person
who, being
a member of
the Legislative Assembly, asks
for, receives, or obtains, or agrees or attempts
to
receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for
himself, herself or any other person upon
any understanding that the
person’s vote,
opinion, judgment,
or action, in
the Legislative Assembly, or in any
committee thereof, shall be influenced
thereby, or shall be given in any particular manner
or
in favour of any particular side of any question or matter,
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years, and is disqualified from sitting or
voting as a member of the Legislative Assembly for 7
years. (2) The offender can not be arrested
without warrant. 60 Bribery of member of Parliament
(1) Any person who— (a)
in order to
influence a
member of
the Legislative Assembly in the
member’s vote, opinion, judgment, or action,
upon any
question or
matter arising
in the Legislative
Assembly or in any committee thereof or in Current as at
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of the peace [s 60] order to induce
the member to absent himself or herself from the
Assembly or from any such committee, gives, confers,
or procures, or
promises or
offers to
give or
confer, or to procure or attempt to procure,
any property or benefit of any kind to, upon, or for,
such member, or to, upon, or for, any other person;
or (b) attempts, directly or indirectly, by
fraud, or by threats or intimidation of any kind, to influence
a member of the Legislative Assembly
in the member’s
vote, opinion,
judgment, or action, upon any such question
or matter, or to induce the member to so absent himself
or herself; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) The offender can
not be arrested without warrant. (3)
Where a person has been convicted (whether
before or after 1 July 1922) of an offence under this section,
all property which has been tendered or produced in evidence at
the trial of the offender, as being the property or part of
the property which the offender in the course of the commission
of such offence gave, conferred or procured, or promised or
offered to give, or confer or to procure, or attempt to procure,
to, upon, or for a member of the Legislative Assembly, or to,
upon, or for any other person,
shall become
and be deemed
to have become
forthwith upon
such conviction and
without any
further judgment
or order the
absolute property
of Her Majesty,
whether such property is the property of the
offender or of any other person. Chapter 9
Breaches of the peace Page 70
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sections 60A
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Riot (1)
If— (a) 12 or more
persons who are present together ( assembled
persons ) use or
threaten to use unlawful violence to a person or
property for a common purpose; and (b)
the
conduct of them taken together would cause a person
in the vicinity
to reasonably fear
for the person’s
personal safety; each of the
assembled persons commits the crime of taking part in a
riot. Maximum penalty— (a)
if
the offender causes grievous bodily harm to a person,
causes an explosive substance to explode or
destroys or starts to destroy a building, vehicle or
machinery—life imprisonment; or (b)
if— (i) the offender is
armed with a dangerous or offensive weapon,
instrument or explosive substance; or (ii)
property is
damaged, whether
by the offender
or another of
the assembled persons—7
years imprisonment;
or (c) otherwise—3 years imprisonment.
(2) For subsection (1)(b), it is
immaterial whether there is or is likely
to be a
person in
the vicinity who
holds the
fear mentioned in the
subsection. (2A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (2B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
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In
this section— building includes
structure. vehicle means a motor
vehicle, train, aircraft or vessel. 69
Going
armed so as to cause fear (1) Any
person who
goes armed
in public without
lawful occasion in such
a manner as to cause fear to any person is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2
years. (2)
The offender may
be, and it
is hereby declared
that the
offender always was liable to be, arrested
without warrant. 70 Forcible entry (1)
Any person who,
in a manner
likely to
cause, or
cause reasonable fear
of, unlawful violence
to a person
or to property, enters
on land which is in the actual and peaceable possession of
another commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (2)
It
is immaterial whether the person is entitled to enter on the
land
or not. 71 Forcible detainer Any person who,
being in actual possession of land without colour of right,
holds possession of it, in a manner likely to cause,
or cause reasonable fear
of, unlawful violence
to a person or to
property, against a person entitled by law to the
possession of the land commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
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Affray (1)
Any
person who takes part in a fight in a public place, or takes
part
in a fight of such a nature as to alarm the public in any
other place
to which the
public have
access, commits
a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—1 year’s imprisonment. (2)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 108B states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
74 Prize fight Any
person who
fights in
a prize fight,
or subscribes to
or promotes a
prize fight,
is guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to imprisonment for 1
year. 75 Threatening violence
(1) Any person who— (a)
with
intent to intimidate or annoy any person, by words
or
conduct threatens to enter or damage a dwelling or
other premises; or (b)
with intent
to alarm any
person, discharges loaded
firearms or does any other act that is
likely to cause any person in the vicinity to fear bodily harm
to any person or damage to property; commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(2) If the offence is committed in the
night the offender is guilty of a crime, and
is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. 76
Recruiting person to become participant in
criminal organisation (1)
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is a
participant in a criminal organisation or is subject to
a control order
or a registered corresponding control
order; and (b)
recruits, or
attempts to
recruit, another
person to
become, or
associate with,
a participant in
a criminal organisation; commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—500 penalty
units or
5 years imprisonment. (2)
In
this section— control order
see the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161N. recruit
, a
person to become, or associate with, a participant in
a criminal organisation, includes
counsel, procure,
solicit, incite
and induce the
person, including
by promoting the
organisation, to become, or associate with,
a participant in the organisation. registered
corresponding control order see the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161N. Chapter 9A
Consorting 77
Definitions for chapter In this
chapter— consort see section
77A. conviction means
a finding of
guilt, or
the acceptance of
a plea of guilty, by a court.
recognised offender
means an
adult who
has a recorded
conviction, other
than a
spent conviction, for
a relevant offence (whether
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authorised —indicative only
relevant offence means—
(a) an indictable offence for which the
maximum penalty is at least 5
years imprisonment, including
an offence against a
repealed provision of an Act; or (b)
an
offence against— (i) any of the following provisions of
this Code— • section 61(1),
if the penalty,
paragraph (c)
applies •
section 69 •
section 75 •
section 77B •
section 130 •
section 229H •
section 229HC •
section 229I •
section 229K •
section 317A(2) •
section 327 •
section 355 •
section 408D •
section 413 •
section 414; or (ii)
any
of the following provisions of the Weapons
Act 1990 —
• section 50(1), if the penalty,
paragraph (c)(ii) or (iii) applies •
section 50B(1),
if the penalty,
paragraph (c)(iii)
applies • section 57(3) or (4)
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section 58 •
section 61 •
section 62 •
section 63 •
section 69(1A), if the penalty, paragraph
(c) applies •
section 151B •
section 151D; or (c)
an offence against
the law of
another State
or the Commonwealth, or
a place outside Australia, that, if the offence had been
committed in Queensland, would be a relevant offence
under paragraph (a) or (b); or (d)
an
offence against either of the following provisions—
• the Criminal
Code (Cwlth), section 102.8 •
the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), section
310J. 77A Meaning of consort
(1) A person consorts
with
another person if the person associates with the other
person in a way that involves seeking out, or accepting, the
other person’s company. (2) For
subsection (1),
the person’s association with
the other person need not
have a purpose related to criminal activity. (3)
Also, for
subsection (1),
it does not
matter whether
the person’s association with the other
person happens in person or in another way, including, for
example, electronically. 77B Habitually
consorting with recognised offenders (1)
A
person commits a misdemeanour if— (a)
the
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at least 1
occasion on
which the
person consorts
with each
recognised offender
mentioned in
paragraph (a)
happens after
the person has
been given
an official warning for
consorting in relation to the offender. Maximum
penalty—300 penalty
units or
3 years imprisonment. (2)
For
subsection (1), a person does not habitually
consort with a
recognised offender
unless the
person consorts
with the
offender on at least 2 occasions.
(3) This section does not apply to a
child. (4) In this section— official
warning , for consorting, see the
Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000
,
section 53BAA. 77C Particular acts of consorting to be
disregarded (1) In a proceeding against a person for
an offence against section 77B(1), the following acts of
consorting must be disregarded if the
consorting was reasonable in the circumstances— (a)
consorting with
a recognised offender
who is a
close family member of
the person; (b) consorting with a recognised offender
while the person is— (i) genuinely
conducting a
lawful business
or genuinely engaging
in lawful employment or
a lawful occupation; or
(ii) genuinely
receiving education
or training at
an educational institution; or
(iii) genuinely
obtaining education
or training at
an educational institution for a
dependent child of the person; or (iv)
receiving a health service; or
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authorised —indicative
only (v) obtaining a
health service for a dependent child of the person;
or (vi) obtaining legal
services; or (vii) complying with a court order;
or (viii) being detained in lawful
custody. (2) Proof that the consorting was
reasonable in the circumstances lies on the
person. (3) For subsection (1), it is not
reasonable for a person to consort with
a recognised offender
if the purpose
(or 1 of
the purposes) of the consorting is related
to criminal activity. (4) In this
section— Australian Association of Social
Workers means Australian Association of
Social Workers Ltd ACN 008 576 010. Australian Register
of Counsellors and
Psychotherapists means
Australian Register
of Counsellors and
Psychotherapists Pty Ltd ACN 110 047
197. child includes
step-child. close family member , of a
person— (a) means— (i)
a
spouse of the person; or (ii) someone
with whom
the person shares
parental responsibility
for a child; or (iii) a parent or
step-parent of the person; or (iv)
a
child of the person; or (v) a grandparent or
step-grandparent of the person; or (vi)
a
grandchild or step-grandchild of the person; or (vii) a
brother, sister,
stepbrother or
stepsister of
the person; or (viii) an aunt
or uncle of the person; or (ix) a niece or
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(x) a first cousin of the person;
or (xi) a
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, parent-in-law, son-in-law or
daughter-in-law of the person; and (b)
includes— (i)
for an Aboriginal person—a
person who,
under Aboriginal tradition, is
regarded as
a person mentioned in
paragraph (a); and (ii) for a Torres
Strait Islander—a person who, under Island custom,
is regarded as a person mentioned in paragraph
(a). dependent child , of a person,
means a child of the person who is dependent on
the person for support. educational institution
means— (a)
an approved education
and care service
under the
Education and
Care Services
National Law
(Queensland); or (b)
a
State educational institution or non-State school under
the Education (General Provisions) Act
2006 ; or (c)
a
registered higher education provider under the Tertiary
Education Quality
and Standards Agency
Act 2011 (Cwlth);
or (d) a registered training
organisation under
the National Vocational
Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth).
health service
means a
service for
managing a
person’s physical
or mental health,
including drug
and alcohol counselling,
that is provided by— (a) a
registered health
practitioner or
student under
the Health Practitioner Regulation National
Law (Queensland); or (b)
a counsellor or
psychotherapist registered with
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Offences against political liberty [s 78]
(c) a social
worker registered with
the Australian Association of
Social Workers. legal services means legal
services within the meaning of the Legal Profession
Act 2007 that are provided by an Australian
legal practitioner within the meaning of
that Act. Not authorised —indicative
only Chapter 10 Offences against
political liberty 78
Interfering with political liberty
(1) Any person who by violence, or by
threats or intimidation of any kind, hinders or interferes with
the free exercise of any political right by another person, is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2
years. (2) If the offender is a public officer,
and commits the offence in abuse of the offender’s authority as
such officer, the offender is liable to imprisonment for 3
years. Chapter 11 Piracy
79 Definition of act of
piracy (1) A person does an act of
piracy if the person, in relation to a
ship
travelling at sea, unlawfully— (a)
boards the ship without the master’s consent
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Piracy [s 80] (ii)
to
deal with the ship, a person on the ship or the equipment of the
ship in a way that would be likely to endanger the
safe use of the ship; or (b) boards the ship
without the master’s consent and— (i)
commits robbery; or (ii)
deals with
the ship, a
person on
the ship or
the equipment of
the ship in
a way that
is likely to
endanger the safe use of the ship; or
(c) steals the ship, or directly or
indirectly takes control of the ship without
the master’s consent, in circumstances that constitute
robbery; or (d) having taken possession of the ship in
contravention of paragraph (c), retains possession of the
ship; or (e) confines the ship’s master against his
or her will. (2) A person also does an act of
piracy if the person— (a)
trades with or supplies provisions to a
pirate when the person knows or ought reasonably to know the
person is dealing with a pirate; or
(b) builds a ship with the intention that
the ship will be used for an act of piracy.
(3) In this section— builds
includes fits out. master
means the person having command or charge of
the ship and does not include a pilot having the
conduct of the ship, but not belonging to the ship.
pirate means a person
carrying out or intending to carry out an act of
piracy. 80 Crime of piracy A person who
does an act of piracy commits a crime. Maximum
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Unlawfully obtaining or disclosing information [s 85]
Part
3 Offences against the administration
of law and justice, against office and
against public authority Not
authorised —indicative
only Chapter 12 Unlawfully
obtaining or disclosing information 85
Disclosure of official secrets
A
person who is or has been employed as a public officer who
unlawfully publishes
or communicates any
information that
comes or came to his or her knowledge, or
any document that comes or
came into
his or her
possession, by
virtue of
the person’s office, and that it is or was
his or her duty to keep secret, commits a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
86 Obtaining of or disclosure of secret
information about the identity of informant
(1) A person who, without lawful
justification or excuse, obtains or attempts to
obtain secret information in the possession of a
law
enforcement agency or law enforcement officer about the
identity of a criminal organisation
informant commits a crime. Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. (2) A person
who, without
lawful justification or
excuse, publishes
or communicates secret
information in
the possession of, or obtained from, a law
enforcement agency or law enforcement officer
about the
identity of
a criminal organisation
informant commits a crime. Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. (3) In this section— Page 82
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Not authorised —indicative only
criminal intelligence means
information relating to actual or suspected
criminal activity
(including information the
commissioner has obtained through the police
service or from an external agency),
whether in
the State or
elsewhere, the
disclosure of which could reasonably be
expected to— (a) prejudice a criminal investigation;
or (b) enable the
discovery of
the existence or
identity of
a confidential source
of information relevant
to law enforcement;
or (c) endanger a person’s life or physical
safety. criminal organisation informant
means any
of the following— (a)
anyone who
has given, to
the police service
or an external
agency, information that
the commissioner reasonably believes
is criminal intelligence about
a criminal organisation or
a participant in
a criminal organisation,
and who is not a police officer or officer of the external
agency; (b) an authorised officer
who has obtained
information in
relation to the activities of a criminal
organisation while acting under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000 , chapter
12; (c) a police officer who has obtained
information through the use of an assumed identity, whether or
not under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
chapter 12.
external agency means any of the
following— (a) the Crime and Corruption
Commission; (b) the Australian Federal Police;
(c) a police force or service of another
State; (d) the chief executive (corrective
services); (e) an officer
of another State
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of the chief
executive (corrective services)
under the
Corrective Services Act 2006
; (f) another
entity— (i) established under
a law of
another jurisdiction, including a
jurisdiction outside Australia; and (ii)
with functions
that include
investigating or
inquiring into
criminal conduct,
misconduct or
corruption (whether or not the functions are
stated in the law mentioned in subparagraph (i));
and (iii) declared by
regulation to be an external agency. information ,
about the
identity of
a criminal organisation informant, includes
information that
is likely to
lead to
the identity of the informant becoming
known. officer , of an external
agency, includes a person employed by the agency,
seconded to the agency or engaged by the agency under a contract
for services. secret information ,
in the possession of
a law enforcement agency or law
enforcement officer, means information it is the
duty
of the agency or officer to keep secret. Chapter 13
Corruption and abuse of office
87 Official corruption
(1) Any person who— (a)
being employed
in the public
service, or
being the
holder of any public office, and being
charged with the performance of any duty by virtue of such
employment or office, not being a duty touching the
administration of justice, corruptly asks for, receives, or
obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain, any
property or benefit of any kind for himself, herself or any
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account of anything already done or omitted
to be done, or to be afterwards done or omitted to be
done, by the person in
the discharge of
the duties of
the person’s office;
or (b) corruptly gives,
confers, or
procures, or
promises or
offers to
give or
confer, or
to procure or
attempt to
procure, to,
upon, or
for, any
person employed
in the public service,
or being the holder of any public office, or
to, upon, or
for, any
other person,
any property or
benefit of
any kind on
account of
any such act
or omission on
the part of
the person so
employed or
holding such office; is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years,
and
to be fined at the discretion of the court. (1A)
If
the offence is committed by or in relation to a Minister of
the Crown, as
the holder of
public office
mentioned in
subsection (1), the offender is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years, and to be fined at the discretion of
the court. (1B) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (1C) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
The
offender can not be arrested without warrant. 88
Extortion by public officers
Any
person who, being employed in the public service, takes
or accepts from
any person, for
the performance of
the person’s duty as such officer, any
reward beyond the person’s proper pay and emoluments, or any
promise of such reward, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
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Corruption and abuse of office [s 89]
Not authorised —indicative
only 89 Public officers
interested in contracts (1) Any
person who,
being employed
in the public
service, knowingly
acquires or holds, directly or indirectly, otherwise
than as
a member of
a registered joint
stock company
consisting of more than 20 persons, a
private interest in any contract or agreement which is made on
account of the public service with respect to any matter
concerning the department of the service in which the person is
employed (the relevant department ),
is guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years, and to be fined at
the discretion of the court. (2)
However, the
person does
not commit an
offence against
subsection (1) if, before the person
acquires or starts to hold the private interest—
(a) the person discloses the nature of the
interest to the chief executive of the relevant department;
and (b) the chief executive of the relevant
department authorises the person, in writing, to acquire or
hold the interest. (3) In a
proceeding against
a person for
an offence against
subsection (1), proof of the matters
mentioned in subsection (2) lies on the person.
(4) The chief executive of a department
may delegate the chief executive’s function under subsection
(2) to an appropriately qualified person. (5)
A reference in
subsection (1) to
a person employed
in the public service
includes a ministerial staff member under the Ministerial and
Other Office Holder Staff Act 2010 and, for
that
purpose— (a) a ministerial staff member employed in
the office of a Minister is
taken to
be employed in
each department administered by
the Minister; and (b) a ministerial staff member employed in
the office of an Assistant Minister
is taken to
be employed in
each department for
which the
Assistant Minister
is given responsibility
under his or her functions. Page 86
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Corruption and abuse of office [s 90]
Note— Under
the Constitution of
Queensland 2001
, section 25, an
Assistant Minister has the functions decided
by the Premier. (6) In this section— function
includes power. 90
Officers charged with administration of
property of a special character or with special
duties Any person who, being employed in the public
service, and being charged by virtue of the person’s
employment with any judicial or
administrative duties
respecting property
of a special
character, or
respecting the
carrying on
of any manufacture, trade,
or business, of
a special character, and
having acquired
or holding, directly
or indirectly, a
private interest in any
such property, manufacture, trade, or business, discharges any
such duties
with respect
to the property,
manufacture, trade, or business, in which
the person has such interest, or
with respect
to the conduct
of any person
in relation thereto, is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
1 year, and to be fined at the discretion of the
court. 91 False claims by officials
Any
person who, being employed in the public service in such
a
capacity as to require the person or to enable the person to
furnish returns
or statements touching
any remuneration payable or
claimed to be payable to himself, herself or to any
other person, or touching any other matter
required by law to be certified for
the purpose of
any payment of
money or
delivery of goods to be made to any person,
makes a return or statement touching any such matter which is,
to the person’s knowledge, false
in any material
particular, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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92 Abuse of office (1)
Any
person who, being employed in the public service, does
or
directs to be done, in abuse of the authority of the
person’s office, any arbitrary act prejudicial to the
rights of another is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) If the act is done or directed to be
done for purposes of gain, the person is liable to imprisonment
for 3 years. 92A Misconduct in relation to public
office (1) A public officer who, with intent to
dishonestly gain a benefit for the
officer or
another person
or to dishonestly cause
a detriment to another person—
(a) deals with information gained because
of office; or (b) performs or fails to perform a
function of office; or (c) without limiting
paragraphs (a) and (b), does an act or makes an
omission in abuse of the authority of office; is guilty of a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) A person
who ceases to
be a public
officer in
a particular capacity is
guilty of a crime if, with intent to dishonestly gain
a
benefit for the person or another person or to dishonestly
cause a
detriment to
another person,
the person deals
with information
gained because of the capacity. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (3)
Subsection (2) applies whether or not the
person continues to be a public officer in some other
capacity. (4) A reference in subsections (1) and (2)
to information gained because of office or a particular
capacity includes information gained
because of
an opportunity provided
by the office
or capacity. Page 88
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(4A) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(4B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (5)
In
this section— authority , of office,
includes the trust imposed by office and the influence
relating to office. deals with includes the
following— (a) uses; (b)
supplies; (c)
copies; (d)
publishes. function
includes power. information includes
knowledge. office , in relation to
a person who is a public officer, means the
position, role
or circumstance that
makes the
person a
public officer. performs
includes purportedly performs and in
relation to a power, exercises and purportedly
exercises. 93 Corruption of surveyor and
valuator Any person who, being duly appointed under
any statute to be a valuator for determining the compensation
to be paid to any person for land compulsorily taken from the
person under the authority of any statute, or for injury done
to any land under the authority of any statute—
(a) acts as
such valuator
while the
person has,
to the person’s
knowledge, an interest in the land in question; or
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(b) executes unfaithfully, dishonestly, or
with partiality, the duty of making a valuation of the land
or of the extent of the injury; is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
Not authorised —indicative
only 94 False
certificates by public officers Any person who,
being authorised or required by law to give any
certificate touching
any matter by
virtue whereof
the rights of
any person may
be prejudicially affected,
gives a
certificate which is, to the person’s
knowledge, false in any material particular is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment
for 3 years. 95 Administering extrajudicial
oaths (1) Any person
who administers an
oath, or
takes a
solemn declaration or
affirmation or
affidavit, touching
any matter with respect to
which the person has not by law any authority to
do so, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 1 year. (2)
This section
does not
apply to
an oath, declaration, affirmation, or
affidavit, administered or taken before a justice
in
any matter relating to the preservation of the peace or the
punishment of
offences, or
relating to
inquiries respecting sudden
death, or
to proceedings before
the Legislative Assembly or a
committee of the Legislative Assembly; nor to an oath,
declaration, affirmation, or affidavit, administered or
taken for
some purpose
which is
lawful under
the laws of
another country,
or for the
purpose of
giving validity
to an instrument in
writing which is intended to be used in another country.
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(a) not being a justice assumes to act as
a justice; or (b) without authority
assumes to
act as a
person having
authority by law to administer an oath or
take a solemn declaration or affirmation or affidavit, or
to do any other act of a public nature which can only be
done by persons authorised by law to do so; or
(c) represents himself or herself to be a
person authorised by law to sign a document testifying to the
contents of any register or
record kept
by lawful authority, or
testifying to any fact or event, and signs
such document as being so
authorised, when
the person is
not, and
knows that the person is not, in fact, so
authorised; is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable
to imprisonment for 3 years. 97
Personating public officers
(1) A person who— (a)
personates a
public officer
on an occasion
when the
officer is required or authorised to do an
act or attend in a place by virtue of the officer’s office;
or (b) falsely represents himself
or herself to
be a public
officer, and assumes to do an act or to
attend in a place for the purpose of doing an act by virtue of
being that officer; commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
(2) A person
found committing the
offence may
be arrested without
warrant. (3) In this section— office
includes appointment and employment.
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Chapter 14 Corrupt and
improper practices at elections Not
authorised —indicative
only Chapter division 1 Definitions for
ch 14 98 Definitions In this
chapter— authorising Act , for an
election, means the Act under which the election is
held. ballot box includes any
receptacle in which voting papers are put before being
counted at an election. election includes any
election held under the authority of any statute
providing for the choice of persons to fill any office or
place of a public character.
elector includes any
person entitled to vote at an election. Chapter division
2 Legislative Assembly elections and
referendums 98A Reference to election or
referendum In this chapter division—
(a) a reference to an election is a
reference to an election of a member or
members of the Legislative Assembly; and (b)
a reference to
a referendum is
a reference to
a referendum under the
Referendums Act 1997 .
98B False or misleading information
(1) A person who gives information to the
Electoral Commission of Queensland under the
Electoral Act 1992 or
Referendums Act
1997 ,
including information in
a document, that
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person knows is false or misleading in a
material particular is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person
giving a document if, when giving the document to someone, the
person— (a) informs the
other person,
to the best
of the person’s
ability, how it is false or misleading;
and (b) if the person has, or can reasonably
obtain, the correct information—gives the
other person
the correct information. 98C
Bribery (1)
A
person who— (a) asks for or receives; or
(b) offers, or agrees, to ask for or
receive; a benefit of
any kind, whether
for himself or
herself or
for someone else, on the understanding
that the person’s election conduct will be influenced or affected
is guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty—7 years
imprisonment. (2) A person who, in order to influence or
affect another person’s election conduct,
gives a
benefit of
any kind to
anyone is
guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (3)
In
this section— election conduct of a person
means— (a) the way
in which the
person votes
at an election
or referendum; or (b)
the
person’s nominating as a candidate for an election;
or (c) the person’s
support of, or opposition to, a candidate or a political
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(d) the person’s
approval or
disapproval of
the Bill or
question submitted to the electors at a
referendum. give includes promise
or offer to give. Not authorised —indicative
only 98D Forging or
uttering electoral or referendum paper (1)
A
person who— (a) forges an electoral or referendum
paper; or (b) utters a forged electoral or
referendum paper knowing it to be
forged; is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. (2)
A
person who makes the signature of another person on—
(a) an electoral paper, unless the person
is authorised to do so under the Electoral Act
1992 ; or (b)
a
referendum paper, unless the person is authorised to do
so
under the Referendums Act 1997 ;
is
guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. (3) In this section— electoral
paper means a ballot paper, declaration envelope
or other document
issued by
the Electoral Commission of
Queensland under the Electoral Act
1992 . referendum paper means a ballot
paper, declaration envelope or
other document
issued by
the Electoral Commission of
Queensland under the Referendums Act
1997 . 98E Influencing
voting (1) A person who improperly influences the
vote of a person at an election or referendum is guilty of a
crime. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
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(2) In this section— improperly influence
means influence
by intimidation or
violence. 98F
Providing money for illegal payments
A
person who knowingly provides money for— (a)
a
payment that is contrary to law relating to elections or
referendums; or (b)
replacing any
money that
has been spent
in making a
payment that is contrary to law relating to
elections or referendums; is guilty of a
crime. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
98G Voting if not entitled
A
person who, at an election or referendum— (a)
votes in the name of another person,
including a dead or fictitious person; or (b)
votes more than once; or (c)
casts a
vote that
the person knows
the person is
not entitled to cast; or
(d) procures someone to vote who, to the
procuring person’s knowledge, is not entitled to vote;
is
guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
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Chapter division 3 Other
elections 98H Application of ch div 3
This
chapter division applies to an election other than—
(a) an election of a member or members of
the Legislative Assembly; or (b)
an
election for a local government. 99
Voting if not entitled (1)
A person who
votes at
an election in
the name of
another person,
including a
dead or
fictitious person,
commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (2)
A
person who votes at an election more often than the person
is
entitled to vote at the election commits a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(3) A person who casts a vote at an
election that the person knows the person is
not entitled to cast commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (4)
A
person who procures another person to vote at an election
who,
to the procurer’s knowledge, is not entitled to vote at the
election commits a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(5) A person
who, at
an election for
which voting
is by post,
attests the signature to a voting paper of a
person who is, to the first person’s
knowledge, not
entitled to
vote at
the election by way of the voting paper
commits a misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—2 years
imprisonment. Page 96 Current as at
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100 Hindering or interfering with voting
conduct (1) A person
who, in
order to
hinder or
interfere with
another person’s voting
conduct— (a) acts fraudulently; or
(b) uses or threatens to use force against
any person; or (c) causes or threatens to cause a
detriment to any person; commits a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—1 year’s
imprisonment. (2) A person
who causes or
threatens to
cause a
detriment to
another person
(the affected
person )
because of
the voting conduct
of any person
(whether or
not the affected
person) commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—1 year’s
imprisonment. (3) In this section— voting
conduct of a person means— (a)
the
person’s voting or not voting at an election; or
(b) the way in which the person votes at
an election. 101 Bribery (1)
A
person who— (a) asks for or receives; or
(b) offers, or agrees, to ask for or
receive; a benefit, whether for the person or for
another person, on the understanding that
the person’s election
conduct will
be influenced or affected commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—1 year’s
imprisonment. (2) A person
who, in
order to
influence or
affect the
election conduct
of another person
(the affected
person ),
gives a
benefit to
any person (whether
or not the
affected person)
commits a misdemeanour. Current as at
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Maximum penalty—1 year’s
imprisonment. (3) In this section— election
conduct of a person means— (a)
the
person’s voting or not voting at an election; or
(b) the way in which the person votes at
an election; or (c) the person’s nominating as a candidate
for an election; or (d) the person’s
support of, or opposition to, a candidate at an
election. give includes promise
and offer to give. 102 Publishing false information about a
candidate A person who, before or during an election,
in order to affect the election result,
knowingly publishes
false information about—
(a) a candidate’s personal character or
conduct; or (b) whether a candidate has withdrawn from
the election; commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—1 year’s imprisonment. 103
Providing money for illegal payments
A
person who knowingly provides money— (a)
for
a payment that is contrary to this chapter division or
the
authorising Act for an election; or (b)
to replace money
that has
been spent
in making a
payment mentioned in paragraph (a);
commits an offence. Maximum
penalty—10 penalty units. Page 98 Current as at
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104 Election notices to contain particular
matters (1) A person
who, before
or during an
election, prints
or publishes, or
permits another
person to
print or
publish, an
election notice for the election that does
not state the name and address of the person who authorised the
notice commits an offence. Maximum
penalty—3 penalty units. (2) In this
section— address means address
other than a post office box. election
notice means a notice containing anything able to,
or intended to— (a)
influence an elector in relation to voting
in an election; or (b) affect the
result of an election. notice includes a
poster, handbill and pamphlet. publish
includes publish on the internet, even if
the internet site on
which the
publication is
made is
located outside
Queensland. 107
Corrupt and illegal practices—time
(1) A prosecution for any of the offences
defined in sections 99 to 104 must
be begun within
1 year after
the offence is
committed. (2)
The
service or execution of process on or against the alleged
offender is
deemed to
be the commencement of
the prosecution, unless such service or
execution is prevented by some act on the person’s part, in
which case the issue of the process
is deemed to
be the commencement of
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108 Interfering at elections
A person who
wilfully interrupts, obstructs
or disturbs a
proceeding at an election commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
Not authorised —indicative
only 109 Electors
attempting to violate secrecy of ballot Any
person who,
having received
a ballot paper
from the
presiding officer at an election—
(a) wilfully makes on the ballot paper any
mark or writing not expressly authorised by law; or
(b) wilfully fails
to fold up
the ballot paper
in such a
manner as to conceal how the person has
voted; or (c) wilfully fails to deposit the ballot
paper in the ballot box in the presence of the presiding
officer; commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—3 years imprisonment. 110
Stuffing ballot boxes A person who
wilfully puts in a ballot box a ballot paper that
has
not been lawfully handed to, and marked by, an elector
commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. 111
Presiding officer helping an elector with a
disability If— (a) a
presiding officer
at an election
agrees to
help an
elector who is blind, or otherwise unable to
vote without help, by
marking the
elector’s ballot
paper for
the elector; and (b)
the presiding officer
wilfully fails
to mark the
ballot paper—
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(i) in the way requested by the elector;
and (ii) in the sight of
anyone else lawfully present; the presiding
officer commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—3 years imprisonment. Not
authorised —indicative only
112 False or misleading information
(1) A person (the giver
)
who gives to another person, under the authorising Act
for an election, for a purpose relating to the election,
information that
the giver knows
is false or
misleading in a material particular commits
a crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, when
giving information in a document, the giver—
(a) informs the recipient, to the best of
the giver’s ability, how it is false or misleading;
and (b) if the
giver has,
or can reasonably obtain,
the correct information—gives the
correct information to
the recipient. 113
Interfering with secrecy at elections
(1) This section applies to an election at
which voting is by ballot. (2) A person who
unfolds a ballot paper that has been marked and folded by an
elector at the election commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (3)
An officer who
ascertains or
discovers, or
attempts to
ascertain or discover, how an elector has
voted at the election commits a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(4) An officer
who discloses any
information about
how an elector has
voted at the election commits a misdemeanour. Current as at
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Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(5) An officer who places a mark or
writing on an elector’s ballot paper commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(6) A person does not commit an offence
against this section only by doing
something the
person is
ordered by
a court or
authorised under the authorising Act to
do. (7) Also this section does not apply to a
police officer doing a thing in the course of performing a
duty of a police officer. (8) In this
section— officer , in relation to
an election, means a person performing duties at the
election under the authorising Act. 114
Breaking the seal of a parcel at
elections (1) A person who wilfully opens or breaks
the seal of a parcel sealed under
the authorising Act
for an election
commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (2)
A
person does not commit an offence against subsection (1)
only
by doing something the person is ordered by a court or
authorised under the authorising Act to
do. (3) Also subsection (1) does not apply to
a police officer doing a thing in the course of performing a
duty of a police officer. Chapter 15 Selling and
trafficking in offices 118 Bargaining for
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119] (a) corruptly asks
for, receives,
or obtains, or
agrees or
attempts to receive or obtain, any property
or benefit of any kind for
himself, herself
or any other
person on
account of anything already done or omitted
to be done, or to be afterwards done or omitted to be
done, by the person or
any other person,
with regard
to the appointment or
contemplated appointment of any person to
any office or
employment in
the public service,
or with regard
to any application by
any person for
employment in the public service; or
(b) corruptly gives,
confers, or
procures, or
promises or
offers to
give or
confer, or
to procure or
attempt to
procure, to,
upon, or
for, any
person any
property or
benefit of
any kind on
account of
any such act
or omission; is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years, and to
be fined at the discretion of the court. Chapter 16
Offences relating to the administration
of justice 119 Definitions for ch 16
In
this chapter— family see section
119A. judicial proceeding includes any
proceeding had or taken in or before any court, tribunal or
person, in which evidence may be taken on
oath. 119A Meaning of family
(1) Each of the following is a member of a
person’s family —
(a) a spouse of the person;
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person; (c) a parent,
grandparent, grandchild or
sibling of
the person, including— (i)
if
the person is an Aboriginal person, a person— (A)
who
is recognised under Aboriginal tradition as
a member of
the Aboriginal person’s
family; and Note—
‘Aboriginal tradition’ is
defined under
the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 .
See schedule 1 of
that Act.
(B) with whom
the Aboriginal person
has a relationship like
that between
an individual and
a parent, grandparent, grandchild or
sibling of the individual; or
(ii) if the person is
a Torres Strait Islander, a person— (A)
who
is recognised under Island custom as a member
of the Torres
Strait Islander’s family;
and Note— ‘Island
custom’ is
defined under
the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 .
See schedule 1 of
that Act.
(B) with whom
the Torres Strait Islander
has a relationship like
that between
an individual and
a parent, grandparent, grandchild or
sibling of the individual.
(2) For subsection (1)(b)—
(a) a biological, adopted, step or foster
child of a person is a child of the person; and
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is under 18
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119B] (c) if a person is an Aboriginal person,
an individual who is recognised under Aboriginal tradition
as a child of the person is also a child of the person;
and (d) if a person is a Torres Strait
Islander, an individual who is
recognised under
Island custom
as a child
of the person is also a
child of the person. 119B Retaliation against or intimidation of
judicial officer, juror, witness etc. (1)
A
person who, without reasonable cause, causes, or threatens
to
cause, any injury or detriment to a judicial officer, juror,
witness or
member of
a community justice
group, or
a member of the family of a judicial
officer, juror, witness or member of
a community justice
group, for
the purpose of
retaliation or intimidation because
of— (a) anything lawfully
done or
omitted to
be done or
that may
be lawfully done
or omitted to
be done by
the judicial officer as a judicial
officer; or (b) anything lawfully
done or
omitted to
be done or
that may be lawfully
done or omitted to be done by the juror or witness in
any judicial proceeding; or (c)
anything lawfully
done or
omitted to
be done or
that may
be lawfully done
or omitted to
be done by
any member of the community justice group
a representative of which makes or may make a
submission— (i) to a court or police officer under
the Bail Act 1980 about a
defendant who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
person; or (ii) to a court or
police officer under the Youth Justice Act
1992 about
a child who
is an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander person; or
(iii) to
a court under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 about
an offender who
is an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander person;
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120] is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (1A)
The offender is
liable to
a maximum penalty
of 10 years
imprisonment if
the act constituting the
offence is
done in
relation to a proceeding before a court for
a prescribed offence charged with
the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q. (1B)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (1C) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
In
this section— community justice group means—
(a) for a defendant under the
Bail Act
1980 —see the
Bail Act 1980
,
section 6; or (b) for a child—see the
Youth Justice Act 1992 , schedule
4; or (c) for an offender
under the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 —see
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 4. injury or
detriment includes intimidation. intimidation includes
harassment. prescribed offence see the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
, section 161N. 120
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person who— (a) being a judicial officer, corruptly
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121] property or
benefit of any kind for himself, herself
or any other person on account of anything
already done or omitted to be done, or to be afterwards done
or omitted to be done,
by the person
in the person’s
judicial capacity;
or (b) corruptly gives,
confers, or
procures, or
promises or
offers to
give or
confer, or
to procure or
attempt to
procure, to, upon, or for, a judicial
officer, or to, upon, or for any other person, any property or
benefit of any kind on account of any such act or omission on
the part of the judicial officer; is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years,
and
to be fined at the discretion of the court. (2)
However, if the judicial officer is an
arbitrator or umpire, the maximum term of imprisonment to which
the person is liable is 7 years. (3)
The
offender can not be arrested without warrant. (4)
A
prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) can not be
started without a Crown Law Officer’s
consent. 121 Official corruption not judicial but
relating to offences (1) Any person
who— (a) being a justice not acting judicially,
or being a person employed in
the public service
in any capacity
not judicial for the prosecution or
detention or punishment of offenders, corruptly asks for,
receives, or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or
obtain, any property or benefit of
any kind for
himself, herself
or any other
person, on account of anything already done
or omitted to be done, or to be afterwards
done or
omitted to be done, by the
person, with a view to corrupt or improper interference with
the due administration of
justice, or
the
procurement or facilitation of the commission of any
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122] (b) corruptly gives,
confers, or
procures, or
promises or
offers to
give or
confer, or
to procure or
attempt to
procure, to, upon, or for, any such person,
or to, upon, or for, any
other person,
any property or
benefit of
any kind, on account of any such act or
omission on the part of the justice or other person so
employed; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years, and to be fined at the discretion of
the court. (2) The offender can not be arrested
without warrant. 122 Corruption of jurors
(1) Any person who— (a)
attempts by
threats or
intimidation of
any kind, or
by benefits or promises of benefit of any
kind, or by other corrupt means,
to influence any
person, whether
a particular person
or not, in
the person’s conduct
as a juror in any
judicial proceeding, whether the person has been sworn as a
juror or not; or (b) accepts any benefit or promise of
benefit on account of anything to
be done by
the person as
a juror in
any judicial proceeding, whether the
person has been sworn as a juror or not, or on account of
anything already done by the person as a juror in any
judicial proceeding; is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Page 108
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123] 123 Perjury (1)
Any
person who in any judicial proceeding, or for the purpose
of
instituting any judicial proceeding, knowingly gives false
testimony touching
any matter which
is material to
any question then depending in that
proceeding, or intended to be raised in that
proceeding, is guilty of a crime, which is called
perjury .
(2) It is
immaterial whether
the testimony is
given on
oath or
under any other sanction authorised by
law. (3) The forms and ceremonies used in
administering the oath or in otherwise
binding the
person giving
the testimony to
speak the truth are
immaterial, if the person assents to the forms and
ceremonies actually used.
(4) It is immaterial whether the false
testimony is given orally or in
writing. (5) It is
immaterial whether
the court or
tribunal is
properly constituted, or
is held in the proper place, or not, if it actually
acts as
a court or
tribunal in
the proceeding in
which the
testimony is given. (6)
It
is immaterial whether the person who gives the testimony is
a competent witness
or not, or
whether the
testimony is
admissible in the proceeding or not.
(7) The offender can not be arrested
without warrant. 123A Perjury—contradictory
statements If, on the
trial of
a person for
perjury, the
jury is
satisfied that—
(a) the accused
has made 2
statements on
oath or
under another
sanction authorised by
law, 1
of which is
irreconcilably in conflict with the other;
and (b) the accused made 1 of the statements
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124] but the jury
is unable to
say which statement
was falsely made, the jury
may make a special finding to that effect and find the accused
guilty of perjury. Not authorised —indicative
only 124 Punishment of
perjury (1) Any person
who commits perjury
is liable to
imprisonment for 14
years. (2) If the
offender commits
the crime in
order to
procure the
conviction of
another person
for a crime
punishable with
imprisonment for life, the offender is
liable to imprisonment for life. 125
Evidence on charge of perjury
A person can
not be convicted
of committing perjury
or of counselling or
procuring the commission of perjury upon the uncorroborated
testimony of 1 witness. 126 Fabricating
evidence (1) Any person who, with intent to mislead
any tribunal in any judicial proceeding— (a)
fabricates evidence by any means other than
perjury or counselling or procuring the commission of
perjury; or (b) knowingly makes use of such fabricated
evidence; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) The offender can
not be arrested without warrant. 127
Corruption of witnesses (1)
Any
person who— (a) gives, confers, or procures, or
promises or offers to give or confer,
or to procure
or attempt to
procure, any
property or
benefit of
any kind to,
upon, or
for, any
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[s
128] person, upon any agreement or understanding
that any person called or to be called as a witness
in any judicial proceeding shall give false testimony or
withhold true testimony; or (b)
attempts by any other means to induce a
person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial
proceeding to give false testimony or to withhold true
testimony; or (c) asks for, receives, or
obtains, or agrees or
attempts to receive or obtain, any property or benefit
of any kind for himself, herself
or any other
person, upon
any agreement or understanding that any
person shall as a witness in any judicial proceeding give
false testimony or withhold true testimony;
is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7
years. (2) The offender can not be arrested
without warrant. (3) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(4) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 128
Deceiving witnesses Any person who
practises any fraud or deceit, or knowingly makes or
exhibits any false statement, representation, token,
or
writing, to any person called or to be called as a witness
in any judicial proceeding, with intent to
affect the testimony of such person as a witness, is guilty of
a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3
years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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129] 129 Damaging evidence with intent
A person who,
knowing something
is or may
be needed in
evidence in a judicial proceeding, damages
it with intent to stop it being used in evidence commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
Not authorised —indicative
only 130 Preventing
witnesses from attending Any person who wilfully prevents or
attempts to prevent any person who has been duly summoned to
attend as a witness before any court or tribunal from attending
as a witness, or from producing anything in evidence pursuant
to the subpoena or summons, commits a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
131 Conspiracy to bring false
accusation (1) Any person who conspires with another
to charge any person or cause any person to be charged with
any offence, whether alleged to have been committed in
Queensland, or elsewhere, knowing that such person is innocent
of the alleged offence, or not believing the person to be
guilty of the alleged offence, is guilty of a
crime. (2) If the offence is such that a person
convicted of it is liable to be sentenced to
imprisonment for life, the offender is liable to
imprisonment for life. (3)
If
the offence is such that a person convicted of it is liable
to be sentenced to imprisonment, but for a term
less than life, the offender is liable to imprisonment for 14
years. (4) In any other case the offender is
liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(5) The offender can not be arrested
without warrant. (6) A prosecution for an offence defined
in this section shall not be instituted without the consent of
the Attorney-General. Page 112 Current as at
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132] 132 Conspiring to defeat justice
(1) Any person who conspires with another
to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat, the course of
justice is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) The offender can
not be arrested without warrant. (3)
A
prosecution for an offence defined in this section shall not
be
instituted without the consent of the Attorney-General.
133 Compounding an indictable
offence (1) Any person who asks for, receives, or
obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain, any
property or benefit of any kind for
himself, herself
or any other
person, upon
any agreement or understanding that the
person will compound or conceal an
indictable offence,
or will abstain
from, discontinue, or
delay, a prosecution for an indictable offence, or
will withhold
any evidence thereof,
is guilty of
an indictable offence.
(2) If the indictable offence is such that
a person convicted of it is liable to be
sentenced to imprisonment for life, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (3) In any other
case the offender is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. (4) The offender can
not be arrested without warrant. (5)
Subsection (1) does not apply to an act done
for the purpose of the following— (a)
negotiations in
accordance with
established legal
practice between
a lawyer representing the
alleged offender and the
prosecution to achieve a just outcome in relation to
the proceedings for the offence; (b)
mediation in
good faith
between the
alleged offender
and a victim
of the offence
or anyone acting
in the interests
of the victim
in relation to
an apology, compensation or
restitution; Current as at [Not applicable]
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136] (c) dispute resolution relating to the
alleged offence; (d) discussions in good faith between the
alleged offender and police officers calculated to ameliorate
the conduct of the offender relevant to the alleged
offence. Not authorised —indicative
only 136 Justices
exercising jurisdiction in a matter of personal interest
A person who,
being a
justice, wilfully
and perversely exercises
jurisdiction in
a matter in
which the
justice has
a personal interest commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
137 Delay to take person arrested before
magistrate (1) Any person who, having arrested
another upon a charge of an offence,
wilfully and without lawful excuse delays to take the
person before a justice to be dealt with
according to law is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 2 years. (2)
For
subsection (1)— (a) if the person carrying out the arrest
is a police officer, it is sufficient if
the person complies
with the
requirements of the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 393;
and (b) if the
person carrying
out the arrest
is not a
police officer, it is
sufficient if the person immediately delivers the arrested
person into the custody of a police officer as mentioned in
section 552(2). 139 Inserting advertisement without
authority of court Any person who,
without authority, or
knowing the
advertisement to be false in any material
particular, inserts or causes to be inserted in the gazette
or in any newspaper an advertisement purporting to be
published under the authority Page 114
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Escapes—obstructing officers of courts [s 140]
of
any court or tribunal is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
140 Attempting to pervert justice
(1) A person who attempts to obstruct,
prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of
justice is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (2)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Chapter 17
Escapes—obstructing officers
of
courts 141 Aiding persons to escape from lawful
custody A person who— (a)
aids
a person in lawful custody to escape, or to attempt
to
escape, from lawful custody; or (b)
conveys anything to a person in lawful
custody, or to a place where
a person is
or will be
in lawful custody,
with the
intention of
aiding a
person to
escape from
lawful custody; or (c)
frees a person from lawful custody without
authority; is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 7 years. Current as at
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142 Escape by persons in lawful
custody A person who
escapes from
lawful custody
is guilty of
a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 7 years. 143
Permitting escape A
person who
is responsible for
keeping another
person in
lawful custody and permits the other person
to escape is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 7 years. 144
Harbouring escaped prisoners etc.
A
person who harbours, maintains or employs another person
knowing that
the other person
has escaped from
lawful custody is
guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 2
years. 145A Sections 141 to 144 do not apply to
certain types of custody Sections 141 to
144 do not apply to— (a) the custody of a
patient mentioned in the Mental Health Act 2016
;
or (b) the custody
of a child
under the
Child Protection Act
1999 ; or
(c) the custody of a forensic disability
client mentioned in the Forensic Disability Act 2011
; unless the person is held in a
corrective services facility within the meaning of
the Corrective Services Act 2006
. Page 116 Current as at
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145B Evidence of lawful custody
Evidence given by a person authorised by the
chief executive (corrective services) to give the evidence
that a person is, or on a particular date was, in lawful
custody is to be admitted as prima facie
evidence of the custody. 147 Removing etc.
property under lawful seizure Any
person who,
when any
property has
been attached
or taken under the process or authority
of any court of justice, knowingly, and with intent to hinder
or defeat the attachment, or process,
receives, removes,
retains, conceals,
or disposes of, such
property, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years.
148 Obstructing officers of courts of
justice Any person who
wilfully obstructs
or resists any
person lawfully charged
with the execution of an order or warrant of any court of
justice commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. Chapter 20
Miscellaneous offences against
public authority 193
False
verified statements (1) A person
who makes a
verified statement
that the
person knows
is false in
a material particular when
the person is
required by law to make the statement in the
form of a verified statement commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) The person can not be arrested without
a warrant. Current as at [Not applicable]
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(3) In this section— verified
statement means— (a)
a
statement made on oath or under another sanction that
may
by law be substituted for an oath; or (b)
a statement verified
by solemn declaration or
affirmation. 194
False
declarations (1) A person who makes a declaration that
the person knows is false in
a material particular, whether
or not the
person is
permitted or required by law to make the
declaration, before a person authorised by
law to take
or receive declarations, commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
(2) In this section— declaration includes a
statement and an affidavit. 195 Evidence
A
person can not be convicted of any of the offences defined
in
sections 193 and 194 upon the uncorroborated testimony of
1
witness. 195A Contradictory statements—false
statements or declarations If,
on the trial
of a person
for an offence
defined in
section 193 or 194, the jury is satisfied
that— (a) the accused has made 2 statements or
declarations and 1 is irreconcilably in conflict with the
other; and (b) the accused
made 1
of the statements or
declarations knowing it to be
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but
the jury is unable to say which statement or declaration
was
falsely made, the jury may make a special finding to that
effect and find the accused guilty of the
offence. 199 Resisting public officers
Any
person who in any manner obstructs or resists any public
officer while engaged in the discharge or
attempted discharge of the duties of his or her office under any
statute, or obstructs or resists
any person while
engaged in
the discharge or
attempted discharge of any duty imposed on
the person by any statute, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 2 years.
200 Refusal by public officer to perform
duty Any person who, being employed in the public
service, or as an officer of
any court or
tribunal, perversely and
without lawful excuse
omits or refuses to do any act which it is his or
her
duty to do by virtue of his or her employment is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment
for 2 years, and to be fined at the discretion of the
court. 204 Disobedience to statute law
(1) Any person who without lawful excuse,
the proof of which lies on the person, does any act which the
person is, by the provisions of
any public statute
in force in
Queensland, forbidden to do,
or omits to do any act which the person is, by the provisions
of any such statute, required to do, is guilty of a
misdemeanour, unless some mode of proceeding
against the person for such disobedience is expressly
provided by statute, and is intended to be exclusive of all
other punishment. (2) The offender is liable to imprisonment
for 1 year. Current as at [Not applicable]
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205 Disobedience to lawful order issued by
statutory authority (1)
Any
person who without lawful excuse, the proof of which
lies
on the person, disobeys any lawful order issued by any
court of
justice, or
by any person
authorised by
any public statute in force
in Queensland to make the order, is guilty of a misdemeanour,
unless some mode of proceeding against the person for such
disobedience is expressly provided by statute, and is intended
to be exclusive of all other punishment. (2)
The
offender is liable to imprisonment for 1 year. 205A
Contravening order about information
necessary to access information stored
electronically A person who contravenes—
(a) an order
made under
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 154(1)
or (2) or
154A(2); or (b)
an order made
under the
Crime and
Corruption Act
2001 , section 88A(1)
or (2) or 88B(2); commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—5 years imprisonment. Page 120
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Offences relating to religious worship [s 206]
Acts
injurious to the public in general Not
authorised —indicative only
Chapter 21 Offences
relating to religious worship 206
Offering violence to officiating ministers
of religion Any person who— (a)
by
threats or force prevents or attempts to prevent any
minister of
religion from
lawfully officiating in
any place of
religious worship,
or from performing the
minister’s duty in the lawful burial of the
dead in any cemetery or other burial place; or
(b) by threats or force obstructs or
attempts to obstruct any minister of religion while so
officiating or performing the minister’s duty; or
(c) assaults, or, upon or under the
pretence of executing any civil process,
arrests, any
minister of
religion who
is engaged in,
or is, to
the knowledge of
the offender, about to engage
in, any of the offices or duties aforesaid, or
who is, to
the knowledge of
the offender, going
to perform the
same or
returning from
the performance thereof;
is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
2
years. 207 Disturbing religious worship
Any
person who wilfully and without lawful justification or
excuse, the
proof of
which lies
on the person,
disquiets or
disturbs any
meeting of
persons lawfully
assembled for
religious worship, or assaults any person
lawfully officiating at any such meeting, or any of the
persons there assembled, is Current as at
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Offences against morality [s 207A] guilty of an
offence, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for
2 months, or to a fine of $10. Not
authorised —indicative
only Chapter 22 Offences against
morality 207A Definitions for this chapter
In
this chapter— anonymising service
means a
device or
other thing,
or a physical,
digital or other measure, used to hide— (a)
the identity or
location of
a person who
administers, accesses or uses
a network, computer or other device; or (b)
information stored
on a network,
computer or
other device;
or (c) communication, including the exchange
of information, between 2 or more persons using a network,
computer or other device; or (d)
the
location of a network, computer or other device.
Examples of physical, digital or other
measures— software, password or other authorisation,
encryption, routing systems, communications
ports child exploitation material
means material
that, in
a way likely
to cause offence
to a reasonable adult,
describes or
depicts a person, or a representation of a
person, who is, or apparently is, a child under 16
years— (a) in a sexual context, including for
example, engaging in a sexual activity; or
(b) in an offensive or demeaning context;
or (c) being subjected to abuse, cruelty or
torture. classified —
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for a computer
game—see the
Classification of
Computer Games and Images Act 1995
;
or (b) for a film—see the Classification
of Films Act 1991 ; or (c)
for
a publication—see the Classification of Publications
Act
1991 . Commonwealth Classification Act
means the Classification (Publications,
Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 (Cwlth).
computer game
see the Classification of
Computer Games
and
Images Act 1995 . distribute includes—
(a) communicate, exhibit,
send, supply
or transmit to
someone, whether to a particular person or
not; and (b) make available
for access by
someone, whether
by a particular
person or not; and (c) enter into an agreement or arrangement
to do something in paragraph (a) or (b); and
(d) attempt to distribute.
film see the
Classification of Films Act 1991
. hidden network
means a
network of
computers or
other devices (whether
or not part of the internet) that has, or uses, digital,
physical or other measures to do, or that are designed
to
do, any of the following— (a) restrict access
to the network; (b) make the network undiscoverable when
searched for in a way that
is generally used
to search for
networks, including, for
example, by
using an
internet search
engine; (c)
hide
the identity or location of persons who administer,
access or use the network;
(d) hide information stored on the
network; Current as at [Not applicable]
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hide communication, including
the exchange of
information, between— (i)
the network and
a person who
administers, accesses or uses
the network; or (ii) 2 or more
persons who administer, access or use the
network; (f) hide the location of the
network. Examples of physical, digital or other
measures— software, password or other authorisation,
encryption, routing systems, communications
ports information includes a
photograph, picture, videotape, digital image and any
other visual representation. material
includes anything that contains data from
which text, images or sound can be generated.
network ,
of computers or
other devices,
includes part
of a network of
computers or other devices. observe
means observe by any means.
private act , for a person,
means— (a) showering or bathing; or
(b) using a toilet; or (c)
another activity when the person is in a
state of undress; or (d) intimate
sexual activity
that is
not ordinarily done
in public. private
place means a place where a person might
reasonably be expected to be engaging in a private
act. publication see the
Classification of Publications Act
1991 . someone , in the context
of a description or depiction, includes the body parts
of someone, including for example, someone’s breast or
genitalia. state of undress , for a person,
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the
person is naked or the person’s genital or anal region
is
bare or, if the person is female, the person’s breasts
are
bare; or (b) the person is wearing only underwear;
or (c) the person is wearing only some outer
garments so that some of
the person’s underwear
is not covered
by an outer
garment. visually record , a person,
means record, or transmit, by any means,
moving or
still images
of the person
or part of
the person. 210
Indecent treatment of children under
16 (1) Any person who— (a)
unlawfully and indecently deals with a child
under the age of 16 years; or (b)
unlawfully procures a child under the age of
16 years to commit an indecent act; or
(c) unlawfully permits
himself or herself
to be indecently dealt with by a
child under the age of 16 years; or (d)
wilfully and unlawfully exposes a child
under the age of 16 years to an indecent act by the offender
or any other person; or (e)
without legitimate reason,
wilfully exposes
a child under the age of
16 years to any indecent object or any indecent film,
videotape, audiotape, picture, photograph or printed or
written matter; or (f) without legitimate reason,
takes any
indecent photograph or
records, by
means of
any device, any
indecent visual
image of
a child under
the age of
16 years; is guilty of an
indictable offence. (2) If the child is of or above the age of
12 years, the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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If
the child is under the age of 12 years, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment
for 20 years. (4) If the child is, to the knowledge of
the offender, his or her lineal descendant or if the offender
is the guardian of the child or, for the time
being, has the child under his or her care, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
20
years. (4A) If the child is
a person with an impairment of the mind, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
20
years. (4B) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (4C) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (5)
If
the offence is alleged to have been committed in respect of
a child of or above the age of 12 years, it is
a defence to prove that the accused person believed, on
reasonable grounds, that the child was of or above the age of
16 years. (5A) If
the offence is
alleged to
have been
committed with
the circumstance of aggravation mentioned
in subsection (4A), it is a defence to the circumstance of
aggravation to prove that the accused
person believed
on reasonable grounds
that the
child was not a person with an impairment of
the mind. (6) In this section— deals
with includes
doing any
act which, if
done without
consent, would constitute an assault as
defined in this Code. 211 Bestiality
Any
person who has carnal knowledge with or of an animal is
guilty of a crime and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. Page 126 Current as at
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Owner
etc. permitting abuse of children on premises (1)
Any person who,
being the
owner or
occupier of
any premises, or having, or acting or
assisting in, the management or control of
any premises, induces or knowingly permits any child under the
age of 16 years to be in or upon the premises for the purpose
of any person, whether a particular person or not,
doing an
act in relation
to the child
(a proscribed act
) defined to constitute an offence in
section 210 or 215 is guilty of an indictable
offence. (2) If the child is of or above the age of
12 years, the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 10 years. (3) If the child is
under the age of 12 years, the offender is guilty
of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment— (a)
for life, where
the proscribed act
is one defined
to constitute an offence in section 215;
or (b) for 14 years in any other case.
(3A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
If
the proscribed act is one defined to constitute an offence
in section 210 or 215 and the child is of or
above 12 years, it is a defence to
prove that
the accused person
believed, on
reasonable grounds, that the child was of or
above 16 years. 215 Carnal knowledge with or of children
under 16 (1) Any person
who has or
attempts to
have unlawful
carnal knowledge
with or
of a child
under the
age of 16
years is
guilty of an indictable offence.
(2) If the child is of or above the age of
12 years, the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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If
the child is under the age of 12 years, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment
for life or, in the case of an
attempt to
have unlawful
carnal knowledge, to
imprisonment for 14 years.
(4) If the child is not the lineal
descendant of the offender but the offender is the
child’s guardian or, for the time being, has the
child under
the offender’s care,
the offender is
guilty of
a crime, and is liable to imprisonment
for life or, in the case of an
attempt to
have unlawful
carnal knowledge, to
imprisonment for 14 years.
(4A) If the child is
a person with an impairment of the mind, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
life. (4B)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (4C) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (5)
If
the offence is alleged to have been committed in respect of
a child of or above the age of 12 years, it is
a defence to prove that the accused person believed, on
reasonable grounds, that the child was of or above the age of
16 years. (5A) If
the offence is
alleged to
have been
committed with
the circumstance of aggravation mentioned
in subsection (4A), it is a defence to the circumstance of
aggravation to prove that the accused
person believed
on reasonable grounds
that the
child was not a person with an impairment of
the mind. 216 Abuse of persons with an impairment of
the mind (1) Any person
who has or
attempts to
have unlawful
carnal knowledge
with or
of a person
with an
impairment of
the mind is, subject to subsection (3)(a)
and (b), guilty of a crime, and is liable to
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Any
person who— (a) unlawfully and indecently deals with a
person with an impairment of the mind; or
(b) unlawfully procures a person with an
impairment of the mind to commit an indecent act; or
(c) unlawfully permits
himself or herself
to be indecently dealt with by a
person with an impairment of the mind; or
(d) wilfully and
unlawfully exposes
a person with
an impairment of
the mind to
an indecent act
by the offender or any
other person; or (e) without legitimate reason,
wilfully exposes
a person with an
impairment of the mind to any indecent object or
any indecent film,
videotape, audiotape, picture,
photograph or printed or written matter;
or (f) without legitimate reason,
takes any
indecent photograph or
records, by
means of
any device, any
indecent visual image of a person with an
impairment of the mind; is, subject to
subsections (3)(c) and (3A), guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 10 years. (3) If the person
with an impairment of the mind is not the lineal
descendant of the offender but the offender
is the guardian of that person or, for the time being, has that
person under the offender’s care,
the offender is
guilty of
a crime, and
is liable— (a)
in the case
of the offence
of having unlawful
carnal knowledge—to
imprisonment for life; or (b) in
the case of
an attempt to
have unlawful
carnal knowledge—to
imprisonment for life; or (c) in the case of
an offence defined in subsection (2)—to imprisonment for
14 years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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In the case
of an offence
defined in
subsection (2), if
the person with an impairment of the mind
is, to the knowledge of the offender, the offender’s lineal
descendant, the offender is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
(4) It is a defence to a charge of an
offence defined in this section to prove—
(a) that the accused person believed on
reasonable grounds that the person was not a person with an
impairment of the mind; or (b)
that
the doing of the act or the making of the omission
which, in either case, constitutes the
offence did not in the circumstances constitute sexual
exploitation of
the person with an impairment of the
mind. (5) In this section— deals
with includes
doing any
act that, if
done without
consent, would constitute an assault.
217 Procuring young person etc. for carnal
knowledge (1) A person who procures a person who is
not an adult or is a person with an impairment of the mind
to engage in carnal knowledge (either
in Queensland or
elsewhere) commits
a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 14 years. (1A)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(1B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
In
this section— procure means knowingly
entice or recruit for the purposes of sexual
exploitation. Page 130 Current as at
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218 Procuring sexual acts by coercion
etc. (1) A person who— (a)
by
threats or intimidation of any kind, procures a person
to engage in
a sexual act,
either in
Queensland or
elsewhere; or (b)
by a false
pretence, procures
a person to
engage in
a sexual act, either in Queensland or
elsewhere; or (c) administers to
a person, or
causes a
person to
take, a
drug
or other thing with intent to stupefy or overpower
the
person to enable a sexual act to be engaged in with
the
person; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 14 years. (2)
For subsection (1), a
person engages
in a sexual
act if the
person— (a)
allows a sexual act to be done to the
person’s body; or (b) does a sexual act to the person’s own
body or the body of another person; or (c)
otherwise engages in an act of an indecent
nature with another person. (3)
Subsection (2) is
not limited to
sexual intercourse or
acts involving
physical contact. (3A) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
In
this section— procure means knowingly
entice or recruit for the purposes of sexual
exploitation. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Using
internet etc. to procure children under 16 (1)
Any
adult who uses electronic communication with intent to
procure a person under the age of 16 years,
or a person the adult believes
is under the
age of 16
years, to
engage in
a sexual act,
either in
Queensland or
elsewhere, commits
a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. (2)
The
adult is liable to 14 years imprisonment if— (a)
the
person is— (i) a person under 12 years; or
(ii) a person the
adult believes is under 12 years; or (b)
the
offence involves the adult— (i)
intentionally meeting the person; or
(ii) going to a place
with the intention of meeting the person.
(2A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (2B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (3)
For subsection (1), a
person engages
in a sexual
act if the
person— (a)
allows a sexual act to be done to the
person’s body; or (b) does a sexual act to the person’s own
body or the body of another person; or (c)
otherwise engages in an act of an indecent
nature. (4) Subsection (3) is
not limited to
sexual intercourse or
acts involving
physical contact. Page 132 Current as at
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For
subsection (1), it is not necessary to prove that the adult
intended to
procure the
person to
engage in
any particular sexual
act. (6) Also, for subsection (1), it does not
matter that, by reason of circumstances not known to the adult,
it is impossible in fact for the person to engage in the sexual
act. (7) For subsection
(1), it does not
matter that
the person is
a fictitious person represented to the
adult as a real person. (8) Evidence that
the person was represented to the adult as being
under the age of 16 years, or 12 years, as
the case may be, is, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary, proof that the adult believed the
person was under that age. (9) It is a defence
to a charge under this section to prove the adult
believed on reasonable grounds that the
person was at least 16 years. (9A)
For
an offence defined in subsection (1) alleged to have been
committed with the circumstance of
aggravation mentioned in subsection (2)(a)(i),
it is a
defence to
the circumstance of
aggravation to
prove that
the adult believed
on reasonable grounds that the
person was at least 12 years. (10)
In
this section— electronic communication means email,
internet chat rooms, SMS messages,
real time
audio/video or
other similar
communication. meeting
means meeting in person. procure
means knowingly entice or recruit for the
purposes of sexual exploitation. 218B
Grooming children under 16
(1) Any adult who engages in any conduct
in relation to a person under the age of 16 years, or a person
the adult believes is under the age of 16 years, with intent
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facilitate the procurement of the person to
engage in a sexual act, either in Queensland or
elsewhere; or (b) expose, without
legitimate reason,
the person to
any indecent matter, either in Queensland
or elsewhere; commits a crime. Note—
See
section 1 for the definition indecent
matter . Maximum penalty—5 years
imprisonment. (2) The adult is liable to 10 years
imprisonment if the person is— (a)
a
person under 12 years; or (b) a person the
adult believes is under 12 years. (2A)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (2B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (3)
For
subsection (1)(a), a person engages in a sexual act if the
person— (a)
allows a sexual act to be done to the
person’s body; or (b) does a sexual act to the person’s own
body or the body of another person; or (c)
otherwise engages in an act of an indecent
nature. (4) Subsection (3) is
not limited to
sexual intercourse or
acts involving
physical contact. (5) For subsection (1)(a)—
(a) it is
not necessary to
prove that
the adult intended
to facilitate the procurement of the
person to engage in any particular sexual act; and
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it
does not matter that, by reason of circumstances not
known to the adult, it is impossible in fact
for the person to engage in the sexual act; and
(c) it does
not matter when
the adult intended
the person would be
procured to engage in a sexual act. (6)
For subsection (1), it
does not
matter that
the person is
a fictitious person represented to the
adult as a real person. (7) Evidence that
the person was represented to the adult as being
under the age of 16 years, or 12 years, as
the case may be, is, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary, proof that the adult believed the
person was under that age. (8) It is a defence
to a charge under this section to prove the adult
believed on reasonable grounds that the
person was at least 16 years. (9)
For
an offence defined in subsection (1) alleged to have been
committed with the circumstance of
aggravation mentioned in subsection (2)(a), it
is a defence
to the circumstance of
aggravation to
prove that
the adult believed
on reasonable grounds that the
person was at least 12 years. (10)
In
this section— procure means knowingly
entice or recruit for the purposes of sexual
exploitation. 219 Taking child for immoral
purposes (1) Any person who takes or entices away,
or detains a child who is under the age of 16 years and is
not the husband or wife of that person for the purpose of any
person, whether a particular person
or not, doing
an act in
relation to
the child (a
proscribed act ) defined to
constitute an offence in section 210 or 215 is guilty
of a crime. (2) If the child is of or above the age of
12 years, the offender is liable to imprisonment for 10
years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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If
the child is under the age of 12 years, the offender is
liable to imprisonment— (a)
for life, where
the proscribed act
is one defined
to constitute an offence in section 215;
or (b) for 14 years in any other case.
(3A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
If
the proscribed act is one defined to constitute an offence
defined in section 210 or 215 and the child
is of or above 12 years, it is a defence to prove that the
accused person believed, on reasonable grounds, the child was
of or above 16 years. 221 Conspiracy to
defile Any person who conspires with another to
induce any person, by any false pretence or other fraudulent
means, to permit any person to have unlawful carnal
knowledge with or of him or her commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. 222 Incest (1)
Any
person who— (a) has carnal knowledge with or of the
person’s offspring or other lineal
descendant, or
sibling, parent,
grandparent, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece;
and (b) knows that
the other person
bears that
relationship to
him
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her; Page 136
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commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for life. (2)
Any person who
attempts to
commit the
crime of
incest is
liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
(3) It is
immaterial that
the act or
attempted act
of carnal knowledge
happened with the consent of either person. (4)
It
is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that
the accused person was, at the time when the act
or attempted act of carnal knowledge happened, acting under
the coercion of the other person. (5)
A reference in
this section
to an offspring
or other lineal
descendant, or a sibling or a parent
includes a relationship of that type that is a half, adoptive or
step relationship. (6) For subsection (5), a reference to a
step relationship includes a relationship corresponding to
a step relationship arising
because of cohabitation in a de facto
relationship or because of a foster relationship or a legal
arrangement. (7) Also, for subsection (5), a reference
to a step relationship does not include a
step relationship that first arose after the relevant
persons became adults. (7A)
Also, if a parentage order is made under
the Surrogacy Act
2010 , a reference in
this section to an offspring or other lineal descendant, or a
sibling or a parent includes a relationship of that type
that— (a) existed before the making of the
order; or (b) came into
existence as
a result of
the making of
the order regardless of
whether the
order has
been discharged. (8)
This section
does not
apply to
carnal knowledge
between persons who
are— (a) lawfully married; or
(b) if both
persons are
adults—entitled to
be lawfully married.
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Indecent acts (1)
Any
person who— (a) wilfully and
without lawful
excuse does
any indecent act
in any place
to which the
public are
permitted to
have access,
whether on
payment of
a charge for
admission or not; or (b)
wilfully does any indecent act in any place
with intent to insult or offend any person;
is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
2
years. (2) The offender may be arrested without
warrant. (3) Subsection (1) does
not apply to
a person who
does an
indecent act
under the
authority of
an adult entertainment permit.
227A Observations or recordings in breach
of privacy (1) A person who observes or visually
records another person, in circumstances where
a reasonable adult
would expect
to be afforded
privacy— (a) without the other person’s consent;
and (b) when the other person—
(i) is in a private place; or
(ii) is engaging in a
private act and the observation or visual
recording is
made for
the purpose of
observing or visually recording a private
act; commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. Examples of
circumstances where a reasonable adult would expect to be
afforded privacy— 1
A
person changing in a communal change room at a swimming
pool
may expect to be observed by another person who is also
changing in the room but may not expect to
be visually recorded. Page 138 Current as at
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A
person who needs help to dress or use a toilet may expect to
be observed by the person giving the help but
may not expect to be observed by another person.
(2) A person who observes or visually
records another person’s genital or
anal region,
in circumstances where
a reasonable adult would
expect to be afforded privacy in relation to that
region— (a)
without the other person’s consent;
and (b) when the observation or visual
recording is made for the purpose of
observing or
visually recording
the other person’s genital
or anal region; commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. Example for
subsection (2)— using a mobile phone in a public place to
take photos of women’s underwear under their skirts without
their consent (3) In subsection (2)— genital or anal
region , of a person, means the person’s
genital or anal region
when the
region is
covered by
underwear or
bare. 227B
Distributing prohibited visual
recordings (1) A person
who distributes a
prohibited visual
recording of
another person having reason to believe it
to be a prohibited visual recording, without the other person’s
consent, commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (2)
In
this section— prohibited visual recording
, of
another person, means— (a) a
visual recording
of the person
in a private
place or
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a
visual recording of the person’s genital or anal region,
when it
is covered by
underwear or
bare, made
in circumstances where a reasonable adult
would expect to be afforded privacy in relation to that
region. Not authorised —indicative
only 227C Persons who are
not criminally responsible for offences against ss 227A
and 227B (1) A person is not criminally responsible
for an offence against section 227A(1) or (2) or 227B(1)
if— (a) the person
is, at the
time of
the offence, a
law enforcement officer acting in the
course of the person’s duties; and (b)
the
person’s conduct is reasonable in the circumstances
for
the performance of the duties. (2)
A
person is not criminally responsible for an offence against
section 227A(1) or
(2) or 227B(1)
in relation to
an observation or visual recording of
another person who is in lawful custody or subject to a
supervision order if— (a) the person is,
at the time of the offence, acting in the course
of the person’s
duties in
relation to
the other person’s lawful
custody or supervision order; and (b)
the
person’s conduct is reasonable in the circumstances
for
the performance of the duties. Examples of
conduct that may be reasonable for the performance of
duties— •
the
observation of a person for the safety of the person or
another person •
the
observation of a person providing a urine sample for a
drug
test (3) In this section— lawful
custody includes
detention under
the Mental Health
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2016 in— (a) an
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the
forensic disability service within the meaning of the
Forensic Disability Act 2011
. supervision order , for a person,
means an order under an Act or a law of the
Commonwealth or another State or made by an Australian court
that subjects
the person to
supervision including, for
example, the following orders— (a)
a
community based order, or drug and alcohol treatment
order, under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 ; (b) a
community based
order or
supervised release
order under the
Youth Justice Act 1992 ;
(c) a parole order or a conditional
release order under the Corrective Services Act 2006
; (d) a
supervision order
or an interim
supervision order
under the Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003
. 228 Obscene
publications and exhibitions (1)
Any
person who knowingly, and without lawful justification
or
excuse— (a) publicly sells,
distributes or
exposes for
sale any
obscene book or other obscene printed or
written matter, any obscene computer generated image or any
obscene picture, photograph, drawing,
or model, or
any other object tending
to corrupt morals; or (b) exposes
to view in
any place to
which the
public are
permitted to
have access,
whether on
payment of
a charge for
admission or
not, any
obscene picture,
photograph, drawing,
or model, or
any other object
tending to corrupt morals; or
(c) publicly exhibits
any indecent show
or performance, whether on
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misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) In the case of an offence defined in
subsection (1)(a) or (b), if the matter or
thing is obscene or tends to corrupt morals by reason of
depicting a person who is or is represented to be—
(a) a child under the age of 16 years—the
offender is liable to imprisonment for 5 years; or
(b) a child under the age of 12 years—the
offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
(3) In the
case of
an offence defined
in subsection (1)(c), if
a person appearing in the indecent show
or performance is or is represented to be— (a)
a
child under the age of 16 years—the offender is liable
to
imprisonment for 5 years; or (b)
a
child under the age of 12 years—the offender is liable
to
imprisonment for 10 years. (4) It is a defence
to a charge of any of the offences defined in this
section to prove that it was for the public
benefit that the act complained of should be done.
(5) Whether the doing of any such act is
or is not for the public benefit is a question of fact.
(5A) Section
207A, definition distribute ,
does not
apply to
this section.
(6) In this section— computer
generated image
means electronically recorded
data capable,
by way of
an electronic device,
of being produced
on a computer
monitor, television screen,
liquid crystal display
or similar medium as an image, including an image in the
form of text. 228A Involving child in making child
exploitation material (1) A
person who
involves a
child in
the making of
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penalty— (a) if the offender uses a hidden network
or an anonymising service in
committing the
offence—25 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—20 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
In
this section— involves a child in the
making of child exploitation material includes—
(a) in any
way concerns a
child in
the making of
child exploitation
material; and (b) attempts to
involve a
child in
the making of
child exploitation
material. 228B Making child exploitation
material (1) A person
who makes child
exploitation material
commits a
crime. Maximum
penalty— (a) if the offender uses a hidden network
or an anonymising service in
committing the
offence—25 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—20 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. Current as at [Not applicable]
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An
indictment charging an offence against this section with
the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
In
this section— make child
exploitation material includes— (a)
produce child exploitation material;
and (b) attempt to make child exploitation
material. 228C Distributing child exploitation
material (1) A person who distributes child
exploitation material commits a crime.
Maximum penalty— (a)
if
the offender uses a hidden network or an anonymising
service in
committing the
offence—20 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 228D
Possessing child exploitation
material (1) A person who knowingly possesses child
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if
the offender uses a hidden network or an anonymising
service in
committing the
offence—20 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 228DA
Administering child exploitation material website
(1) A person who administers a website
knowing the website is used to distribute child exploitation
material commits a crime. Maximum penalty— (a)
if
the offender uses a hidden network or an anonymising
service in
committing the
offence—20 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
It
is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that
the person, on
becoming aware
the website was
being used
to distribute child exploitation
material, took all reasonable steps in the
circumstances to prevent other persons from being able
to
use the website to access child exploitation material.
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steps that may be reasonable in the circumstances—
• telling a police officer the website
is being used to distribute child exploitation
material and complying with any reasonable direction
given by the police officer about what to do
in relation to the website •
shutting the website down
• modifying the operation of the website
so it can not be used to distribute or access child
exploitation material (5) In this
section— administer , a website,
includes— (a) design, create, manage or maintain the
website, part of the website or a function of the website;
or (b) provide a device to host the website,
part of the website or a function of the website; or
(c) facilitate the operation and use of
the website, part of the website or a function of the
website. 228DB Encouraging use of child exploitation
material website (1) A person who, knowing a website is
used to distribute child exploitation material, distributes
information— (a) to encourage
someone, whether
a particular person
or not, to use the website; or
(b) to advertise or promote the website to
someone, whether a particular person or not;
commits a crime. Maximum
penalty— (a) if the offender uses a hidden network
or an anonymising service in
committing the
offence—20 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
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The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 228DC Distributing
information about avoiding detection (1)
A person who
distributes information about
how to avoid
detection of,
or prosecution for,
conduct that
involves the
commission of a child exploitation material
offence commits a crime. Maximum
penalty— (a) if the offender uses a hidden network
or an anonymising service in
committing the
offence—20 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
(2) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (4)
In
this section— child exploitation material offence
means an offence against section
228A, 228B,
228C, 228D,
228DA, 228DB
or this section.
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only 228E Defences for ss
228A–228DC (1) Subsections (2), (3) and (5) prescribe
defences available to a person charged with an offence against
section 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D, 228DA, 228DB or 228DC.
(2) It is a defence for the person to
prove that— (a) the person
engaged in
the conduct that
is alleged to
constitute the offence for a genuine
artistic, educational, legal, medical, scientific or public
benefit purpose; and (b) the
person’s conduct
was, in
the circumstances, reasonable for
that purpose. Example of something made for a public
benefit— a current affairs television program showing
children being tortured during a civil war (3)
It
is a defence for the person to prove that, at the time of
the alleged offence— (a)
the material that
is alleged to
be child exploitation material was
subject to a conditional cultural exemption in relation to a
relevant showing; and (b) the
person engaged
in the conduct
that is
alleged to
constitute the
offence for
the purpose of
the relevant showing.
(4) Whether conduct was engaged in for a
purpose mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (3)(b) is a
question of fact. (5) It is a defence for the person to
prove that the material alleged to be child
exploitation material is a computer game, film or
publication that is classified as something
other than RC. (6) For subsection
(5), the material may
have been
classified before,
or may be
classified after,
the offence is
alleged to
have
been committed. (7) A certificate that states any of the
following facts is evidence of that
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if a
stated computer game, film or publication has been
classified—the classification given
to the computer
game, film or publication.
(8) In this section— certificate means
a certificate under
the Commonwealth Classification
Act, section 25 or 87. relevant showing
has the meaning
given by
the Commonwealth Classification Act,
sections 6C and 6E. subject to a conditional cultural
exemption has the meaning given by the
Commonwealth Classification Act, section 5. 228F
Excluding non-essential persons from court
when child exploitation material displayed
(1) When material alleged to be child
exploitation material is on display
in a courtroom, the
court must
exclude from
the courtroom anyone who is not an
essential person. (2) An essential
person is— (a) a
party, or
a person representing a
party, to
the proceeding; or (b)
a
Crown Law Officer or a person authorised by a Crown
Law
Officer; or (c) the prosecutor; or (d)
a
witness giving evidence; or (e)
a person who
a witness is
entitled to
have present
in court under the Evidence Act
1977 , section 21A(2)(d) or 21AV or
the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act
1978 , section 5(1)(f); or
(f) a person
whose presence
is, in the
court’s opinion,
necessary or
desirable for
the proper conduct
of the proceeding;
or (g) a person
who applies to
the court to
be present and
whose presence, in the court’s
opinion— Current as at [Not applicable]
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would serve a proper interest of the person;
and (ii) would
not be prejudicial to
the interests of
any child described or depicted in the
child exploitation material, whether or not any child can be
identified from the child exploitation material.
(3) When forming an opinion under
subsection (2)(f) or (g), the court must
consider the public benefit of limiting the number
of
people with access to child exploitation material.
228G Forfeiture of child exploitation
material etc. (1) This section applies if a person is
prosecuted for an offence against— (a)
section 210(1)(e) or (f), 218A or 218B;
or (b) section 228A, 228B,
228C, 228D,
228DA, 228DB
or 228DC. (2)
Whether or
not the person
is convicted of
the offence, the
court may order the photograph, visual
image, or material that is the subject of the offence be
forfeited to the State. (3) If the person is
convicted of the offence, the court may also order that
anything used to commit the offence be forfeited to
the
State. Example of a thing used to commit the
offence— a computer, camera or sound recording
device (4) Subsections (2) and (3) apply whether
the thing to be forfeited has been seized or is in its owner’s
possession. (5) The court
may also make
any order that
it considers appropriate to
enforce the forfeiture. (6) This
section does
not limit the
court’s powers
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
the Criminal Proceeds
Confiscation Act 2002 or another
law. (7) When forfeited
to the State,
the thing becomes
the State’s property
and may be
dealt with
as directed by
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Possession etc. of child exploitation
material by law enforcement officer (1)
A
person is not criminally responsible for an offence against
section 228B, 228C, 228D, 228DA, 228DB or
228DC if— (a) the person
is, at the
time of
the offence, a
law enforcement officer acting in the
course of the person’s duties; and (b)
the
person’s conduct is reasonable in the circumstances
for
the performance of the duties. Examples of
conduct that may be reasonable for the performance of
a
law enforcement officer’s duties— •
copying child
exploitation material
for the purposes
of preparing a brief for police
prosecutors • supplying child exploitation material
to the Classification Board established under the
Commonwealth Classification Act for
classification under that Act or to the Office of the
Director of
Public Prosecutions for
use during the
prosecution of a person for an
offence • keeping child
exploitation material
obtained during
an investigation for legitimate
intelligence purposes (2) However,
subsection (1) does not apply to the extent that the
person’s conduct
consists of
engaging in
conduct or
an activity that— (a)
is
authorised under— (i) the Police
Powers and
Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
chapter 10 or 11; or (ii)
the Crime and Corruption Act 2001
,
chapter 3, part 6A; or (b)
is otherwise directed
to gaining evidence
of the commission of an
offence against a particular person. (3)
In
this section— law enforcement officer includes an
inspector under any of the following Acts—
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Offences against morality [s 229] (a)
the Classification of Computer Games and
Images Act 1995 ;
(b) the Classification
of Films Act 1991 ; (c) the
Classification of Publications Act
1991 . Not authorised
—indicative only
229 Knowledge of age immaterial
Except as otherwise expressly stated, it is
immaterial, in the case of any of the offences defined in this
chapter committed with respect to a person under a specified
age, that the accused person did not know that the person
was under that age, or believed that the person was not under
that age. 229B Maintaining a sexual relationship with
a child (1) Any adult who maintains an unlawful
sexual relationship with a child under the age of 16 years
commits a crime. Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
(2) An unlawful sexual relationship is a
relationship that involves more than 1 unlawful sexual act over
any period. (3) For an adult to be convicted of the
offence of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a
child, all the members of the jury
must be
satisfied beyond
reasonable doubt
that the
evidence establishes that an unlawful sexual
relationship with the child involving unlawful sexual acts
existed. (4) However, in relation to the unlawful
sexual acts involved in an unlawful sexual relationship—
(a) the prosecution is not required to
allege the particulars of any unlawful sexual act that would
be necessary if the act were charged as a separate offence;
and (b) the jury is not required to be
satisfied of the particulars of
any unlawful sexual
act that it
would have
to be satisfied of if
the act were charged as a separate offence; and
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(c) all the
members of
the jury are
not required to
be satisfied about the same unlawful
sexual acts. (5) If the child was at least 12 years
when the crime was alleged to have
been committed, it
is a defence
to prove the
adult believed on
reasonable grounds the child was at least the age
of
16 years. (6) An adult can not be prosecuted for the
crime without a Crown Law Officer’s consent.
(6A) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of aggravation for the
crime. (7) An adult may be charged in 1
indictment with— (a) the offence
of maintaining an
unlawful sexual
relationship with a child (the
maintaining offence ); and
(b) 1 or more other offences of a sexual
nature alleged to have been committed by the adult in relation
to the child in the course of the alleged unlawful sexual
relationship (the other offence or
offences ). (8) The
adult charged
in 1 indictment as
mentioned in
subsection (7) may be convicted of and
punished for any or all of the offences charged.
(9) However, if the adult is—
(a) charged in 1 indictment as mentioned
in subsection (7); and (b) sentenced to
imprisonment for the maintaining offence and for the
other offence or offences; the court
imposing imprisonment may
not order that
the sentence for the maintaining offence
be served cumulatively with the
sentence or
sentences for
the other offence
or offences. Note—
See
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 155 (Imprisonment to be served concurrently unless
otherwise ordered). (10) In this
section— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Prostitution [s 229C] offence
of a sexual
nature means
an offence defined
in section 210
(other than
section 210(1)(e) or
(f)), 215,
222, 349, 350 or
352. unlawful sexual act means an act
that constitutes, or would constitute (if it were sufficiently
particularised), an offence of a sexual
nature. Chapter 22A Prostitution 229C
Definitions for ch 22A In this
chapter— address means current
place of residence. arrangement includes
scheme, agreement, understanding, promise or
undertaking, whether express or implied. capacity
means ability or power (whether direct or
indirect), and includes ability or power that is
exercisable because of, by way of,
in breach of,
or by revocation of,
any of, or
any combination of,
the following (whether
or not they
are enforceable)— (a)
trusts; (b)
arrangements; (c)
practices. carry on a
business see section 229F. control
means the capacity of an entity to dominate,
whether directly or
indirectly, decision
making in
relation to
the financial and
operating policies
of another entity
so as to
enable the
other entity
to operate with
the first entity
in pursuing the first entity’s
objectives. entity means
any legal, administrative or
fiduciary arrangement,
organisational structure or other party (including
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Prostitution [s 229D] a
person) having
the capacity to
deploy scarce
resources in
order to achieve objectives.
participate means enable,
aid, facilitate, organise or control. place
includes— (a)
vacant land (which may be held under more
than 1 title or owner); and (b)
a
place in Queensland waters; and (c)
premises. premises
includes— (a)
a building or
structure, or
a part of
a building or
structure, of any type; and
(b) a group of buildings or structures, or
a part of a group of buildings or structures, of any type
(which may be held under more than 1 title or owner);
and (c) the land or water on which a building
or structure is, or a group of buildings or structures are,
situated (which may be held under more than 1 title or owner);
and (d) a vehicle, caravan, vessel or
aircraft. prostitution see section
229E. publishing means publishing
in Queensland or elsewhere by way
of television, newspaper, radio
or another form
of communication. unlawful
prostitution means
prostitution by
2 or more
prostitutes, other than at a licensed
brothel in accordance with the brothel licence for the
brothel. 229D Meaning of sexual
intercourse for ch 22A (1)
For
this chapter, sexual intercourse includes either
or both of the following activities—
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the penetration, to
any extent, of
the vagina, vulva
or anus of
a person by
any part of
the body of
another person;
(b) the penetration, to
any extent, of
the vagina, vulva
or anus of a person, carried out by
another person using an object. (2)
In
this section— penetration does
not include penetration carried
out for a
proper medical, hygienic or law enforcement
purpose. 229E Meaning of prostitution (1)
A person engages
in prostitution if
the person engages,
or offers to engage, in the provision to
another person, under an arrangement of
a commercial character, of
any of the
following activities— (a)
sexual intercourse; (b)
masturbation; (c)
oral
sex; (d) any activity, other than sexual
intercourse, masturbation or oral sex, that involves the use of
1 person by another for his or
her sexual satisfaction involving
physical contact.
(2) However, a person does not engage in
prostitution if— (a) the activity is an activity mentioned
in subsection (1)(d); and (b)
the person is
providing adult
entertainment under
an adult entertainment permit and is an
adult and is not a person with an impairment of the mind;
and (c) the activity is authorised under the
permit. (3) Subsection (1) applies equally to
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It does not
matter, in
relation to
an arrangement for
the provision of
an activity mentioned
in subsection (1)(a), (b),
(c)
or (d), whether— (a) the arrangement is initiated with the
person engaging in the provision of the activity or a third
person; or (b) the pecuniary or other reward under
the arrangement is to be received by the person engaging in the
provision of the activity or a third person.
(5) In this section— oral
sex means the
bringing into
contact of
any part of
the genitalia or anus of a person with any
part of the mouth of another person. 229F
Meaning of carry on a
business To carry on a business, a person must at
least— (a) provide finance for the business;
and (b) either— (i)
take
part in the management of the business; or (ii)
control the business. 229FA Obtaining
prostitution from person who is not an adult (1)
A person (a
client )
who obtains prostitution from
a person who
is not an
adult and
who the client
knows, or
ought reasonably to
know, is not an adult, commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
If
the person who provides the prostitution is under 16 years,
the offender is
liable to
a maximum penalty
of 14 years
imprisonment. 229G
Procuring engagement in prostitution
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only (a) procures another
person to engage in prostitution, either in Queensland or
elsewhere; or (b) procures another person—
(i) to leave Queensland for the purpose of
engaging in prostitution elsewhere; or
(ii) to come to
Queensland for the purpose of engaging in prostitution;
or (iii) to leave the
other person’s usual place of residence in
Queensland for
the purpose of
engaging in
prostitution, either in Queensland or
elsewhere; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
If
the procured person is not an adult or is a person with an
impairment of the mind, the offender is
liable to a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment.
(2A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (2B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (3)
A
licensee or approved manager of a licensed brothel, or his
or
her agent, does not contravene subsection (1) only because
the
licensee, manager or agent has employed an adult who is
not a person
with an
impairment of
the mind to
work as
a prostitute at the brothel in
accordance with the brothel licence for the
brothel. (4) For subsection (3), it does not matter
whether the prostitute is employed under a contract of service
or a contract for service. (5) In this
section— procure includes
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Knowingly participating in provision of
prostitution (1) A person who knowingly participates,
directly or indirectly, in the provision
of prostitution by
another person
commits a
crime. Maximum
penalty— (a) for a first offence—imprisonment for 3
years; or (b) for a second offence—imprisonment for
5 years; or (c) for a third or subsequent
offence—imprisonment for 7 years. Examples of the
crime— Example 1— a person who
knowingly participates in the provision of prostitution by
another person through a company, or other
entity, or through another individual Example
2— a person who
provides financial
or other resources
to enable the
establishment of premises from which
prostitution is carried out or coordinated
knowing that the premises will be so used Example
3— a person who receives financial or other
benefit from another person engaging in
prostitution in return for the procuring of clients
Example 4— drivers,
operators and hirers of vehicles who provide transport, or
the means of transport, for prostitutes or
clients knowing that the transport provided is
assisting prostitution unless section 229HA(4)(b)(ii)
applies Example 5— a
person who
receives, directs
or
redirects telephone calls or
other forms of messages, or who takes bookings or
receives money, knowing that the action is in connection with
the engaging in of prostitution by another person
unless section 229HA(5) applies Example
6— a person who participates, directly or
indirectly, in any service, action or matter
for
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Prostitution [s 229HA] Note—
Some of
these examples
may also illustrate the
offence defined
in section 229HB. (2)
However, if a person who is not an adult or
is a person with an impairment of
the mind is,
to the offender’s knowledge, engaged
in the provision
of the prostitution, the
offender is
liable to a maximum penalty of 14 years
imprisonment. (3) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (4) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 229HA When section
229H does not apply to a person (1)
Subsections (2) to
(5) set out
particular circumstances in
which section 229H does not apply to a
person. (2) Section 229H does
not apply to
a person (the
participant )
who knowingly participates, directly
or indirectly, in
the provision of prostitution by another
person if— (a) the provision
of the prostitution by
the other person
happens at
a licensed brothel
in accordance with
the brothel licence for the brothel;
and (b) the other person is an adult and is
not a person with an impairment of the mind.
(3) Section 229H does not apply to a
person (also the participant )
who knowingly participates, directly
or indirectly, in
the provision of prostitution by another
person if— (a) the activity
constituting the
prostitution is
an activity mentioned in
section 229E(1)(d); and (b) the
person engaging
in the activity
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is not a person with an impairment of the mind; and
(c) the activity is authorised under the
permit. (4) Section 229H does not apply to a
person (also the participant )
who knowingly participates, directly
or indirectly, in
the provision of prostitution by another
person if— (a) the provision of the prostitution by
the other person does not take place at a licensed brothel,
and the prostitution is not unlawful prostitution;
and (b) either— (i)
the
participant— (A) is the holder of a current licence
issued under the Security Providers Act 1993
for
carrying out the functions of a bodyguard under
that Act; and (B)
participates in
the provision of
the prostitution no
more than
the extent necessary
for providing services
as a bodyguard;
and (C) participates in
the provision of
the prostitution by the other person and
no one else; or (ii)
the
participant— (A) is the holder of a current licence
issued under the Security Providers Act 1993
for
carrying out the functions of a crowd controller
under that Act; and (B)
participates in
the provision of
the prostitution no
more than
the extent necessary for
providing services as a driver; and
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participates in
the provision of
the prostitution by the other person and
no one else; and (c)
the
other person is an adult and is not a person with an
impairment of the mind. (5)
Section 229H does not apply to a person
(also the participant )
who knowingly participates, directly
or indirectly, in
the provision of prostitution by another
person if— (a) the provision of the prostitution by
the other person does not take place at a licensed brothel,
and the prostitution is not unlawful prostitution;
and (b) the participant directly
receives a
message from
the other person
about the
other person’s
location, or
the activity being undertaken by the other
person, in relation to the provision of prostitution by the
other person; and (c) the participant participates in
the provision of
the prostitution no
more than
the extent necessary
for ensuring the safety of the other
person; and (d) the participant participates in
the provision of
the prostitution by the other person and
no one else; and (e) the participant does not engage in
prostitution. 229HB Carrying on business of providing
unlawful prostitution (1) A person who
knowingly carries on the business of providing unlawful
prostitution commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
However, if a person who is not an adult or
is a person with an impairment of
the mind is,
to the offender’s knowledge, engaged
in the provision
of the prostitution, the
offender is
liable to a maximum penalty of 14 years
imprisonment. (2A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. Page 162 Current as at
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Prostitution [s 229HC] (2B)
An
indictment charging an offence against this section with
the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (3)
This
section and section 229H do not limit each other.
229HC
Persons engaging in or obtaining prostitution through
unlawful prostitution business
(1) A person
who engages in
prostitution through
a business suspected
on reasonable grounds
of providing unlawful
prostitution commits a crime.
Maximum penalty— (a)
for
a first offence—imprisonment for 3 years; or (b)
for
a second offence—imprisonment for 5 years; or (c)
for
a third or subsequent offence—imprisonment for 7
years. (2)
A
person who, without reasonable excuse, obtains prostitution
through a
business suspected
on reasonable grounds
of providing unlawful prostitution
commits a crime. Maximum penalty— (a)
for
a first offence—imprisonment for 3 years; or (b)
for
a second offence—imprisonment for 5 years; or (c)
for
a third or subsequent offence—imprisonment for 7
years. 229I
Persons found in places reasonably suspected
of being used for prostitution etc.
(1) A person
who, without
reasonable excuse,
is found in,
or leaving after having been in, a place
suspected on reasonable grounds of being used for the purposes
of prostitution by 2 or more prostitutes commits a
crime. Current as at [Not applicable]
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penalty— (a) for a first offence—imprisonment for 3
years; or (b) for a second offence—imprisonment for
5 years; or (c) for a third or subsequent
offence—imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
However, if a person who is not an adult or
is a person with an impairment of the mind is, to the offender’s
knowledge, in the place at
the time of
the offence, the
offender is
liable to
a maximum penalty of 14 years
imprisonment. (3) In sentencing an
offender who
is a prostitute or
client, the
court may, in mitigation of sentence, have
regard to evidence of an appropriate sexual
health check
undergone by
the offender within 3 months before the
offence. (4) Subsection (1)
does not
apply to
a person (the
relevant person
) if
the place is a licensed brothel, unless— (a)
if the relevant
person, without
reasonable excuse,
is found in the place—a person who is not
an adult or who is a person
with an
impairment of
the mind is,
to the relevant
person’s knowledge, also in the place; or (b)
if the relevant
person, without
reasonable excuse,
is found leaving after having been in the
place—a person who is not
an adult or
who is a
person with
an impairment of
the mind was,
to the relevant
person’s knowledge, also
in the place when the relevant person was in the
place. 229J Certificate of discharge for
particular offences (1) In this section— defendant
means a
person charged
with an
unlawful prostitution
offence or an unlawful presence offence. identifying
matter means— Page 164
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authorised —indicative only
(a) the name,
address, place
of employment or
another particular of
the defendant or
another person
that is
likely to lead to the identification of the
defendant; or (b) any photograph, picture,
videotape or
other visual
representation of the defendant or another
person that is likely to lead to the identification of the
defendant. the court means
a court before
which is
brought a
charge against a
defendant for an unlawful prostitution offence or an
unlawful presence offence, and includes a
justice conducting an examination of
witnesses in
relation to
an unlawful prostitution
offence or an unlawful presence offence charged against a
defendant. unlawful presence offence
means an offence against section
229I. unlawful
prostitution offence
means an
offence against
section 229HC(1) or (2). (2)
At any time
before being
found guilty
of the unlawful
prostitution offence
or the unlawful
presence offence,
the defendant— (a)
may
apply to the court for the issue of the certificate of
discharge mentioned in subsection (6) in
relation to the unlawful prostitution offence or the
unlawful presence offence; and (b)
may apply to
the court for
an order prohibiting publication of
identifying matter
in relation to
the defendant if the certificate is
granted. (3) The application may be heard in court
or in chambers. (4) If the
defendant has
been charged
on indictment, the
application is to be heard and determined by
a judge sitting alone without a jury. (5)
On
making the application the defendant must give evidence,
and
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Prostitution [s 229K] (a)
the commission, by
the defendant, of
the unlawful prostitution offence
or the unlawful
presence offence;
and (b) the
commission, by
any other person,
of an offence
against this Code— (i)
if
the offence is an unlawful prostitution offence—
in
relation to carrying on the business of providing
unlawful prostitution; or
(ii) if the offence
is an unlawful presence offence—in relation to the
premises. (6) If the
court is
satisfied that
the evidence is
a full and
true disclosure by
the defendant of all material particulars within
the defendant’s knowledge
relevant to
the application, the
court must immediately give the defendant a
certificate stating that the defendant is discharged on the
unlawful prostitution offence or the unlawful presence
offence. (7) The defendant
can not afterwards be
convicted or
further prosecuted for
the unlawful prostitution offence
or the unlawful
presence offence. (8) If the court grants an application
under subsection (2)(b), the court
may make an
order prohibiting the
publishing of
any identifying matter
in relation to
the defendant either
indefinitely or until further order.
(9) A police officer or other person may
serve a copy of the order on any person. (10)
A person who
knowingly contravenes an
order under
subsection (8) commits a crime.
Maximum penalty for subsection (10)—2,000
penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.
229K Having an interest in premises used
for prostitution etc. (1) In this
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, in relation
to premises, means
a person who—
(a) owns, leases,
rents or
otherwise has
an interest in
premises; or (b)
is
entitled to occupy or use premises; or (c)
controls an entity that— (i)
owns, leases, rents or otherwise has an
interest in premises; or (ii)
is
entitled to occupy or use premises. (2)
A
person who— (a) is an interested person in relation to
premises; and (b) knowingly allows
the premises to
be used for
the purposes of prostitution by 2 or more
prostitutes; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty— (a) for a first offence—imprisonment for 3
years; or (b) for a second offence—imprisonment for
5 years; or (c) for a third or subsequent
offence—imprisonment for 7 years. (3)
However, if a person who is not an adult or
is a person with an impairment of the mind is, to the offender’s
knowledge, in the premises at a time of the offence, the
offender is liable to a maximum penalty of 14 years
imprisonment. (3A) Subsection (2)
does not
apply to
an interested person
in relation to a licensed brothel.
(3B) However,
subsection (3A) does not apply if, to the interested
person’s knowledge, a person who was not an
adult or who was a person
with an
impairment of
the mind was
in the premises when
the interested person was allowing the person to be using the
premises for prostitution. Current as at [Not applicable]
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authorised —indicative
only (4) A
person allows
premises to
be used for
the purposes of
prostitution if the person—
(a) knowingly permits
the premises to
be used for
the purposes of prostitution; or
(b) knowing that
the premises are
being used
for the purposes of
prostitution, fails to take every reasonable step to stop
that use. (5) A police officer may serve on a person
who is an interested person in relation to premises a
written warning to the effect that
the premises are
being used
for the purposes
of prostitution by 2 or more
prostitutes. (6) In a
prosecution against
the interested person
mentioned in
subsection (5), or another person aware of
the warning, for an offence against subsection (2), evidence of
the warning and its contents are admissible against the
defendant. (7) If a
person who
is an interested person
in relation to
premises— (a)
is
served with a warning under subsection (5) in relation
to
the premises; or (b) otherwise has
reasonable grounds
to suspect that
the premises are being used for the
purposes of prostitution by 2 or more prostitutes;
the
person may, by writing served on an occupier or user of
the premises, require
the occupier or
user to
leave the
premises not later than 7 days after the
service of the notice and not return. (8)
A person who,
without reasonable excuse,
contravenes a
requirement made of the person under
subsection (7) commits a crime. Example of
reasonable excuse— If the premises concerned were not used for
the purposes of prostitution by 2 or more
prostitutes, the person has a reasonable excuse for failing
to
comply with the requirement. Maximum
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The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(10) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 229L
Permitting young person etc. to be at place
used for prostitution (1)
A
person who knowingly causes or permits a person who is
not
an adult or is a person with an impairment of the mind to
be
at a place used for the purposes of prostitution by 2 or
more prostitutes commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 14
years. (2) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 229M
Evidence that business of prostitution is
being carried on (1) The fact that a business of
prostitution is being carried on may be
inferred from
employment records,
business records,
telephone records, advertisements and other
relevant factors and circumstances. (2)
However, evidence of condoms and other
material for safe sex practices is not admissible against a
defendant. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Evidence that place is being used for
prostitution (1) The fact
that a
place is
being used
for the purposes
of prostitution may be inferred from
evidence of the condition of the
place, material
found at
the place and
other relevant
factors and circumstances.
(2) However, evidence of condoms and other
material for safe sex practices is not admissible against a
defendant. 229O Non-compellability of health service
providers (1) In this section— health
service means a service genuinely provided to a
person for the benefit of human health, and
includes a health service under the Health Ombudsman
Act 2013 . health services provider
means— (a)
a health practitioner under
the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law (Queensland); or (b)
another person who provides a health
service; or (c) an employee of a person mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b). (2)
A
health services provider is entitled to refuse to provide
any document or information, or answer any
question, in relation to an investigation of, or prosecution
for, an offence against this chapter on the ground that it
would disclose information gained in providing a health
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corpses [s 230A] Nuisances—misconduct relating to
corpses Not authorised —indicative only
230A Definitions for ch 23
In
this chapter— conduct means
conduct, promote,
organise, control
or operate. occupier
, of
a place, means any of the following— (a)
the
owner, lessee or person apparently in charge of the
place; (b)
the
person who has the care, management or supervision
of
the place or who is conducting a business at the place.
place includes land,
premises and a vehicle. public place means—
(a) a place, or part of a place, that the
public is entitled to use, is open to members of the public
or is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money;
or (b) a place, or part of a place, the
occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money,
members of the public to enter. unlawful
game means a game of chance, or mixed chance
and skill, that— (a)
is
not authorised under an Act; and (b)
is
played by 1 or more persons ( players
)
who gamble or bet on an
outcome of
the game for
the purpose of
winning money or another consideration;
and (c) has at least 1 of the following
characteristics— (i) the game is conducted or played in a
public place; (ii) the game is
played in a place, or part of a place, the occupier of
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Nuisances—misconduct relating to corpses [s 230]
for
other consideration, players to enter and use for
playing the game; (iii)
a
percentage of the amount gambled or bet is— (A)
kept
by 1 or more of the players, or another person;
and (B) not included in the winnings of the
players. 230 Common nuisances Any person
who— (a) without lawful
justification or
excuse, the
proof of
which lies on the person, does any act, or
omits to do any act with respect to any property under
the person’s control, by which act or omission danger is
caused to the lives, safety, or health, of the public;
or (b) without lawful
justification or
excuse, the
proof of
which lies on the person, does any act, or
omits to do any act with respect to any property under
the person’s control, by which act or omission danger is
caused to the property or
comfort of
the public, or
the public are
obstructed in
the exercise or
enjoyment of
any right common
to all Her
Majesty’s subjects,
and by which
injury is caused to the person of some
person; is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable
to imprisonment for 2 years. 232
Operating a place for unlawful games
(1) A person who operates a place—
(a) for the purpose of conducting an
unlawful game, by the person or another person; or
(b) for the purpose of playing an unlawful
game; commits a misdemeanour. Page 172
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Nuisances—misconduct relating to corpses [s 233]
Maximum penalty—600 penalty
units or
3 years imprisonment. (2)
In
this section— operates includes
owns, leases,
manages, controls
and maintains. Not
authorised —indicative only
233 Possession of thing used to play an
unlawful game (1) A person
who possesses gaming
equipment that
has been used, or is
intended to be used, for playing an unlawful game
commits an offence. Maximum
penalty—200 penalty units. (2) In this
section— gaming equipment means a machine
or other device (whether electronic, electrical or
mechanical), computer
software, or
another thing, used or suitable for use, for
playing an unlawful game. Example of
another thing, used or suitable for use, for playing an
unlawful game— implements for
playing two-up 234 Conducting or playing unlawful
games (1) A person
who conducts an
unlawful game
commits an
offence. Maximum
penalty—200 penalty units. (2) A person who
plays an unlawful game commits an offence. Maximum
penalty—40 penalty units. 236 Misconduct with
regard to corpses (1) A person
who, without
lawful justification or
excuse, the
proof of
which lies
on the person,
neglects to
perform any
duty imposed
on the person
by law, or
undertaken by
the Current as at [Not applicable]
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Offences against public health [s 238]
person, whether for reward or otherwise,
touching the burial or other disposition of
a human body
or human remains
is guilty of a misdemeanour.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(2) A person
who, without
lawful justification or
excuse, the
proof of which lies on the person,
improperly or indecently interferes with,
or offers any
indignity to,
any dead human
body
or human remains, whether buried or not, is guilty of a
crime. Maximum
penalty—5 years imprisonment. Chapter 24
Offences against public health
238 Contamination of goods
(1) A person
who contaminates or
interferes with
goods, or
makes it
appear that
goods have
been contaminated or
interfered with, commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
(2) If the person commits the offence with
intent to cause— (a) public alarm or anxiety; or
(b) members of
the public who
are aware of
the contamination or interference or
apparent contamination or interference to refrain from
purchasing those goods or goods of that or any similar class;
or (c) any person to suffer economic loss
through taking steps to avoid public alarm or anxiety;
or (d) members of the public to refrain from
purchasing those goods or goods of that or any similar
class; the person commits a crime.
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Offences against public health [s 239]
(3) A person who, with any intent
mentioned in subsection (2), threatens that
he or she or any other person will contaminate or interfere
with goods or make it appear that goods have been
contaminated or interfered with, commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(4) If the threat is accompanied by the
making of a demand, the person commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—14 years
imprisonment. 239 Hoax contamination of goods
A
person who makes a statement or conveys information to
another person that he or she knows or
believes to be false with the intention of inducing in that
person or another person a belief that goods have been
contaminated or interfered with and
causes— (a) public alarm or anxiety; or
(b) that person
or that other
person to
refrain from
purchasing those goods or goods of that or
any similar class; or (c)
any
person to suffer economic loss through taking steps
to
avoid public alarm or anxiety; or (d)
members of the public to refrain from
purchasing those goods or goods of that or any similar
class; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. 240
Dealing in contaminated goods
A
person who knowingly— (a) sells
or exposes for
sale as
goods for
human consumption, or
has in the
person’s possession with
intent to
sell it
as goods for human
consumption, any
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to animals [s 241] article
that the
person knows
to be contaminated or
otherwise unfit as goods for human
consumption; or (b) takes into a slaughter house used for
the slaughter of any animals intended for human consumption
the whole or any part of the carcass of an animal that
has died of a disease; or (c)
sells or exposes for sale the whole or part
of the carcass of an animal
that has
died of
a disease or
that was
diseased when slaughtered;
commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—3 years imprisonment. 241
Definitions for ch 24 In this
chapter— contaminate includes to add,
mix or put in a deleterious or poisonous
substance. goods includes
beverage and
food for
human consumption and
any substances whether
natural or
manufactured and
whether or not incorporated in or mixed with
other goods. Chapter 25 Cruelty to
animals 242 Serious animal cruelty
(1) A person who, with the intention of
inflicting severe pain or suffering, unlawfully kills,
or causes serious
injury or
prolonged suffering to, an animal commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) An act or omission that causes the
death of, or serious injury or prolonged
suffering to, an animal is unlawful unless it is
authorised, justified or excused by—
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rights and duties Chapter 26 Assaults and violence to the
person generally—justification and excuse [s 245]
(a) the Animal Care and
Protection Act 2001 ; or (b)
another law, other than section 458 of this
Code. (3) In this section— serious
injury means— (a)
the
loss of a distinct part or an organ of the body; or
(b) a bodily injury of such a nature that,
if left untreated, would— (i)
endanger, or be likely to endanger, life;
or (ii) cause,
or be likely
to cause, permanent
injury to
health. Part 5
Offences against the person
and
relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
Chapter 26 Assaults and
violence to the person generally—justification
and
excuse 245 Definition of assault
(1) A person who strikes, touches, or
moves, or otherwise applies force of any
kind to, the person of another, either directly or
indirectly, without
the other person’s
consent, or
with the
other person’s consent if the consent is
obtained by fraud, or who by
any bodily act
or gesture attempts
or threatens to
apply force of any kind to the person of
another without the other person’s
consent, under
such circumstances that
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generally—justification and excuse [s 246]
a present ability
to effect the
person’s purpose,
is said to
assault that other person, and the act is
called an assault .
(2) In this section— applies
force includes
the case of
applying heat,
light, electrical force,
gas, odour,
or any other
substance or
thing whatever
if applied in
such a
degree as
to cause injury
or personal discomfort.
246 Assaults unlawful (1)
An
assault is unlawful and constitutes an offence unless it is
authorised or justified or excused by
law. (2) The application of
force by
one person to
the person of
another may be unlawful, although it is done
with the consent of that other person. 247
Execution of sentence It is lawful for
a person who is charged by law with the duty of executing or
giving effect to the lawful sentence of a court to execute or
give effect to that sentence. 248
Execution of process It is lawful for
a person who is charged by law with the duty of executing the
lawful process of a court, and who is required to arrest or
detain another person under such process, and for
every person lawfully assisting a person so
charged, to arrest or detain that
other person
according to
the terms of
the process. 249
Execution of warrants It is lawful for
a person who is charged by law with the duty of executing a
lawful warrant issued by any court or justice or
other person
having jurisdiction to
issue it,
and who is
required to arrest or detain another person
under such warrant, Page 178 Current as at
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rights and duties Chapter 26 Assaults and violence to the
person generally—justification and excuse [s 250]
and
for every person lawfully assisting a person so charged, to
arrest or detain that other person according
to the directions of the warrant. Not
authorised —indicative only
250 Erroneous sentence or process or
warrant If the sentence was passed, or the process
was issued, by a court having
jurisdiction under
any circumstances to
pass such a sentence
or to issue such process, or if the warrant was issued by a
court or justice or other person having authority
under any
circumstances to
issue such
a warrant, it
is immaterial whether the court or
justice or person had or had not
authority to
pass the
sentence or
issue the
process or
warrant in the particular case; unless the
person executing the same knows that the sentence or
process or warrant was in fact passed or issued
without authority. 251 Sentence or process or warrant without
jurisdiction A person who executes or assists in
executing any sentence, process, or warrant, which purports to
be passed or issued by a court, justice,
or other person,
and who would
be justified, under the
provisions of sections 247 to 250, in executing the
same if
it had been
passed or
issued by
a court, justice,
or person having authority to pass or
issue it, is not criminally responsible for
any act done
in such execution, notwithstanding that
the court, justice,
or person, had
no authority to pass the sentence or
issue the process or warrant, if in such
execution the person acted in good faith and in the
belief that
the sentence, process,
or warrant, was
that of
a court, justice, or other person,
having such authority. 252 Arrest of wrong
person (1) A person who, being duly authorised to
execute a warrant to arrest one
person, arrests
another person,
believing in
good faith and on
reasonable grounds that the person arrested is the
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generally—justification and excuse [s 253]
doing so to any greater extent than if the
person arrested had been the person named in the warrant.
(2) Any person
who lawfully assists
in making such
an arrest, believing that
the person arrested is the person named in the warrant, or who,
being required by the warrant to receive and detain the
person named in it, receives and detains the person
so
arrested, is not criminally responsible for doing so to any
greater extent than if the person arrested
had been the person named in the warrant. 253
Irregular process or warrant
When
any process or warrant is bad in law by reason of some
defect in
substance or
in form apparent on
the face of
it, a person who, in
good faith and believing that it is good in law,
acts in
the execution of
the process or
warrant, is
not criminally responsible for anything
done in such execution to any greater extent than if the process
or warrant were good in law. 254
Force
used in executing process or in arrest It
is lawful for
a person who
is engaged in
the lawful execution of any
sentence, process, or warrant, or in making any arrest, and
for any person lawfully assisting the person, to
use
such force as may be reasonably necessary to overcome
any
force used in resisting such execution or arrest.
255 Duty of persons arresting
(1) It is the duty of a person executing
any process or warrant to have it
with him
or her, if
reasonably practicable, and
to produce it if required.
(2) It is the duty of a person arresting
another, whether with or without warrant, to give notice, if
practicable, of the process or warrant under
which the person is acting or of the cause of the
arrest. Page 180 Current as at
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(3) A failure
to fulfil either
of the aforesaid
duties does
not of itself
make the
execution of
the process or
warrant or
the arrest unlawful,
but is relevant
to the inquiry
whether the
process or warrant might not have been
executed or the arrest made by reasonable means in a less
forcible manner. 257 Other cases of preventing escape from
arrest (1) When a
person who
is not a
police officer
is proceeding lawfully
to arrest, without
warrant, another
person for
an offence which
is such that
the offender may
be arrested without warrant,
and when any person is proceeding lawfully to
arrest another
person for
any cause other
than such
an offence, and, in either case, the
person sought to be arrested takes
to flight in
order to
avoid arrest,
it is lawful
for the person seeking
to arrest the other person to use such force as may
be reasonably necessary
to prevent the
other person’s
escape. (2)
But
this section does not authorise the use of force which is
intended or is likely to cause death or
grievous bodily harm. 258 Preventing escape
or rescue after arrest (1) When any person
has lawfully arrested another person for any offence,
it is lawful
for the person to
use
such force as the
person believes,
on reasonable grounds,
to be necessary
to prevent the escape or rescue of the
person arrested. (2) But, if
the offence is
not a crime
which is
such that
the offender may
be arrested without
warrant, this
section does
not
authorise the use of force which is intended or is likely to
cause death or grievous bodily harm.
(3) This section
does not
limit the
powers a
police officer
has under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000 .
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260 Preventing a breach of the
peace It is lawful for any person who witnesses a
breach of the peace to interfere to prevent the continuance or
renewal of it, and to use such force as is reasonably
necessary for such prevention and
is reasonably proportioned to
the danger to
be apprehended from such continuance or
renewal, and to detain any person who is committing or who is
about to join in or to renew the
breach of
the peace for
such time
as may be
reasonably necessary
in order to
give the
person into
the custody of a police officer.
261 Suppression of riot
It
is lawful for any person to use such force as is necessary
to suppress a riot, and is reasonably
proportioned to the danger to be apprehended from its
continuance. 262 Suppression of riot by
magistrates It is lawful for a justice to use or order
to be used such force as the justice believes, on reasonable
grounds, to be necessary in order to
suppress a riot, and is reasonably proportioned to the
danger which the justice believes, on
reasonable grounds, is to be apprehended from its
continuance. 263 Suppression of riot by person acting
under lawful orders (1) It is lawful for any person acting in
good faith in obedience to orders, not
manifestly unlawful,
given by
a justice for
the suppression of a riot, to use such
force as the person believes, on
reasonable grounds,
to be necessary
for carrying such
orders into effect. (2)
Whether any particular order so given is or
is not manifestly unlawful is a question of law.
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264 Suppression of riot by person acting
without order in case of emergency When
any person, whether
subject to
military law
or not, believes,
on reasonable grounds,
that serious
mischief will
arise from
a riot before
there is
time to
procure the
intervention of a justice, it is lawful for
the person to use such force as
the person believes,
on reasonable grounds,
to be necessary for
the suppression of the riot, and as is reasonably
proportioned to
the danger which
the person believes,
on reasonable grounds,
is to be
apprehended from
its continuance. 265
Riot—persons subject to military law
(1) It is lawful for a person who is bound
by military law to obey the lawful commands of the person’s
superior officer to obey any command
given to
the person by
his or her
superior officer
in order to
the suppression of
a riot, unless
the command is manifestly unlawful.
(2) Whether any
particular command
is or is
not manifestly unlawful is a
question of law. 266 Prevention of crimes and offences for
which an offender may be arrested without warrant—prevention
of violence by particular persons It is lawful for
any person to use such force as is reasonably necessary in
order to prevent the commission of an offence which
is such that
the offender may
be arrested without
warrant; or in order to prevent any act from
being done as to which the
person believes,
on reasonable grounds,
that it
would, if
done, amount
to any such
offence; or
in order to
prevent a
person whom
the person believes,
on reasonable grounds, to be
an involuntary patient under the Mental
Health Act 2016 or
a forensic disability client
under the
Forensic Disability Act
2011 from
doing violence
to any person
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generally—justification and excuse [s 267]
267 Defence of dwelling
It
is lawful for a person who is in peaceable possession of a
dwelling, and
any person lawfully
assisting him
or her or
acting by his or her authority, to use force
to prevent or repel another person from unlawfully entering or
remaining in the dwelling, if the person using the force
believes on reasonable grounds— (a)
the
other person is attempting to enter or to remain in
the
dwelling with intent to commit an indictable offence
in
the dwelling; and (b) it is necessary to use that
force. 268 Provocation (1)
The
term provocation , used with
reference to an offence of which an assault is an element, means
and includes, except as hereinafter stated, any wrongful act
or insult of such a nature as to
be likely, when
done to
an ordinary person,
or in the
presence of an ordinary person to another
person who is under the person’s immediate care, or to whom the
person stands in a conjugal, parental,
filial, or
fraternal, relation,
or in the
relation of
master or
servant, to
deprive the
person of
the power of self-control, and to induce
the person to assault the person by whom the act or insult is
done or offered. (2) When such an act or insult is done or
offered by one person to another, or in the presence of another
to a person who is under the immediate care of that other, or
to whom the latter stands in any such relation as aforesaid, the
former is said to give to the latter provocation for an
assault. (3) A lawful act is not provocation to any
person for an assault. (4) An
act which a
person does
in consequence of
incitement given by another
person in order to induce the person to do the act,
and thereby to
furnish an
excuse for
committing an
assault, is not provocation to that other
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person generally—justification and excuse [s 269]
(5) An arrest which is unlawful is not
necessarily provocation for an assault, but
it may be evidence of provocation to a person who knows of the
illegality. Not authorised —indicative only
269 Defence of provocation
(1) A person
is not criminally responsible for
an assault committed upon a
person who gives the person provocation for
the assault, if
the person is
in fact deprived
by the provocation of
the power of self-control, and acts upon it on the sudden and
before there is time for the person’s passion to
cool, and
if the force
used is
not disproportionate to
the provocation and is not intended, and
is not such as is likely, to cause death or
grievous bodily harm. (2) Whether any
particular act or insult is such as to be likely to
deprive an ordinary person of the power of
self-control and to induce the ordinary person to assault the
person by whom the act or insult is done or offered, and
whether, in any particular case, the
person provoked
was actually deprived
by the provocation of
the power of
self-control, and
whether any
force used is or is not disproportionate to
the provocation, are questions of fact. 270
Prevention of repetition of insult
It
is lawful for any person to use such force as is reasonably
necessary to prevent the repetition of an
act or insult of such a nature as to be provocation to the
person for an assault, if the force used is
not intended, and is not such as is likely, to cause
death or grievous bodily harm.
271 Self-defence against unprovoked
assault (1) When a person is unlawfully assaulted,
and has not provoked the assault, it is lawful for the
person to use such force to the assailant as is
reasonably necessary to make effectual defence against the
assault, if the force used is not intended, and is not
such
as is likely, to cause death or grievous bodily harm.
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(2) If the
nature of
the assault is
such as
to cause reasonable apprehension of
death or grievous bodily harm, and the person using
force by
way of defence
believes, on
reasonable grounds, that
the person can not otherwise preserve the person
defended from death or grievous bodily harm,
it is lawful for the person to
use any such
force to
the assailant as
is necessary for
defence, even
though such
force may
cause death or
grievous bodily harm. 272 Self-defence
against provoked assault (1) When
a person has
unlawfully assaulted
another or
has provoked an assault from another, and
that other assaults the person with
such violence
as to cause
reasonable apprehension of
death or grievous bodily harm, and to induce the
person to
believe, on
reasonable grounds,
that it
is necessary for the person’s
preservation from death or grievous bodily
harm to
use force in
self-defence, the
person is
not criminally responsible for
using any
such force
as is reasonably necessary
for such preservation, although
such force may cause
death or grievous bodily harm. (2)
This
protection does not extend to a case in which the person
using force which causes death or grievous
bodily harm first begun the assault with intent to kill or to
do grievous bodily harm to some person; nor to a case in which
the person using force which
causes death
or grievous bodily
harm endeavoured to
kill or
to do grievous
bodily harm
to some person before
the necessity of so preserving himself or herself
arose; nor, in either case, unless, before
such necessity arose, the person
using such
force declined
further conflict,
and quitted it or retreated from it as far
as was practicable. 273 Aiding in self-defence
In
any case in which it is lawful for any person to use force
of any degree for
the purpose of
defending himself
or herself against an
assault, it is lawful for any other person acting in
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person generally—justification and excuse [s 274]
good
faith in the first person’s aid to use a like degree of
force for the purpose of defending the first
person. 274 Defence of moveable property against
trespassers It is lawful for any person who is in
peaceable possession of any moveable property, and for any
person lawfully assisting him or her or acting by his or her
authority, to use such force as is reasonably
necessary in order to resist the taking of such property
by a trespasser, or
in order to
retake it
from a
trespasser, provided
that the
person does
not do grievous
bodily harm to the trespasser.
275 Defence of moveable property with
claim of right When a person is in peaceable
possession of any moveable
property under a claim of right, it is
lawful for the person, and for any person lawfully assisting him
or her or acting by his or her authority, to use such force as is
reasonably necessary in order to defend the person’s
possession of the property, even against a person
who is entitled by law to possession of the property,
provided that he or she does not do grievous bodily
harm
to such other person. 276 Defence of
moveable property without claim of right When
a person who
is entitled by
law to the
possession of
moveable property
attempts to
take it
from another
person who is in
possession of the property, but who neither claims
right to it, nor acts by the authority of a
person who claims right, and
the person in
possession resists
him or her,
it is lawful for the
person so entitled to possession to use the force
that
is reasonably necessary in order to obtain possession of
the property, provided
that he
or she does
not do grievous
bodily harm to the person in
possession. Current as at [Not applicable]
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277 Defence of premises against
trespassers—removal of disorderly persons (1)
It
is lawful for a person who is in peaceable possession of any
land, structure, vessel,
or place, or
who is entitled
to the control or
management of any land, structure, vessel, or place,
and
for any person lawfully assisting him or her or acting by
his or her
authority, to
use such force
as is reasonably necessary
in order to
prevent any
person from
wrongfully entering upon
such land, structure, vessel, or place, or in order
to remove therefrom
a person who
wrongfully remains
therein, provided that he or she does not do
grievous bodily harm to such person. (2)
It
is lawful for a person who is in peaceable possession of any
land, structure, vessel,
or place, or
who is entitled
to the control or
management of any land, structure, vessel, or place,
and
for any person acting by his or her authority, to use the
force that
is reasonably necessary
in order to
remove therefrom
any person who
conducts himself
or herself in
a disorderly manner therein, provided
that he or she does not do the person grievous bodily
harm. (3) In this section— place
includes any part of an enclosure or
structure, whether separated from
the rest of
the enclosure or
structure by
a partition, fence, rope, or any other
means, or not. 278 Defence of possession of real property
or vessel with claim of right When
a person is
in peaceable possession of
any land, structure, or
vessel, with a claim of right, it is lawful for the
person, and
for any person
lawfully assisting
him or her
or acting by
his or her
authority, to
use such force
as is reasonably necessary
in order to
defend the
person’s possession, even
against a person who is entitled by law to the possession of
the property, provided that he or she does not do
grievous bodily harm to such person.
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person generally—justification and excuse [s 279]
279 Exercise of right of way or
easement When a person who is lawfully entitled to
enter upon land for the exercise of
a right of
way or other
easement or
profit enters upon the
land for the purpose of exercising such right of way,
easement, or profit, after notice that right to use such
way or easement
or to take
such profit
is disputed by
the person in possession of the land, or
having entered persists in entry after
such notice,
it is lawful
for the person
in possession, and for any person
lawfully assisting him or her or acting
by his or
her authority, to
use such force
as is reasonably
necessary for the purpose of making the person so
entering desist from the entry, provided
that he or she does not do the person entering grievous bodily
harm. 280 Domestic discipline
It
is lawful for a parent or a person in the place of a parent,
or for a schoolteacher or master, to use, by
way of correction, discipline, management or control, towards a
child or pupil, under the person’s care such force as is
reasonable under the circumstances. 281
Discipline of vehicle It is lawful for
a person in charge of a vehicle on a journey and
for
any person acting by his or her authority to use, for the
purpose of maintaining good order and
discipline on board the vehicle, such force as the person or
such person acting by his or her
authority believes,
on reasonable grounds,
to be necessary, and
as is reasonable under the circumstances. 282
Surgical operations and medical
treatment (1) A person
is not criminally responsible for
performing or
providing, in good faith and with reasonable
care and skill, a surgical operation
on or medical
treatment of
a person or
unborn child
if performing the
operation or
providing the
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treatment is
reasonable, having
regard to
all the circumstances of
the case. (1A) A
person is
not criminally responsible for
performing or
providing, in good faith and with reasonable
care and skill, a surgical operation
on or medical
treatment of
a person or
unborn child in an emergency if it is
necessary to perform the operation or provide the treatment to
save the mother’s life or the life of another unborn
child. (2) If the administration by a health
professional of a substance to a
patient would
be lawful under
this section,
the health professional may
lawfully direct
or advise another
person, whether
the patient or
another person,
to administer the
substance to the patient or procure or
supply the substance for that purpose. (3)
It
is lawful for a person acting under the lawful direction or
advice, or in the reasonable belief that the
advice or direction was lawful, to administer the substance, or
supply or procure the substance, in accordance with the
direction or advice. (4) In this
section— health professional see the
Hospital and Health Boards Act
2011 , schedule
2. medical treatment
, for subsection (1),
does not
include medical
treatment provided by an unqualified person that is
intended to adversely affect an unborn
child. patient means
the person or
unborn child
on whom the
surgical operation
is performed or
of whom the
medical treatment is
provided. surgical operation
, for subsection (1),
does not
include a
surgical operation performed by an
unqualified person that is intended to adversely affect an unborn
child. unqualified person see section
319A(4). Page 190 Current as at
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282A Palliative care (1)
A
person is not criminally responsible for providing
palliative care to another person if—
(a) the person provides the palliative
care in good faith and with reasonable care and skill;
and (b) the provision of the palliative care
is reasonable, having regard to the other person’s state at
the time and all the circumstances of the case; and
(c) the person is a doctor or, if the
person is not a doctor, the palliative care
is ordered by a doctor who confirms the order in
writing. (2) Subsection (1) applies even if an
incidental effect of providing the palliative
care is to hasten the other person’s death. (3)
However, nothing
in this section
authorises, justifies
or excuses— (a)
an
act done or omission made with intent to kill another
person; or (b)
aiding another person to kill himself or
herself. (4) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that the provision of the palliative care
is reasonable only
if it is
reasonable in
the context of good medical
practice. (5) In this section— good medical
practice means good medical practice for the
medical profession in Australia having
regard to— (a) the recognised medical
standards, practices
and procedures of the medical profession
in Australia; and (b) the recognised ethical
standards of
the medical profession in
Australia. palliative care means care,
whether by doing an act or making an omission,
directed at maintaining or improving the comfort
of a
person who is, or would otherwise be, subject to pain and
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rights and duties Chapter 27 Duties relating to the preservation
of human life [s 283] 283
Excessive force In any case in
which the use of force by one person to another is lawful the
use of more force than is justified by law under
the
circumstances is unlawful. 284 Consent to death
immaterial Consent by a person to the causing of the
person’s own death does not affect the criminal responsibility
of any person by whom such death is caused.
Chapter 27 Duties relating
to the preservation of human life
285 Duty to provide necessaries
It
is the duty of every person having charge of another who is
unable by
reason of
age, sickness,
unsoundness of
mind, detention, or
any other cause, to withdraw himself or herself from
such charge,
and who is
unable to
provide himself
or herself with
the necessaries of
life, whether
the charge is
undertaken under a contract, or is imposed
by law, or arises by reason of any act, whether lawful or
unlawful, of the person who has
such charge,
to provide for
that other
person the
necessaries of life; and the person is held
to have caused any consequences which
result to
the
life or health of
the other person by reason
of any omission to perform that duty. 286
Duty
of person who has care of child (1)
It
is the duty of every person who has care of a child under 16
years to— (a)
provide the necessaries of life for the
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preservation of human life [s 288] (b)
take the
precautions that
are reasonable in
all the circumstances to
avoid danger to the child’s life, health or safety;
and (c) take the action that is reasonable in
all the circumstances to remove the child from any such
danger; and he or she is held to have caused any
consequences that result to
the life and
health of
the child because
of any omission to
perform that duty, whether the child is helpless or
not. (2)
In
this section— person who
has care of
a child includes
a parent, foster
parent, step parent, guardian or other adult
in charge of the child, whether
or not the
person has
lawful custody
of the child.
288 Duty of persons doing dangerous
acts It is the
duty of
every person
who, except
in a case
of necessity, undertakes to
administer surgical
or medical treatment to any
other person, or to do any other lawful act which is or may
be dangerous to human life or health, to have reasonable skill
and to use reasonable care in doing such act, and the person
is held to have caused any consequences which result
to the life
or health of
any person by
reason of
any omission to observe or perform that
duty. 289 Duty of persons in charge of dangerous
things It is the duty of every person who has in
the person’s charge or under the
person’s control
anything, whether
living or
inanimate, and whether moving or stationary,
of such a nature that, in
the absence of
care or
precaution in
its use or
management, the life, safety, or health, of
any person may be endangered, to
use reasonable care
and take reasonable precautions to
avoid such
danger, and
the person is
held to
have caused
any consequences which
result to
the life or
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of any person
by reason of any
omission to
perform that
duty. 290 Duty to do certain acts
When
a person undertakes to do any act the omission to do
which is or may be dangerous to human life
or health, it is the person’s duty to do that act: and the
person is held to have caused any consequences which result
to the life or health of any person by reason of any omission
to perform that duty. Chapter 28 Homicide—suicide— concealment of
birth 291 Killing of a human being
unlawful It is unlawful
to kill any
person unless
such killing
is authorised or justified or excused by
law. 292 When a child becomes a human
being A child becomes a person capable of being
killed when it has completely proceeded
in a living
state from
the body of
its mother, whether it has breathed or
not, and whether it has an independent circulation or not, and
whether the navel-string is severed or
not. 293 Definition of killing
Except as
hereinafter set
forth, any
person who
causes the
death of
another, directly
or indirectly, by
any means whatever, is
deemed to have killed that other person. Page 194
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Death
by acts done at childbirth When a child dies in consequence of an
act done or omitted to be done by any person before or during
its birth, the person who did or omitted to do such act is
deemed to have killed the child. Not
authorised —indicative only
295 Causing death by threats
A
person who, by threats or intimidation of any kind, or by
deceit, causes
another person
to do an
act or make
an omission which
results in
the death of
that other
person, is
deemed to have killed the other
person. 296 Acceleration of death
A person who
does any
act or makes
any omission which
hastens the death of another person who,
when the act is done or the omission is made, is labouring
under some disorder or disease arising from another cause, is
deemed to have killed that other person. 297
When
injury or death might be prevented by proper precaution
When
a person causes a bodily injury to another from which
death results, it is immaterial that the
injury might have been avoided by proper precaution on the
part of the person injured, or that the
injured person’s death from that injury might have
been
prevented by proper care or treatment. 298
Injuries causing death in consequence of
subsequent treatment When
a person does
grievous bodily
harm to
another, and
such other
person has
recourse to
surgical or
medical treatment, and
death results
either from
the injury or
the treatment, the
person is
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have killed
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medical treatment, provided that the treatment was
reasonably proper under the circumstances,
and was applied in good faith. 300
Unlawful homicide Any person who
unlawfully kills another is guilty of a crime, which
is called murder
or manslaughter, according
to the circumstances of
the case. 302 Definition of murder
(1) Except as hereinafter set forth, a
person who unlawfully kills another under
any of the following circumstances, that is to say—
(a) if the offender intends to cause the
death of the person killed or
that of
some other
person or
if the offender
intends to
do to the
person killed
or to some
other person some
grievous bodily harm; (b) if
death is
caused by
means of
an act done
in the prosecution of
an unlawful purpose, which act is of such a nature as to
be likely to endanger human life; (c)
if the offender
intends to
do grievous bodily
harm to
some person
for the purpose
of facilitating the
commission of a crime which is such that the
offender may be arrested without warrant, or for the
purpose of facilitating the flight of an offender who
has committed or attempted to commit any such
crime; (d) if death
is caused by
administering any
stupefying or
overpowering thing for either of the
purposes mentioned in paragraph (c); (e)
if
death is caused by wilfully stopping the breath of any
person for either of such purposes;
is
guilty of murder .
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rights and duties Chapter 28 Homicide—suicide— concealment of
birth [s 303] (2)
Under subsection (1)(a) it is immaterial
that the offender did not intend to hurt the particular
person who is killed. (3) Under subsection
(1)(b) it is immaterial that the offender did not intend to
hurt any person. (4) Under subsection (1)(c) to (e) it is
immaterial that the offender did not intend
to cause death or did not know that death was likely to
result. (5) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 303
Definition of manslaughter (1)
A person who
unlawfully kills
another under
such circumstances as
not to constitute murder
is guilty of
manslaughter .
(2) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 304
Killing on provocation (1)
When a
person who
unlawfully kills
another under
circumstances which,
but for the
provisions of
this section,
would constitute murder, does the act which
causes death in the heat of passion caused by sudden
provocation, and before there is
time for
the person’s passion to cool, the person
is guilty of manslaughter only.
(2) Subsection (1) does
not apply if
the sudden provocation is
based on
words alone,
other than
in circumstances of
an exceptional character.
(3) Also, subsection
(1) does not
apply, other
than in
circumstances of an exceptional character,
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birth [s 304] (a)
a
domestic relationship exists between 2 persons; and
(b) one person
unlawfully kills
the other person
(the deceased
);
and (c) the sudden provocation is based on
anything done by the deceased or anything the person
believes the deceased has done— (i)
to
end the relationship; or (ii) to change the
nature of the relationship; or (iii)
to indicate in
any way that
the relationship may,
should or will end, or that there may,
should or will be a change to the nature of the
relationship. (4) Further, subsection (1)
does not
apply, other
than in
circumstances of
an exceptional character, if
the sudden provocation is
based on an unwanted sexual advance to the person.
(5) For subsection
(3)(a), despite the
Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act
2012 ,
section 18(6),
a domestic relationship
includes a relationship in which 2 persons date or
dated each other on a number of
occasions. (6) Subsection (3)(c)(i) applies even if
the relationship has ended before the sudden provocation and
killing happens. (7) For proof
of circumstances of
an exceptional character
mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) regard
may be had to any history of violence that is relevant in all
the circumstances. (8) For proof
of circumstances of
an exceptional character
mentioned in subsection (4), regard may be
had to any history of violence, or of sexual conduct, between
the person and the person who
is unlawfully killed
that is
relevant in
all the circumstances. (9)
On a
charge of murder, it is for the defence to prove that the
person charged is, under this section,
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birth [s 304A] (10)
When
2 or more persons unlawfully kill another, the fact that
1 of
the persons is, under this section, guilty of manslaughter
only
does not affect the question whether the unlawful killing
amounted to murder in the case of the other
person or persons. (11) In this
section— unwanted sexual
advance ,
to a person,
means a
sexual advance
that— (a) is unwanted by the person; and
(b) if the
sexual advance
involves touching
the person— involves only
minor touching. Examples of
what may
be minor touching
depending on
all the relevant
circumstances— patting, pinching, grabbing or brushing
against the person, even if the touching is an offence against
section 352(1)(a) or another provision of
this Code or another Act 304A Diminished
responsibility (1) When a
person who
unlawfully kills
another under
circumstances which,
but for the
provisions of
this section,
would constitute murder,
is at the
time of
doing the
act or making
the omission which
causes death
in such a
state of
abnormality of
mind (whether
arising from
a condition of
arrested or retarded development of mind or
inherent causes or induced by disease or injury) as
substantially to impair the person’s
capacity to understand what the person is doing, or
the person’s capacity
to control the
person’s actions,
or the person’s
capacity to know that the person ought not to do the
act
or make the omission, the person is guilty of manslaughter
only. (2)
On a
charge of murder, it shall be for the defence to prove that
the person charged
is by virtue
of this section
liable to
be convicted of manslaughter only.
(3) When 2 or more persons unlawfully kill
another, the fact that 1 of
such persons
is by virtue
of this section
guilty of
manslaughter only
shall not
affect the
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birth [s 304B] unlawful killing
amounted to murder in the case of any other such person or
persons. Not authorised —indicative
only 304B Killing for
preservation in an abusive domestic relationship (1)
A
person who unlawfully kills another (the deceased
)
under circumstances that,
but for the
provisions of
this section,
would constitute murder, is guilty of
manslaughter only, if— (a) the
deceased has
committed acts
of serious domestic
violence against the person in the course of
an abusive domestic relationship; and
(b) the person believes that it is
necessary for the person’s preservation from death or grievous
bodily harm to do the act or make the omission that causes the
death; and (c) the person has reasonable grounds for
the belief having regard to the abusive domestic relationship
and all the circumstances of the case.
(2) An abusive domestic
relationship is a domestic relationship
existing between 2 persons in which there is
a history of acts of serious domestic
violence committed
by either person
against the other. (3)
A history of
acts of
serious domestic
violence may
include acts that appear
minor or trivial when considered in isolation. (4)
Subsection (1) may apply even if the act or
omission causing the death (the response
)
was done or made in response to a particular act
of domestic violence committed by the deceased that
would not,
if the history
of acts of
serious domestic
violence were disregarded, warrant the
response. (5) Subsection (1)(a) may apply even if
the person has sometimes committed acts of domestic violence in
the relationship. (6) For subsection
(1)(c), without limiting
the circumstances to
which regard may be had for the purposes of
the subsection, those circumstances include acts of the
deceased that were not acts of domestic violence.
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birth [s 305] (7)
In
this section— domestic violence
see the Domestic
and Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , section
8. Not authorised —indicative only
305 Punishment of murder
(1) Any person
who commits the
crime of
murder is
liable to
imprisonment for life, which can not be
mitigated or varied under this Code or any other law or is
liable to an indefinite sentence under
part 10
of the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 .
(2) If the person is being
sentenced— (a) on more than 1 conviction of murder;
or (b) on 1
conviction of
murder and
another offence
of murder is taken into account;
or (c) on a
conviction of
murder and
the person has
on a previous
occasion been sentenced for another offence of murder;
the
court sentencing the person must make an order that the
person must
not be released
from imprisonment until
the person has served a minimum of 30 or
more specified years of imprisonment, unless
released sooner
under exceptional circumstances
parole under the Corrective Services Act 2006
. (3) Subsection (2)(c)
applies whether
the crime for
which the
person is being sentenced was committed
before or after the conviction for the other offence of murder
mentioned in the paragraph. (4)
If— (a) the person
killed was a police officer at the time the act or omission that
caused the person’s death was done or made; and
(b) the person
being sentenced
did the act
or made the
omission that caused the police officer’s
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the police officer
was performing the
officer’s duty; and (B)
the
person knew or ought reasonably to have known that he or
she was a police officer; or (ii)
because the police officer was a police
officer; or (iii) because of, or
in retaliation for, the actions of the police
officer or
another police
officer in
the performance of the officer’s
duty; the court sentencing the person must make an
order that the person must
not be released
from imprisonment until
the person has served a minimum of 25 or
more specified years of imprisonment, unless
released sooner
under exceptional circumstances
parole under the Corrective Services Act 2006
. (5) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states a
circumstance of aggravation for the crime of murder.
306 Attempt to murder (1)
Any
person who— (a) attempts unlawfully to kill another;
or (b) with intent unlawfully to kill another
does any act, or omits to do any act which it is the person’s
duty to do, such act
or omission being
of such a
nature as
to be likely to
endanger human life; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for life. (2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Page 202
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rights and duties Chapter 28 Homicide—suicide— concealment of
birth [s 307] 307
Accessory after the fact to murder
(1) Any person
who becomes an
accessory after
the fact to
murder is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to imprisonment for life. (2)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 308
Threats to murder in document
(1) Any person
who, knowing
the contents thereof,
directly or
indirectly causes
any person to
receive any
document threatening to
kill any person, is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 309
Conspiring to murder (1)
Any
person who conspires with any other person to kill any
person, whether such person is in Queensland
or elsewhere, is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years. (2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
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rights and duties Chapter 28 Homicide—suicide— concealment of
birth [s 310] (3)
An
indictment charging an offence against this section with
the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Not
authorised —indicative
only 310 Punishment of
manslaughter (1) Any person who commits the crime of
manslaughter is liable to imprisonment for life.
(2) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for the crime of manslaughter. 311
Aiding suicide Any person
who— (a) procures another to kill himself or
herself; or (b) counsels another to kill himself or
herself and thereby induces the other person to do so; or
(c) aids another in killing himself or
herself; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for life. 313 Killing unborn
child (1) Any person who, when a female is about
to be delivered of a child, prevents the child from being
born alive by any act or omission of such a nature that, if the
child had been born alive and had
then died,
the person would
be deemed to
have unlawfully
killed the child, is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for life. (1A)
A
person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) by
performing a termination, or assisting in
the performance of a termination, under the Termination of
Pregnancy Act 2018. Note— See also the
Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018, section 10 in relation
to a
woman’s criminal liability for a termination on herself.
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rights and duties Chapter 28A Unlawful striking causing
death [s 314] (2)
Any
person who unlawfully assaults a female pregnant with a
child and destroys the life of, or does
grievous bodily harm to, or transmits
a serious disease
to, the child
before its
birth, commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—imprisonment for
life. 314 Concealing the birth of
children Any person who,
when a
woman is
delivered of
a child, endeavours, by
any secret disposition of the dead body of the child, to
conceal the birth, whether the child died before, at, or
after, its birth, is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
2 years. Chapter 28A Unlawful
striking causing death 314A Unlawful striking
causing death (1) A person who unlawfully strikes
another person to the head or neck and causes
the death of the other person is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
(1A) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(1B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
Sections 23(1)(b) and 270 do not apply to an
offence against subsection (1). (3)
An
assault is not an element of an offence against subsection
(1). Current as at
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rights and duties Chapter 28A Unlawful striking causing
death [s 314A] (3A)
For
subsection (1), the striking of another person is unlawful
unless it is authorised or justified or
excused by law. (4) A person is not criminally responsible
for an offence against subsection (1) if the act of striking
the other person is— (a) done as part of
a socially acceptable function or activity; and
(b) reasonable in the
circumstances. (5) If a court sentences a person to a
term of imprisonment for an offence
mentioned in subsection (1), the court must make an
order that the person must not be released
from imprisonment until the person has served the lesser
of— (a) 80% of
the person’s term
of imprisonment for
the offence; or (b)
15
years. (6) Subsection (5) does not apply if the
court sentences the person to— (a)
a
term of imprisonment for life; or Note—
See
the Corrective Services Act 2006
,
section 181 for the parole eligibility date for a prisoner
serving a term of imprisonment for life for an
offence mentioned in subsection (1). (b)
an
indefinite sentence under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 ; or
Note— See the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 171 for the time of the earliest review of an indefinite
sentence being served by a
prisoner serving
an indefinite sentence
for an offence
mentioned in subsection (1).
(c) a term
of imprisonment and
makes either
of the following orders
under the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 for the
person— (i) an intensive correction order;
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health [s 315] (ii)
an order that
the whole or
a part of
the term of
imprisonment be suspended.
(7) In this section— causing
means causing directly or indirectly.
function or activity includes a
sporting event. strike , a person,
means directly apply force to the person by punching or
kicking, or by otherwise hitting using any part of
the
body, with or without the use of a dangerous or offensive
weapon or instrument. Chapter 29
Offences endangering life or
health 315
Disabling in order to commit indictable
offence Any person who, by any means calculated to
choke, suffocate, or strangle, and
with intent
to commit or
to facilitate the
commission of an indictable offence, or to
facilitate the flight of an offender after the commission or
attempted commission of an
indictable offence,
renders or
attempts to
render any
person incapable
of resistance, is
guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to imprisonment for
life. 315A Choking, suffocation or strangulation
in a domestic setting (1)
A
person commits a crime if— (a) the
person unlawfully chokes,
suffocates or
strangles another person,
without the other person’s consent; and (b)
either— (i)
the person is
in a domestic
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the choking, suffocation or
strangulation is
associated domestic
violence under
the Domestic and Family
Violence Protection Act 2012 .
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) An assault is not an element of an
offence against subsection (1). 316
Stupefying in order to commit indictable
offence Any person who,
with intent
to commit or
to facilitate the
commission of an indictable offence, or to
facilitate the flight of an offender after the commission or
attempted commission of an
indictable offence,
administers, or
attempts to
administer, any stupefying or overpowering
drug or thing to any person, is guilty of a crime, and is
liable to imprisonment for life. 316A
Unlawful drink spiking (1)
A
person who administers, or attempts to administer, in drink
a
substance to another person (the other
person ) without the other person
having knowledge of the substance with intent to
cause the other person to be stupefied or
overpowered is guilty of a crime and is liable to
imprisonment for 5 years. (2) If
the substance is
alcohol, for
section 24
only, the
circumstances in
which the
other person
is taken to
have knowledge
of the alcohol
include where
the other person
would not
object to
the administration of
the alcohol if
the other person had actual knowledge of
it. (3) The following matters are
immaterial— (a) whether the lack of knowledge of the
substance is lack of knowledge of the presence at all of the
substance or of the particular quantity of the
substance; (b) whether the
substance is
capable of
having the
effect intended;
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(c) whether a particular person is
intended to be the person to whom the substance is administered
or attempted to be administered. (4)
A reference to
causing the
other person
to be stupefied
or overpowered is— (a)
a
reference to causing the other person to be stupefied or
overpowered in circumstances where the other
person is not intending to be stupefied or overpowered
at all; or (b) a reference
to causing the
other person
to be further
stupefied or
overpowered in
circumstances where
the other person is not intending to be
further stupefied or overpowered at
all or to
the extent intended
by the person who
administers, or attempts to administer, the substance. (5)
This section
does not
apply to
an act lawfully
done in
the course of the practice of a health
professional, the carrying out of
a function under
an Act or
the performance of
the responsibilities of a parent or
carer. (6) In relation
to an attempt
to administer a
substance, for
this section and
section 4, attempt includes adding a substance to
drink in preparation for the administration
of the substance. (7) In this section— adding
a substance ,
to drink, includes,
without limiting
section 7, the following—
(a) cause to be added to drink;
(b) substitute drink
with other
drink containing the
substance; (c)
take
any step to provide drink containing the substance
instead of other drink. circumstances , where the
other person is not intending to be stupefied
or overpowered, includes
any circumstance of
timing, place,
condition, or
way of stupefaction or
overpowering. Current as at
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health [s 317] dangerous
drug see the Drugs Misuse Act
1986 , section 4. drink
includes water,
beverage, or
other liquid,
intended or
prepared for human consumption.
health professional see the
Hospital and Health Boards Act
2011 , schedule
2. stupefied or overpowered includes—
(a) a state
of intoxication caused
by alcohol, a
drug or
another substance; and (b)
behavioural change
caused by
a dangerous drug,
whether or not the mind is otherwise
affected. 317 Acts intended to cause grievous bodily
harm and other malicious acts (1)
Any
person who, with intent— (a) to maim,
disfigure or disable, any person; or (b)
to
do some grievous bodily harm or transmit a serious
disease to any person; or
(c) to resist or prevent the lawful arrest
or detention of any person; or (d)
to resist or
prevent a
public officer
from acting
in accordance with lawful
authority— either— (e)
in any way
unlawfully wounds,
does grievous
bodily harm, or
transmits a serious disease to, any person; or (f)
unlawfully strikes, or attempts in any way
to strike, any person with
any kind of
projectile or
anything else
capable of achieving the intention;
or (g) unlawfully causes any explosive
substance to explode; or (h)
sends or
delivers any
explosive substance
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causes any
such substance
or thing to
be taken or
received by any person; or
(j) puts any corrosive fluid or any
destructive or explosive substance in any place; or
(k) unlawfully casts or throws any such
fluid or substance at or upon any person, or otherwise
applies any such fluid or substance to the person of any
person; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for life. (2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 317A
Carrying or sending dangerous goods in a
vehicle (1) Any person who— (a)
carries or places dangerous goods in or on a
vehicle; or (b) delivers dangerous
goods to
another person
for the purpose of such
goods being placed in or on a vehicle; or
(c) has dangerous goods in his or her
possession in or on a vehicle; is guilty of a
crime and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person who knowingly sends by a
vehicle any dangerous goods under a false description of the
goods or with a false description of
the sender of
the goods commits
a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—3 years imprisonment. Current as at
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rights and duties Chapter 29 Offences endangering life or
health [s 318] (2A)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(2B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (3)
It is a
defence to
a charge of
any offence defined
in subsection (1) to prove that the act
was done by authority or permission of or under a law of the
Commonwealth or of the State. (4)
For
the purposes of this section— dangerous
goods means— (a)
firearms, ammunition, weapons
and explosive substances;
and (b) an explosive or noxious substance,
acid or other thing of a dangerous
or destructive nature
that because
of its nature
or condition may
endanger the
safety of
a vehicle, a person in, on or in the
vicinity of the vehicle. 318 Obstructing
rescue or escape from unsafe premises (1)
Any person who
unlawfully obstructs
anyone in
the other person’s
efforts to
save the
life of
someone who
is in, or
escaping from, dangerous, destroyed or other
unsafe premises commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for life. (2)
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health [s 319] 319
Endangering the safety of a person in a
vehicle with intent (1)
A person who
does anything
that endangers, or
is likely to
endanger, the
safe use
of a vehicle,
with intent
to injure or
endanger the safety of any person in the
vehicle, whether a particular person or not, commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
(2) In this section— do
anything, for
a person who
has a duty
to do the
thing, includes omit to
do the thing. in includes on. 319A
Termination of pregnancy performed by
unqualified person (1)
An unqualified person
who performs a
termination on
a woman commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) An unqualified person
who assists in
the performance of
a termination on a woman commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(3) A reference in subsection (2) to
assisting in the performance of a termination
includes— (a) supplying, or
procuring the
supply of,
a termination drug for use in
a termination; and (b) administering a termination
drug. Note— The Termination
of Pregnancy Act 2018, section 10 provides that a
woman who consents to, assists in, or
performs a termination on herself does not commit
an offence. (4) In this section— perform
includes attempt to perform.
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practitioner means a person registered under the
Health Practitioner Regulation National
Law to practise
in any of
the following health
professions, other
than as
a student— (a)
the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander health
practice profession; (b)
the
midwifery profession; (c) the nursing
profession; (d) the pharmacy profession;
(e) the health profession of a registered
health practitioner prescribed under
the Termination of
Pregnancy Act
2018, section 7(2). termination means an
intentional termination of a pregnancy in any way,
including, for example, by— (a)
administering a drug; or (b)
using an instrument or other thing.
termination drug
means a
drug of
a kind used
to cause a
termination. unqualified
person means— (a)
in
relation to performing a termination on a woman—a
person who is not a medical practitioner;
or (b) in relation
to assisting in
the performance of
a termination on a woman—a person who is
not— (i) a medical practitioner; or
(ii) a prescribed
practitioner providing the assistance in the practice
of his or her health profession. woman
means a female person of any age.
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health [s 320] 320
Grievous bodily harm (1)
Any person who
unlawfully does
grievous bodily
harm to
another is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to imprisonment for 14 years. (3A)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
sections 108B
and 161Q state
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against this
section. (4) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 320A
Torture (1)
A
person who tortures another person commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—14 years
imprisonment. (1A) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(1B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
In
this section— pain or suffering includes
physical, mental, psychological or emotional pain
or suffering, whether temporary or permanent. torture
means the
intentional infliction of
severe pain
or suffering on a person by an act or
series of acts done on 1 or more than 1
occasion. 321 Attempting to injure by explosive or
noxious substances (1) Any person who unlawfully, and with
intent to do any bodily harm to another, puts any explosive or
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health [s 321A] any
place whatever,
is guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 321A
Bomb
hoaxes (1) Any person who— (a)
places an article or substance in any place;
or (b) sends an article or substance in any
way; with the intention of inducing in another
person a belief that the article
or substance is
likely to
explode, ignite,
or discharge a dangerous or noxious
substance, commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (2)
Any person who,
in Queensland or
elsewhere, makes
a statement or conveys information to
another person that he or she knows
or believes to
be false, with
the intention of
inducing in
that person
or another person
a belief that
an explosive or
noxious substance, acid
or other thing
of a dangerous
or destructive nature
is present in
a place in
Queensland, commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—5 years imprisonment.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply whether
or not the accused had any particular person in mind as the
person in whom he or she intended to induce the belief
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health [s 322] 322
Administering poison with intent to
harm A person who unlawfully, and with intent to
injure or annoy another person, causes a poison or another
noxious thing to be administered to, or taken by, any person
commits a crime. Maximum penalty— (a)
if
the poison or other noxious thing endangers the life
of,
or does grievous bodily harm to, the person to whom
it is administered or
by whom it
is taken—14 years
imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—7 years imprisonment.
323 Wounding (1)
A person who
unlawfully wounds
anyone else
commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (2)
The
offender may be arrested without warrant. (3)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 108B states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
323A Female genital mutilation
(1) Any person
who performs female
genital mutilation on
another person is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty—14 years
imprisonment. (2) It is not a defence that the other
person, or, if the other person is a child, a
parent or guardian of the other person, consented
to
the mutilation. (3) In this section— female genital
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excision of any other part of the female
genitalia; or (c) a procedure to narrow or close the
vaginal opening; or (d) any other mutilation of the female
genitalia; but does not include— (e)
a
sexual reassignment procedure; or (f)
a
medical procedure for a genuine therapeutic purpose.
medical procedure for a genuine therapeutic
purpose means a medical
procedure that is— (a) directed only
at curing or
alleviating a
physiological disability,
physical abnormality, psychological disorder or pathological
condition; or (b) performed on a person in labour or who
has just given birth and directed only at alleviating
physical symptoms in relation to
the labour or
birth or
for other medical
purposes; or (c)
performed on
a person who
has been subjected
to female genital
mutilation and
directed only
at treating the effects, or
to reversing the effects, of the previous mutilation. sexual
reassignment procedure means a surgical procedure
to give a
person the
genital appearance of
a particular sex,
whether male or female. 323B
Removal of child from State for female
genital mutilation (1) Any person who takes a child from the
State, or arranges for a child to be taken from the State, with
the intention of having female genital mutilation performed on
the child is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—14 years imprisonment. (2)
In
the absence of proof to the contrary, it is to be presumed
that
a person took a child, or arranged for a child to be taken,
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health [s 324] from
the State with
the intention of
having female
genital mutilation
performed on the child if it is proved— (a)
the
person took the child, or arranged for the child to be
taken, from the State; and
(b) female genital
mutilation was
performed on
the child while outside
the State. (3) In this section— child
means a person under 18 years.
female genital mutilation
see
section 323A. 324 Failure to supply necessaries
Any
person who, being charged with the duty of providing for
another the necessaries of life, without
lawful excuse fails to do so, whereby the life of that other
person is or is likely to be endangered or
the other person’s health is or is likely to be permanently injured,
is guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to imprisonment for 3
years. 326 Endangering life of children by
exposure Any person who
unlawfully abandons
or exposes a
child under the age of
7 years, whereby the life of such child is or is
likely to be endangered, or the child’s
health is or is likely to be permanently injured, commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
327 Setting mantraps (1)
Any
person who sets or places any spring gun, mantrap, or
other engine
calculated to
destroy human
life or
to inflict grievous bodily
harm, or causes any such thing to be set or placed, in any
place with the intent that it may kill or inflict
grievous bodily
harm upon
a trespasser or
other person
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any such thing in Current as at [Not applicable]
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health [s 328] any such place
and in any such manner that it is likely to cause
any
such result, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years.
(2) Any person
who knowingly permits
any such spring
gun, mantrap,
or other engine,
which has
been set
or placed by
another person in any such place and in any
such manner that it is likely
to cause any
such result,
to continue so
set or placed in any
place which is then in, or afterwards comes into,
the
person’s possession or occupation, is deemed to have set
and
placed the gun, trap, or engine, with the intent aforesaid.
(3) This section does not make it unlawful
to set any gin or trap such as is usually set for the purpose
of destroying vermin; or to set
any spring gun,
mantrap, or
engine, at
night in
a dwelling house for the protection of
the dwelling house. 328 Negligent acts causing harm
(1) Any person who unlawfully does any
act, or omits to do any act which
it is the
person’s duty
to do, by
which act
or omission bodily
harm is
actually caused
to any person,
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) The offender may be arrested without
warrant. 328A Dangerous operation of a
vehicle (1) A person
who operates, or
in any way
interferes with
the operation of,
a vehicle dangerously in
any place commits
a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—200 penalty
units or
3 years imprisonment. (2)
If
the offender— (a) at the
time of
committing the
offence is
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at the time
of committing the
offence is
excessively speeding or
taking part in an unlawful race or unlawful speed trial;
or (c) has been previously convicted either
upon indictment or summarily of an offence against this
section; the person commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—400 penalty
units or
5 years imprisonment. (3)
If
the offender has been— (a) previously convicted
either upon
indictment or
summarily of an offence against this section
committed while the
offender was
adversely affected
by an intoxicating
substance; or (b) twice previously convicted
either upon
indictment or
summarily (or
once upon
indictment and
once summarily) of
the same prescribed offence or different prescribed
offences; the court or
justices shall,
upon conviction, impose
as the whole or part of
the punishment, imprisonment. (4)
A person who
operates, or
in any way
interferes with
the operation of, a vehicle dangerously in
any place and causes the death
of or grievous
bodily harm
to another person
commits a crime and is liable on conviction
on indictment— (a) to imprisonment for 10 years, if
neither paragraph (b) nor (c) applies; or
(b) to imprisonment for
14 years if,
at the time
of committing the offence, the offender
is— (i) adversely affected by an intoxicating
substance; or (ii) excessively
speeding; or (iii) taking part in
an unlawful race or unlawful speed trial; or
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health [s 328A] Not
authorised —indicative
only (c) to imprisonment
for 14 years, if the offender knows, or ought reasonably
know, the other person has been killed or
injured, and
the offender leaves
the scene of
the incident, other than to obtain medical
or other help for the other person, before a police officer
arrives. (5) The offender may be arrested without
warrant. (6) In this section— excessively
speeding means driving or operating a vehicle at
a speed more than 40km/h over the speed limit
applying to the driver under
the Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act 1995
. operates, or in any way interferes
with the operation of, a vehicle dangerously
means operate, or in any way
interfere with the operation of, a vehicle at a speed
or in a way that is dangerous to
the public, having
regard to
all the circumstances,
including— (a) the nature, condition and use of the
place; and (b) the nature and condition of the
vehicle; and (c) the number of persons, vehicles or
other objects that are, or might reasonably be expected to be,
in the place; and (d) the concentration of alcohol in the
operator’s blood or breath; and (e)
the presence of
any other substance
in the operator’s body.
place does not include
a place being lawfully used to race or test vehicles
under a licence or another authority under an Act
and
from which other traffic is excluded at the time.
prescribed offence means—
(a) an offence against this section;
or (b) an offence charged on indictment
involving the driving or operation of a vehicle at a speed
causing or likely to cause injury to anyone; or
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rights and duties Chapter 29 Offences endangering life or
health [s 328B] (c)
an
offence against the Transport Operations (Road Use
Management) Act 1995 , section 79(1),
(1F), (2), (2AA), (2A), (2B), (2D) or (2J).
the
public includes passengers in a vehicle whether in
a public or private place. unlawful
race means
a race involving
a vehicle in
contravention of
the Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act 1995
,
section 85. unlawful speed trial mean a trial of
the speed of a vehicle in contravention of
the Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act 1995
,
section 85. 328B Additional power to convict for
dangerous operation of a vehicle (1)
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
any offence in
connection with or arising out of the
operation, or interference in any way with the operation, of a
vehicle by the person (not being the offence defined in section
328A), the person may be convicted of
the offence defined
in section 328A with
or without a
circumstance of
aggravation specified
in section 328A(4), if
such offence
is established by
the evidence. (2)
The
provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding the
provisions of section 576.
329 Endangering safety of persons
travelling by railway Any person who by any unlawful act, or
by any omission to do any act which it is the person’s duty to
do, causes the safety of any person travelling by any
railway to be endangered, is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2
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health [s 330] 330
Sending or taking unseaworthy ships to
sea (1) Any person who— (a)
sends or
attempts to
send a
ship to
sea in such
an unseaworthy state that the life of any
person is likely to be thereby endangered; or
Editor’s note— Subsection
(1)(a) as originally enacted was numbered as (1) and
subsection (1)(b) was numbered as
(2). (b) being a
master of
a British ship,
knowingly takes
or attempts to take the ship to sea in
such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely
to be thereby endangered; is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) It is a defence to a charge of any of
the offences defined in this section
to prove that
the going of
the ship to
sea in such
unseaworthy state
was, under
the circumstances, reasonable and
justifiable. (3) It is
a defence to
a charge of
either of
the offences firstly
defined in this section to show that the
accused person used all reasonable means
to ensure the
ship being
sent to
sea in a
seaworthy state. 333
Evading laws as to equipment of ships
Any
person who, being a person having actual control over a
vessel on board of which any article has
been placed with the person’s knowledge
or consent in
order to
the obtaining of
permission or authority to leave a port,
removes or allows the removal of such article from the
vessel after such permission or authority has
been obtained is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. 334 Landing
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(a) being charged
by law with
any duty respecting the
landing or delivery of any explosive
substance or of any acid or other thing of a dangerous or
destructive nature, from any vessel, fails to perform that duty;
or (b) being concerned in the landing of any
such substance or thing from any vessel, violates the
provisions of the laws relating to such landing;
is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
3
years. Chapter 30 Assaults
335 Common assault (1)
Any person who
unlawfully assaults
another is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable, if
no greater punishment is
provided, to imprisonment for 3
years. (2) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 108B states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
338A Assaults of member of crew on
aircraft Any person who
while on
board an
aircraft unlawfully assaults a
member of the crew of the aircraft or threatens such
a
member with any violence or detriment of any kind to be
caused to the member or any other person on
the aircraft by the offender or
by any other
person with
the intention of
affecting the
performance by
the member of
the member’s functions
or duties in
connection with
the operation of
the aircraft or with the intention of
lessening the member’s ability to perform those
functions or duties is guilty of a crime and is liable to
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339 Assaults occasioning bodily
harm (1) Any person who unlawfully assaults
another and thereby does the other person bodily harm is guilty
of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(3) If the
offender does
bodily harm,
and is or
pretends to
be armed with any dangerous or offensive
weapon or instrument or is in company with 1 or more other
person or persons, the offender is liable to imprisonment for
10 years. (4) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
sections 108B
and 161Q also state a circumstance of
aggravation for an offence against this section.
(5) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 340
Serious assaults (1)
Any
person who— (a) assaults another with intent to commit
a crime, or with intent to resist or prevent the lawful
arrest or detention of himself or herself or of any other
person; or (b) assaults, resists,
or wilfully obstructs, a
police officer
while acting in the execution of the
officer’s duty, or any person acting in aid of a police
officer while so acting; or (c)
unlawfully assaults
any person while
the person is
performing a duty imposed on the person by
law; or (d) assaults any person because the person
has performed a duty imposed on the person by law; or
(f) assaults any
person in
pursuance of
any unlawful conspiracy
respecting any manufacture, trade, business, or
occupation, or
respecting any
person or
persons concerned
or employed in
any manufacture, trade,
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business, or occupation, or the wages of any
such person or persons; or (g)
unlawfully assaults any person who is 60
years or more; or (h) unlawfully assaults
any person who
relies on
a guide, hearing or
assistance dog, wheelchair or other remedial device;
is
guilty of a crime. Maximum penalty— (a)
for subsection (1)(b),
if the offender
assaults a
police officer in any
of the following circumstances— (i)
the
offender bites or spits on the police officer or
throws at,
or in any
way applies to,
the police officer a bodily
fluid or faeces; (ii) the
offender causes
bodily harm
to the police
officer; (iii)
the offender is,
or pretends to
be, armed with
a dangerous or offensive weapon or
instrument—14 years imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—7 years imprisonment.
Examples of remedial device for paragraph
(h)— walking frame, caliper, walking stick and
artificial limb (1C) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
sections 108B
and 161Q also state a circumstance of
aggravation for an offence against subsection (1)(b).
(1D) An indictment
charging an offence against subsection (1)(b) with the
circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties
and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q may not be presented
without the consent of a Crown Law
Officer. (2) A prisoner
who unlawfully assaults
a working corrective services
officer is
guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years.
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Not authorised —indicative
only (2AA) A person
who— (a) unlawfully assaults,
or resists or
wilfully obstructs, a
public officer while the officer is
performing a function of the officer’s office; or
Example— A person
unlawfully assaults
an authorised officer under the
Child Protection Act 1999
while the officer is investigating an
allegation of harm to a child under that
Act. (b) assaults a
public officer
because the
officer has
performed a function of the officer’s
office; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty— (a) if the
offender assaults
a public officer
in any of
the following circumstances—
(i) the offender bites or spits on the
public officer or throws at,
or in any
way applies to,
the public officer a bodily
fluid or faeces; (ii) the
offender causes
bodily harm
to the public
officer; (iii)
the offender is,
or pretends to
be, armed with
a dangerous or offensive weapon or
instrument—14 years imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—7 years imprisonment.
(2B) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 108B also
states a
circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
subsection (2AA). (3)
In
this section— corrective services
facility see
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 , schedule
4. corrective services
officer see
the Corrective Services
Act 2006 , schedule
4. office includes
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[s
346] prisoner see the
Corrective Services Act 2006
,
schedule 4. public officer includes—
(a) a member, officer or employee of a
service established for a public purpose under an Act;
and Example of a service— Queensland Ambulance
Service established under
the Ambulance Service Act 1991
(b) a health
service employee
under the
Hospital and
Health Boards Act 2011 ; and
(c) an authorised officer
under the
Child Protection Act
1999 ; and
(d) a transit
officer under
the Transport Operations (Passenger
Transport) Act 1994 . working corrective services
officer means
a corrective services officer
present at a corrective services facility in his
or
her capacity as a corrective services officer. 346
Assaults in interference with freedom of
trade or work Any person who
assaults another
with intent
to hinder or
prevent the
other person
from working
at or exercising the
other person’s lawful trade, business, or
occupation, or from buying, selling,
or otherwise dealing,
with any
property intended for
sale, commits a crime. Maximum penalty—5 years
imprisonment. Chapter 32 Rape and sexual
assaults 347 Definitions for ch 32
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[s
348] consent see section
348. penetrate does
not include penetrate
for a proper
medical, hygienic or law
enforcement purpose only. 348 Meaning of
consent (1)
In
this chapter, consent means consent
freely and voluntarily given by
a person with
the cognitive capacity
to give the
consent. (2)
Without limiting subsection (1), a person’s
consent to an act is not freely and voluntarily given if it
is obtained— (a) by force; or (b)
by
threat or intimidation; or (c) by fear of
bodily harm; or (d) by exercise of authority; or
(e) by false and fraudulent
representations about the nature or purpose of
the act; or (f) by a mistaken belief induced by the
accused person that the accused person was the person’s sexual
partner. 349 Rape (1)
Any
person who rapes another person is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
(2) A person rapes another person
if— (a) the person
has carnal knowledge
with or
of the other
person without the other person’s consent;
or (b) the person penetrates the vulva,
vagina or anus of the other person to any extent with a
thing or a part of the person’s body
that is
not a penis
without the
other person’s
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350] (c) the person penetrates the mouth of the
other person to any extent with
the person’s penis
without the
other person’s
consent. (3) For this section, a child under the
age of 12 years is incapable of giving
consent. (4) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(5) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 350
Attempt to commit rape (1)
Any person who
attempts to
commit the
crime of
rape is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years. (2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 351
Assault with intent to commit rape
(1) Any person who assaults another with
intent to commit rape is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years. (2) The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
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352] Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Not
authorised —indicative
only 352 Sexual
assaults (1) Any person who— (a)
unlawfully and indecently assaults another
person; or (b) procures another person, without the
person’s consent— (i) to commit an act of gross indecency;
or (ii) to witness an
act of gross indecency by the person or any other
person; is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. (2)
However, the offender is liable to a maximum
penalty of 14 years imprisonment for
an offence defined
in subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b)(i) if the
indecent assault or act of gross indecency includes bringing into
contact any part of the genitalia or the anus of a person with
any part of the mouth of a person. (3)
Further, the offender is liable to a maximum
penalty of life imprisonment if— (a)
immediately before,
during, or
immediately after,
the offence, the offender is, or pretends
to be, armed with a dangerous or offensive weapon, or is in
company with any other person; or (b)
for
an offence defined in subsection (1)(a), the indecent
assault includes the person who is assaulted
penetrating the offender’s vagina, vulva or anus to any
extent with a thing or a part of the person’s body that is
not a penis; or (c) for an offence defined in subsection
(1)(b)(i), the act of gross indecency includes the person
who is procured by the offender penetrating the vagina, vulva
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[s
354] with a thing or a part of the body of the
person who is procured that is not a penis.
(4) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (5) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Chapter 33
Offences against liberty 354
Kidnapping (1)
Any
person who kidnaps another person is guilty of a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) A person kidnaps another person if the
person unlawfully and forcibly takes or detains the other
person with intent to gain anything from any person or to procure
anything to be done or omitted to be done by any
person. (3) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(4) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 354A
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[s
355] (a) with intent to extort or gain anything
from or procure anything to be done or omitted to be done by
any person by a demand containing threats of detriment
of any kind to be caused to any person, either by the
offender or any other person, if the demand is not complied
with, takes or entices away,
or detains, the
person in
respect of
whom
the threats are made; or (b) receives or
harbours the said person in respect of whom the threats are
made, knowing such person to have been so taken or
enticed away, or detained; is guilty of a crime which is
called kidnapping for ransom .
(2) Any person who commits the crime of
kidnapping for ransom is liable to imprisonment for 14
years. (3) If the person kidnapped has been
unconditionally set at liberty without
such person
having suffered
any grievous bodily
harm, the offender is liable to imprisonment
for 10 years. (4) Any person who attempts to commit the
crime of kidnapping for ransom is guilty of a crime and is
liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (5)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(6) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 355
Deprivation of liberty Any person who
unlawfully confines or detains another in any place against
the other person’s will, or otherwise unlawfully
deprives another
of the other
person’s personal
liberty, is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. Page 234
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[s
356] 356 False certificates by officers charged
with duties relating to liberty Any person
who— (a) being required by law to give any
certificate touching any matter by virtue whereof the
liberty of any person may be
affected, gives
a certificate which,
in any material
particular, is to the person’s knowledge false; or
(b) not being
a person authorised by
law to give
such a
certificate as
aforesaid, gives
such a
certificate, and
represents himself or herself to be a person
authorised to give the same; is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
357 Concealment of matters affecting
liberty Any person who— (a)
being required by law to keep any record
touching any matter relating to any person in
confinement, refuses or neglects to keep such record, or makes
in such record an entry which, in any material particular, is
to the person’s knowledge false; or (b)
being required
by law to
give any
information to
any person touching any person in
confinement, or to show to any person any person in
confinement, or any place in which a person
is confined— (i) refuses or neglects to give such
information, or to show such person or place, to any person to
whom the person is so required to give the
information or show the person or place; or
(ii) gives
to any person
to whom the
person is
so required to give it, information
touching any such matter which, in any material particular, is
to the person’s knowledge false;
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358] is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable
to imprisonment for 3 years. 358
Unlawful custody of particular
persons Any person who
detains or
assumes the
custody of
an involuntary patient
under the
Mental Health
Act 2016 or
a forensic disability client
under the
Forensic Disability Act
2011 contrary to the
provisions of the laws relating to such persons
is guilty of
a misdemeanour, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 2 years.
359 Threats (1)
A
person (the first person ) who threatens
to cause a detriment to a second person with intent to
prevent or hinder any person (the
other person ) other than the
first person from doing any act which the
other person is lawfully entitled to do, or with
intent to compel the other person to do any
act which the other person is
lawfully entitled
to abstain from
doing, or
with intent to cause
public alarm or anxiety, commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—5 years imprisonment. (2)
The offender is
liable to
a maximum penalty
of 10 years
imprisonment if
the threat is
made to
a law enforcement officer, or a
person helping a law enforcement officer, when or
because the officer is investigating the
activities of a criminal organisation. (3)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (4) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Page 236
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[s
359A] Chapter 33A Unlawful
stalking Not authorised —indicative only
359A Definitions for ch 33A
In
this chapter— circumstances means the
following circumstances— (a) the alleged
stalker’s circumstances; (b) the
circumstances of the stalked person known, foreseen
or
reasonably foreseeable by the alleged stalker; (c)
the
circumstances surrounding the unlawful stalking;
(d) any other relevant
circumstances. detriment includes the
following— (a) apprehension or fear of violence to,
or against property of, the stalked person or another
person; (b) serious mental, psychological or
emotional harm; (c) prevention or hindrance from doing an
act a person is lawfully entitled to do; (d)
compulsion to do an act a person is lawfully
entitled to abstain from doing. Examples of
paragraph (c)— A person no longer walks outside the
person’s place of residence or
employment. A person significantly changes the route or
form of transport the person would ordinarily use to travel
to work or other places. Example of paragraph (d)—
A
person sells a property the person would not otherwise sell.
property , of a person,
means— (a) property in which the person has an
interest, whether or not the defendant also has an interest
in the property; or Note— Under the
Acts
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[s
359B] interest , in relation to
land or other property, means— (a)
a
legal or equitable estate in the land or other property; or
(b) a right, power or privilege over, or
in relation to, the land or other
property. (b) property that is otherwise—
(i) used and enjoyed by the person;
or (ii) available for
the person’s use or enjoyment; or (iii)
in
the person’s care or custody; or (iv)
at
the premises at which the person is residing. stalked
person see section 359B. unlawful
stalking see section 359B. violence
— (a) does not include
any force or impact within the limits of what is
acceptable as incidental to social interaction or
to
life in the community; and (b) against a person
includes an act depriving a person of liberty;
and (c) against property
includes an
act of damaging,
destroying, removing,
using or
interfering with
the property. 359B
What
is unlawful stalking Unlawful stalking is
conduct— (a) intentionally directed at a person
(the stalked person );
and (b) engaged in on
any 1 occasion if the conduct is protracted or on more than
1 occasion; and (c) consisting of
1 or more
acts of
the following, or
a similar, type— (i)
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[s
359C] (ii) contacting a
person in
any way, including, for
example, by telephone, mail, fax, email or
through the use of any technology;
(iii) loitering near,
watching, approaching or entering a place where a
person lives, works or visits; (iv)
leaving offensive material where it will be
found by, given to or brought to the attention of,
a person; (v) giving offensive
material to
a person, directly
or indirectly; (vi)
an intimidating, harassing
or threatening act
against a person, whether or not involving
violence or a threat of violence; (vii) an act of
violence, or a threat of violence, against, or
against property
of, anyone, including
the defendant; and (d)
that— (i)
would cause
the stalked person
apprehension or
fear, reasonably arising in all the
circumstances, of violence to,
or against property
of, the stalked
person or another person; or
(ii) causes
detriment, reasonably arising
in all the
circumstances, to
the stalked person
or another person.
359C What is immaterial for unlawful
stalking (1) For section 359B(a), it is immaterial
whether the person doing the unlawful stalking—
(a) intends that the stalked person be
aware the conduct is directed at the stalked person;
or (b) has a mistaken belief about the
identity of the person at whom the conduct is intentionally
directed. (2) For section
359B(a) and (c), it
is immaterial whether
the conduct directed
at the stalked
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359D] carried out in relation to another person or
property of another person. (3)
For section 359B(b), it
is immaterial whether
the conduct throughout the
occasion on which the conduct is protracted, or the conduct on
each of a number of occasions, consists of the same or
different acts. (4) For section 359B(d), it is immaterial
whether the person doing the unlawful stalking intended to
cause the apprehension or fear, or the detriment, mentioned in
the section. (5) For section
359B(d)(i), it is immaterial whether
the apprehension or fear, or the violence,
mentioned in the section is actually caused.
359D Particular conduct that is not
unlawful stalking Unlawful stalking does not include
the following acts— (a) acts done in the execution of a law or
administration of an Act or for a purpose authorised by an
Act; (b) acts done
for the purposes
of a genuine
industrial dispute;
(c) acts done for the purposes of a
genuine political or other genuine public dispute or issue
carried on in the public interest; (d)
reasonable conduct
engaged in
by a person
for the person’s lawful
trade, business or occupation; (e)
reasonable conduct engaged in by a person to
obtain or give information that the person has a
legitimate interest in obtaining or giving. 359E
Punishment of unlawful stalking
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359F] (2) A person who commits the crime of
unlawful stalking is liable to a maximum
penalty of imprisonment for 5 years. (3)
However, a
person is
liable to
a maximum penalty
of imprisonment for 7 years if, for any
of the acts constituting the unlawful stalking, the
person— (a) uses or intentionally threatens to
use, violence against anyone or anyone’s property; or
(b) possesses a weapon within the meaning
of the Weapons Act 1990
;
or (c) contravenes or intentionally threatens
to contravene an injunction or
order imposed
or made by
a court or
tribunal under a law of the Commonwealth or
a State. (4) Also, a
person is
liable to
a maximum penalty
of imprisonment for 10 years if any of
the acts constituting the unlawful stalking
are done when
or because the
officer is
investigating the activities of a criminal
organisation. (5) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (6) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 359F
Court
may restrain unlawful stalking (1)
This
section applies on the hearing before a court of a charge
against a person of unlawful
stalking. (2) Whether the
person is
found guilty
or not guilty
or the prosecution ends
in another way,
if the presiding
judge or
magistrate considers it desirable, the judge
or magistrate may constitute the
court to
consider whether
a restraining order
should be made against the person.
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only (3) The
judge or
magistrate may
act under subsection
(2) on application by
the Crown or
an interested person
or on the
judge’s or magistrate’s own
initiative. (4) Also, if the restraining order
proceeding is started before the Supreme Court or
the District Court, the court may order the proceeding to be
transferred to a Magistrates Court. (5)
If a
court makes an order under subsection (4), the registrar of
the
court must send to the clerk of the relevant Magistrates
Court a copy of the order and the record of
proceedings of the hearing of
the charge and
any application mentioned
in subsection (3). (6)
The
court hearing the restraining order proceeding may make
a
restraining order against the person in relation to any
person or any property
if it considers
it desirable to
do so having
regard to the evidence given at the hearing
of the charge and any application under subsection (3) and any
further evidence the court may admit. (7)
A
restraining order may be varied or revoked at any time by
the
court, and, if the order provides, by another court.
(8) A person
who knowingly contravenes a
restraining order
commits an offence. Maximum
penalty—40 penalty
units or
1 year’s imprisonment. (9)
A
restraining order may be made against a person whether or
not
another order is made against the person in the proceeding
for
the charge. (10) A restraining
order proceeding is not a criminal proceeding. (11)
A
question of fact for a decision under subsection (2) and in
a restraining order proceeding must be decided
on the balance of probabilities. (12)
In
this section— charge means the charge
of unlawful stalking mentioned in subsection
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against a
person means
any order considered appropriate for
the purpose of
prohibiting particular
conduct, including, for example, contact for a stated
period by the person with a stated person or
the property of a stated person. restraining order
proceeding means
a proceeding started
under subsection (2). Chapter 34
Offences relating to marriage
and
parental rights and duties 360 Bigamy
(1) Any person who— (a)
being married, goes through the form of
marriage with any other person
during the
life of
his or her
wife or
husband; or (b)
goes through
the form of
marriage with
any person whom he or she
knows to be married; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) It is a defence
to a charge of either of the offences defined in
this
section to prove that at the time of committing the alleged
offence the wife or husband of the person
already married had been continually absent
from him
or her for
the space of
7 years then last past, unless it is
shown that the accused person knew that such
wife or husband was living within that time. 361
Unlawful celebration of marriage
Any
person who— (a) celebrates, or
attempts or
professes to
celebrate, the
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parental rights and duties [s 362] is under the age
of 18 years, and is not a widower or widow,
without the
written consent
of some person
authorised by law to give such consent, or
with a written consent which, to the person’s knowledge, is
not given by a person authorised by law to give it;
or (b) celebrates, or
attempts or
professes to
celebrate, any
marriage contrary to the provisions of the
laws relating to the solemnisation of marriage; or
(c) celebrates, or
attempts or
professes to
celebrate, any
marriage in
any case in
which any
provision of
those laws has not
been complied with, knowing that it has not been complied
with; or (d) induces, or attempts to induce, any
person to celebrate the marriage of any person who is to the
knowledge of the offender under
the age of
18 years, and
is not a
widower or
widow, without
the consent mentioned
in paragraph (a), or with a consent
which, to the person’s knowledge, is not given by a person
authorised by law to give it,
or to celebrate
any marriage contrary
to or without
compliance with
the laws relating
to the solemnisation of
marriage; or (e) marries a person who is, to his or her
knowledge, under the age of
18 years, and
is not a
widow or
widower, without the
consent mentioned in paragraph (a), or with a consent which,
to his or her knowledge, is not given by a person
authorised by law to give it; is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
362 Unqualified persons procuring
registration as persons qualified to celebrate
marriages Any person who, not being a person entitled
to be registered under the laws relating to the solemnisation
of marriage as a person authorised to
celebrate marriages, and
knowing that
the
person is not such a person, procures the person’s name to
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registered as
a person so
entitled, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 2 years, and to a fine of
$400. 363 Child-stealing (1)
Any
person who, with intent to deprive any parent, guardian,
or
other person who has the lawful care or charge, of a child
under the age of 16 years, of the possession
of such child, or with intent to steal any article upon or
about the person of any such child— (a)
forcibly or
fraudulently takes
or entices away,
or detains, the child; or
(b) receives or harbours the child,
knowing it to have been so taken or enticed away or
detained; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. (2) It is a defence
to a charge of any of the offences defined in this
section to prove that the accused person
claimed in good faith a right to the possession of the
child, or, in the case of a child whose parents
were not married to each other at the time of its
conception and have not since married each
other, not being a child who
has been adopted
as aforesaid, is
its mother or
claimed in good faith to be its
father. (3) In this section— corresponding
parentage order means an order under a law
of
another State that provides for a parentage order similar to
a
parentage order under the Surrogacy Act 2010 .
parent includes—
(a) for a child who has been legally
adopted in Queensland or in another State—a person who has
adopted the child; or (b) for a child
whose parentage has been transferred by a parentage
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the Surrogacy Act
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order—a person
who is a
parent of the child under the order;
but
does not include a natural parent of the child. 363A
Abduction of child under 16
(1) Any person who unlawfully takes an
unmarried child under the age
of 16 years
out of the
custody or
protection of
the child’s father or mother, or other
person having the lawful care or
charge of
the child, and
against the
will of
the father, mother or other
person, is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
7 years. (2) It is immaterial that the offender
believed the child to be of or above the age of
16 years. (3) It is immaterial that the child was
taken with the consent of or at the
suggestion of the child. 364 Cruelty to
children under 16 (1) A person
who, having
the lawful care
or charge of
a child under
16 years, causes
harm to
the child by
any prescribed conduct
that the
person knew
or ought reasonably to
have known would be
likely to cause harm to the child commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) In this section— harm
, to
a child, means any detrimental effect of a significant
nature on
the child’s physical,
psychological or
emotional wellbeing,
whether temporary or permanent. prescribed
conduct means— (a)
failing to provide the child with adequate
food, clothing, medical treatment, accommodation or
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364A] (b) failing to take all lawful steps to
obtain adequate food, clothing, medical
treatment, accommodation or
care when
it is not
available to
the person from
his or her
own
resources; or (c) deserting the child; or
(d) leaving the child without means of
support. 364A Leaving a child under 12
unattended (1) A person
who, having
the lawful care
or charge of
a child under
12 years, leaves
the child for
an unreasonable time
without making reasonable provision for the
supervision and care of the child during that time commits a
misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
(2) Whether the time is unreasonable
depends on all the relevant circumstances. Chapter 35
Criminal defamation 365
Criminal defamation (1)
Any person who,
without lawful
excuse, publishes
matter defamatory of
another living person (the relevant person )—
(a) knowing the matter to be false or
without having regard to whether the matter is true or
false; and (b) intending to cause serious harm to the
relevant person or any other person
or without having
regard to
whether serious harm to
the relevant person or any other person is
caused; commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—3 years imprisonment. Current as at
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[s
365] Not authorised —indicative
only (2) In
a proceeding for
an offence defined
in this section,
the accused person
has a lawful
excuse for
the publication of
defamatory matter about the relevant person
if, and only if, subsection (3) applies. (3)
This
subsection applies if the accused person would, having
regard only to the circumstances happening
before or at the time of the publication, have had a relevant
defence for the publication if
the relevant person
had brought civil
proceedings for defamation against the
accused person. (4) The prosecution has the burden of
negativing the existence of a
lawful excuse
if, and only
if, evidence directed
to establishing the excuse is first
adduced by or on behalf of the accused
person. (5) Whether the
matter complained of
is capable of
bearing a
defamatory meaning is a question of
law. (6) Whether the
matter complained of
does bear
a defamatory meaning is a
question of fact. (7) A person can not be prosecuted for an
offence defined in this section without
the consent of
the director of
public prosecutions. (8)
In
this section— defamatory has the meaning
that it has in the law of tort (as modified by
the Defamation Act 2005 ) relating to
defamation. modified statutory defence of
justification means the defence stated in
the Defamation Act 2005 , section 25 as
if that section provided that it is a defence to the
publication of defamatory matter if the defendant proves
that— (a) the defamatory imputations carried
by the matter
of which the
relevant person
complains are
substantially true; and
(b) it was for the public benefit that the
publication should be made. publish
has the meaning
that it
has in the
law of tort
(as modified by the Defamation Act
2005 ) relating to defamation.
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rights and duties Chapter 35A Circumstance of aggravation for
particular offences [s 365A] relevant
defence means— (a)
a defence available
under the
Defamation Act
2005 other
than— (i) the statutory defence of
justification; or (ii) the
statutory defence
of failure to
accept reasonable
offer; or (b) the modified statutory defence of
justification; or (c) a defence available other than under
the Defamation Act 2005
,
including under the general law. statutory
defence of failure to accept reasonable offer means
the
defence stated in the Defamation Act 2005
,
section 18(1). statutory defence of justification
means the defence stated in
the Defamation Act 2005
,
section 25. Chapter 35A Circumstance of
aggravation for particular offences 365A
Application of ch 35A (1)
This
chapter applies to an offence against— (a)
section 320; or (b)
section 323; or (c)
section 340(1)(b), if
the circumstances mentioned
in section 340(1), penalty, paragraph (a)
apply; or (d) section 340(2AA), if
the circumstances mentioned
in section 340(2AA), penalty, paragraph
(a) apply. (2) This chapter applies in relation to
proof of the circumstance of aggravation that
the offence was committed in a public place while
the person was
adversely affected
by an intoxicating substance. Current as at
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rights and duties Chapter 35A Circumstance of aggravation for
particular offences [s 365B] Notes—
1 The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
part 5,
division 2,
subdivision 2 provides for the
making of a community service order for the
person if the offence is committed in a public place
while the person is adversely affected by an
intoxicating substance. 2 The
Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 , chapter
18A applies the
Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act
1995 ,
section 80 to
allow evidentiary certificates about
breath, saliva, blood or
urine specimens taken from the person to be used
in
proceedings for the offence. 365B
Application of defences (1)
Section 24 does not apply in relation to a
belief of the person that the
person is
not adversely affected
by an intoxicating substance. (2)
A person is
taken to
be not adversely
affected by
an intoxicating substance
at the relevant
time if
the person proves—
(a) the person
ingested an
intoxicating substance
that the
person did not know the person was
ingesting; and (b) an ordinary
person would
not reasonably have
known the person was
ingesting the intoxicating substance; and (c)
the person would
not be adversely
affected by
an intoxicating substance
at the relevant
time apart
from that
ingestion. (3) In this section— ingest
includes drink, administer, inhale and
smoke. 365C Proof of being adversely affected by
an intoxicating substance (1)
A
person is taken to be adversely affected by an intoxicating
substance if— (a)
the
concentration of alcohol in the person’s blood is at
least 150mg of alcohol in 100mL of blood;
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the
concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath is at
least 0.150g of alcohol in 210L of breath;
or (c) any amount of a drug prescribed by
regulation is present in the person’s saliva; or
(d) the person fails to provide a specimen
as required under the Transport Operations (Road Use
Management) Act 1995 , section 80 as
applied under the Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act 2000 , chapter 18A. (2)
However, subsection (1)(c) or (d) does not
apply if the person proves he or she was not adversely affected
by an intoxicating substance at the relevant time.
(3) Subsection (1) does
not limit the
circumstances in
which a
person may
be adversely affected
by an intoxicating substance. Part 6
Offences relating to property and
contracts Division 1 Stealing and
like offences Chapter 36 Stealing
390 Things capable of being stolen
Anything that is the property of any person
is capable of being stolen if it is— (a)
moveable; or (b)
capable of
being made
moveable, even
if it is
made moveable in
order to steal it. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Stealing [s 391] Not
authorised —indicative
only 391 Definition
of stealing (1)
A person who
fraudulently takes
anything capable
of being stolen, or
fraudulently converts to the person’s own use or to
the
use of any other person anything capable of being stolen,
is
said to steal that thing. (2) A
person who
takes or
converts anything
capable of
being stolen is deemed
to do so fraudulently if the person does so with any of the
following intents, that is to say— (a)
an
intent to permanently deprive the owner of the thing
of
it; (b) an intent
to permanently deprive
any person who
has any special property in the thing of
such property; (c) an intent to use the thing as a pledge
or security; (d) an intent to part with it on a
condition as to its return which the person taking or converting
it may be unable to perform; (e)
an
intent to deal with it in such a manner that it can not
be
returned in the condition in which it was at the time
of
the taking or conversion; (f) in the case of
money—an intent to use it at the will of the person who
takes or converts it, although the person may intend to
afterwards repay the amount to the owner. (2AA)
In
this section— special property includes any
charge or lien upon the thing in question,
and any right
arising from
or dependent upon
holding possession of the thing in
question, whether
by the person entitled
to such right or by some other person for the other person’s
benefit. (2A) A
person who
has taken possession of
anything capable
of being stolen in such circumstances
that the thing thereupon is not identifiable
is deemed to have taken or converted the thing fraudulently
notwithstanding that the property in the thing has
passed to the person if, at the time the
person transports the thing away,
the person has
not discharged or
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with the owner or previous owner of the thing for
discharging the
person’s indebtedness in
respect of
the thing. (2B)
The presumption provided
for by subsection
(2A) is rebuttable. (3)
The taking or
conversion may
be fraudulent, although
it is effected without
secrecy or attempt at concealment. (4)
In
the case of conversion, it is immaterial whether the thing
converted is taken for the purpose of
conversion, or whether it is at the time of the conversion in
the possession of the person who converts
it. (4A) It is also
immaterial that the person who converts the property
is
the holder of a power of attorney for the disposition of it,
or is otherwise authorised to dispose of the
property. (5) When a thing converted has been lost
by the owner and found by the person who converts it, the
conversion is not deemed to be fraudulent if
at the time of the conversion the person taking or converting
the thing does not know who is the owner, and believes,
on reasonable grounds,
that the
owner can
not be discovered. (6)
The
act of stealing is not complete until the person taking or
converting the thing actually moves it or
otherwise actually deals with it by some physical act.
(7) In this section— owner
includes the
owner, any
part owner,
or any person
having possession or control of, or a
special property in, the thing in question. 392
Special cases (1)
When
a wild animal in the enjoyment of its natural liberty has
been
killed by any person, the taking of the dead body of the
animal by
that person,
or by any
person acting
under the
person’s orders,
before it
has been reduced
into actual
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Stealing [s 393] possession by
the owner of the land on which the animal was killed or on
which it died, is not deemed to be stealing. (2)
When
a factor or agent pledges or gives a lien on any goods or
document of title to goods entrusted to the
factor or agent for the purpose of sale or otherwise for any sum
of money not greater than the amount due to the factor or
agent from his or her principal at
the time of
pledging or
giving the
lien, together
with the
amount of
any bill of
exchange or
promissory note accepted or made by the
factor or agent for or on account of his or her principal,
such dealing with the goods or document of
title is not deemed to be stealing. 393
Funds
etc. held under direction (1) When a person
receives, either alone or jointly with another person, any
money or valuable security, or a power of attorney
for the sale,
mortgage, pledge,
or other disposition, of
any property, whether
capable of
being stolen
or not, with
a direction in either case that such
money or any part thereof, or any
other money
received in
exchange for
it, or any
part thereof, or the
proceeds or any part of the proceeds of such security,
or of such
mortgage, pledge,
or other disposition, shall be applied
to any purpose or paid to any person specified in the
direction, such money and proceeds are deemed to be
the
property of the person from whom the money, security, or
power of attorney, was received until the
direction has been complied with. (2)
However, if the person receiving the money,
security or power of attorney, and the person from whom the
person receives it ordinarily deal
with each
other on
such terms
that in
the absence of any special direction all
money paid to the former on account of the latter would be
properly treated as an item in a debtor and
creditor account between them, the former can not be charged
with stealing the money or any such proceeds unless the
direction is in writing. Page 254 Current as at
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Funds
etc. received by agents for sale When a person
receives, either alone or jointly with another person,
any property from
another on
terms authorising or
requiring the person to sell it or otherwise
dispose of it, and requiring the person to pay or account for
the proceeds of the property, or any part of such proceeds, or
to deliver anything received in
exchange for
the property, to
the person from
whom
it is received, or some other person, then the proceeds
of
the property, and anything so received in exchange for it,
are
deemed to be the property of the person from whom the
property was so received, until they have
been disposed of in accordance with
the terms on
which the
property was
received, unless it is a part of those terms
that the proceeds (if any) shall
form an
item in
a debtor and
creditor account
between the person and the person to whom
the person is to pay them or account for them, and that the
relation of debtor and creditor only shall exist between them
in respect thereof. 395 Money received for another
When
a person receives, either alone or jointly with another
person, any money on behalf of another, the
money is deemed to be the property of the person on whose
behalf it is received, unless the money is received on the
terms that it shall form an item in a debtor
and creditor account, and that the relation of debtor
and creditor only
shall exist
between the
parties in
respect of it. 396
Stealing by persons having an interest in
the thing stolen When any person takes or converts anything
capable of being stolen, under such circumstances as would
otherwise amount to stealing, it
is immaterial that
the person has
a special property or
interest therein, or that the person is the owner of
the
thing taken or converted subject to some special property
or
interest of some other person therein; or that the person is
lessee of the thing, or that the person is 1
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Stealing [s 398] of a corporation
or company or society who are the owners of it.
398 Punishment of stealing
(1) Any person
who steals anything
capable of
being stolen
is guilty of
a crime, and
is liable, if
no other punishment is
provided, to imprisonment for 5
years. (2) The Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(3) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Punishment in
special cases 1 Stealing wills If the thing
stolen is a testamentary instrument, whether the
testator is
living or
dead, the
offender is
liable to
14 years imprisonment. 2
Stealing stock (1)
If
the thing stolen is 1 or more animals and the offender is
sentenced to pay a fine, the fine must be at
least the following amount for each animal— (a)
if the animal’s
value is
determined under
a regulation under
section 450F—that value
or 10 penalty
units, whichever is
higher; (b) otherwise—10 penalty units.
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Stealing [s 4] (2)
Subclause (1) applies whether the person is
sentenced to pay the fine in addition to, or instead of,
imprisonment. (3) Subclause (1)
applies whether
the person is
liable to
imprisonment for 5 years or a longer period
under this section. (4) In this clause— animal
means an animal that is stock.
4 Stealing from the person—stealing
goods in transit etc. If the
offence is
committed under any
of the circumstances following, that
is to say— (a) if the thing is stolen from the person
of another; (b) if the thing is stolen in a dwelling,
and its value exceeds $1,000, or the offender at or
immediately before or after the time of
stealing uses or threatens to use violence to any person in
the dwelling; (c) if the thing is stolen from any kind
of vehicle or place of deposit used for the conveyance or
custody of goods in transit from 1 place to another;
(d) if the thing is stolen from a vehicle
which is in distress or wrecked or stranded;
(e) if the thing is stolen from a public
office in which it is deposited or kept; (f)
if the offender,
in order to
commit the
offence, opens
any
locked room, box, or other receptacle, by means of a
key
or other instrument; the offender is liable to imprisonment
for 10 years. 5 Stealing by persons in the public
service If the offender is a person employed in the
public service, and the thing stolen is the property of Her
Majesty, or came into the possession of
the offender by
virtue of
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Stealing [s 6] employment, the
offender is
liable to
imprisonment for
10 years. Not
authorised —indicative
only 6 Stealing by
clerks and servants If the offender is a clerk or servant, and
the thing stolen is the property of
the offender’s employer,
or came into
the possession of
the offender on
account of
the offender’s employer, the
offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
7 Stealing by directors or officers of
companies If the offender
is a director
or officer of
a corporation or
company, and
the thing stolen
is the property
of the corporation or
company, the
offender is
liable to
imprisonment for 10 years.
8 Stealing by agents etc.
If the thing
stolen is
any of the
things following, that
is to say—
(a) property which has been received by
the offender with a power of attorney for the disposition
thereof; (b) money received by the offender with a
direction that the same should be applied to any purpose or
paid to any person specified in the direction;
(c) the whole
or part of
the proceeds of
any valuable security which
has been received by the offender with a direction that
the proceeds thereof should be applied to any
purpose or
paid to
any person specified
in the direction; (d)
the whole or
part of
the proceeds arising
from any
disposition of any property which have been
received by the offender by virtue of a power of
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Stealing [s 9] be
applied to
any purpose or
paid to
any person specified in the
direction; the offender is liable to imprisonment for
10 years. Not authorised —indicative only
9 Stealing property valued at more than
$5,000 If the thing
stolen is
property, including
an animal that
is stock, and its value is more than
$5,000, the offender is liable to imprisonment
for 10 years. 10 Stealing by tenants or lodgers
If
the thing stolen is a fixture or chattel let to the offender
to be used by him or her with a house or
lodging, and its value exceeds $1,000, the offender is liable
to imprisonment for 10 years. 11
Stealing after previous conviction
If the offender,
before committing the
offence, had
been convicted upon
indictment of any of the indictable offences defined
in this division,
or had been
twice previously summarily
convicted of
an offence punishable on
summary conviction under
this division,
whether each
of the convictions was
in respect of an offence of the same character or not, the
offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
12 Stealing of a vehicle
If the thing
stolen is
a vehicle the
offender is
liable to
imprisonment for 14 years.
13 Stealing by looting
If— (a) the offence is
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(b) the thing
stolen is
left unattended by
the death or
incapacity of the person in possession of
the property; or (c) the offence is committed in an area
that— (i) is a declared area for a disaster
situation under the Disaster Management Act 2003
;
or (ii) was,
immediately before
the offence was
committed, a declared area for a disaster
situation under the Disaster
Management Act 2003 ; the offender is liable to imprisonment
for 10 years. 14 Stealing firearm for use in another
indictable offence If— (a) the thing stolen
is a firearm; and (b) the offender steals the firearm
intending that it be used by anyone to commit an indictable
offence; the offender is liable to imprisonment for
14 years. 15 Stealing firearm or ammunition
If
the thing stolen is a firearm or ammunition, the offender is
liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
Chapter 37 Offences
analogous to stealing 399 Fraudulent
concealment of particular documents A person who,
with intent to defraud, conceals the whole or part of—
(a) a register or record kept by lawful
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(c) a testamentary instrument (whether the
testator is living or dead); commits a
crime. Maximum penalty— (a)
if the offence
is committed in
relation to
a document recording title
to property—3 years imprisonment; or (b)
otherwise—14 years imprisonment.
403 Severing with intent to steal
Any
person who makes anything moveable with intent to steal
it
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to the same punishment
as if the person had stolen the thing after it
became moveable. 406 Bringing stolen goods into
Queensland Any person who,
having at
any place not
in Queensland obtained any
property by any act which if it had been done in
Queensland would have constituted the crime
of stealing, and which is an offence under the laws in force
in the place where it was done, brings such property into
Queensland, or has it in the person’s possession in Queensland,
is guilty of a crime, and is
liable to
the same punishment as
if the person
had stolen it in Queensland; but so that
the punishment does not exceed that which would be incurred
for the same act under the laws
in force in
the place where
the act by
which the
person obtained the property was
done. 408A Unlawful use or possession of motor
vehicles, aircraft or vessels (1)
A
person who— (a) unlawfully uses
any motor vehicle,
aircraft or
vessel without the
consent of the person in lawful possession thereof;
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in the person’s
possession any
motor vehicle,
aircraft or
vessel without
the consent of
the person in
lawful possession thereof
with intent
to deprive the
owner or person in lawful possession thereof
of the use and possession thereof
either temporarily or
permanently; is guilty of a
crime and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(1A) If
the offender uses
or intends to
use the motor
vehicle, aircraft
or vessel for
the purpose of
facilitating the
commission of an indictable offence, the
offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
(1B) If the
offender— (a) wilfully destroys,
damages, removes
or otherwise interferes with
the mechanism (or part thereof) or other part
of or equipment
attached to
the motor vehicle,
aircraft or vessel; or (b)
intends to
destroy, damage,
remove or
otherwise interfere with
the mechanism (or part thereof) or other part
of or equipment
attached to
the motor vehicle,
aircraft or vessel; the offender is
liable to imprisonment for 12 years. (1C)
It is a
defence to
a charge of
an offence defined
in subsections (1) to (1B) to prove that
the accused person had the lawful consent of the owner of the
motor vehicle, aircraft or vessel to its use or possession by
the accused person. (2) This section applies without prejudice
to any provision of any other Act relating to the unlawful use
or possession of motor vehicles, aircraft or vessels save
that an offender shall not be liable to be
convicted under both this section and such other
provision in respect of any one and the same
unlawful use or possession of any motor vehicle, aircraft or
vessel. (3) In this section— vessel
means every kind of vessel designed for use
on or in water, not propelled exclusively by
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Offences analogous to stealing [s 408C]
408C Fraud (1)
A
person who dishonestly— (a) applies
to his or
her own use
or to the
use of any
person— (i)
property belonging to another; or
(ii) property
belonging to the person, or which is in the person’s
possession, either
solely or
jointly with
another person,
subject to
a trust, direction
or condition or on account of any other
person; or (b) obtains property from any person;
or (c) induces any person to deliver property
to any person; or (d) gains a benefit or advantage,
pecuniary or otherwise, for any person;
or (e) causes a
detriment, pecuniary
or otherwise, to
any person; or (f)
induces any
person to
do any act
which the
person is
lawfully entitled to abstain from doing;
or (g) induces any person to abstain from
doing any act which that person is lawfully entitled to do;
or (h) makes off, knowing that payment on the
spot is required or expected for
any property lawfully
supplied or
returned or for any service lawfully
provided, without having paid and with intent to avoid
payment; commits the crime of fraud.
Maximum penalty—5 years imprisonment.
(2) The offender is liable to imprisonment
for 14 years if, for an offence against subsection (1)—
(a) the offender is a director or officer
of a corporation, and the victim is the corporation;
or (b) the offender is an employee of the
victim; or Current as at [Not applicable]
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Offences analogous to stealing [s 408C]
Not authorised —indicative
only (c) any
property in
relation to
which the
offence is
committed came
into the
possession or
control of
the offender subject to a trust, direction
or condition that it should be
applied to
any purpose or
be paid to
any person specified
in the terms
of trust, direction
or condition or
came into
the offender’s possession on
account of any other person; or
(d) the property,
or the yield
to the offender
from the
dishonesty, or the detriment caused, is of a
value of at least $30,000 but less than $100,000.
(2A) The offender is
liable to imprisonment for 20 years, if, for an offence against
subsection (1)— (a) the property,
or the yield
to the offender
from the
dishonesty, or the detriment caused, is of a
value of at least $100,000; or (b)
the
offender carries on the business of committing the
offence. (2B)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (2C) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (3)
For
the purposes of this section— (a)
property , without
limiting the definition of property in section
1, includes credit,
service, any
benefit or
advantage, anything evidencing a right to
incur a debt or to recover or
receive a
benefit, and
releases of
obligations; and (b)
a
person’s act or omission in relation to property may be
dishonest even though— (i)
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(ii) he or she
intends to afterwards restore the property or
to make restitution for
the property or
to afterwards fulfil his or her
obligations or to make good any detriment; or
(iii) an owner or
other person consents to doing any act or to making any
omission; or (iv) a mistake is
made by another person; and (c)
a
person’s act or omission in relation to property is not
taken to be dishonest, if when the person
does the act or makes the omission, he or she does not know
to whom the property belongs and believes on
reasonable grounds that the
owner can
not be discovered by
taking reasonable steps,
unless the
property came
into his
or her possession or
control as
trustee or
personal representative;
and (d) persons to
whom property
belongs include
the owner, any joint or
part owner or owner in common, any person having
a legal or
equitable interest
in or claim
to the property
and any person
who, immediately before
the offender’s application of the
property, had control of it; and
(e) obtain includes to get,
gain, receive or acquire in any way; and
(f) if a person obtains property from any
person or induces any person to
deliver property
to any person
it is immaterial in
either case whether the owner passes or intends to pass
ownership in the property or whether he or she intends
to pass ownership in the property to any person.
408D Obtaining or dealing with
identification information (1) A
person who
obtains or
deals with
another entity’s
identification information for the purpose
of committing, or facilitating the commission of, an
indictable offence commits a misdemeanour. Current as at
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Offences analogous to stealing [s 408D]
Not authorised —indicative
only Maximum penalty—5 years
imprisonment. (1A) A
person who
possesses equipment
for the purpose
of committing, or
facilitating the
commission of,
an offence against
subsection (1), commits a misdemeanour. Maximum
penalty—5 years imprisonment. (1B)
The Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this section.
(1C) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
For
subsection (1), it is immaterial whether the other entity is
alive or dead, or exists or does not exist,
or consents or does not consent to the obtaining or
dealing. (3) When a
court is
sentencing a
person for
an offence against
subsection (1), the court may order that the
court’s certificate be issued to the other entity stating the
offence, the entity’s name and anything else the court
considers relevant for the entity’s benefit. (4)
The
order may be made on the court’s own initiative or on
application by the entity or the
prosecutor. (5) If the person is sentenced on a plea
of guilty, the certificate may be given to the entity
immediately. (6) If subsection (5) does not apply, the
certificate must not be given to the entity until the later of
the following— (a) the end
of any period
allowed for
appeal against
conviction; (b)
if
an appeal is started—the end of any proceedings on
the
appeal. (7) In this section— dealing
, with identification information, includes
supplying or using the
information. Page 266 Current as at
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digital signature means encrypted
electronic or computer data intended
for the exclusive
use of a
particular person
as a means
of identifying himself
or herself as
the sender of
an electronic communication.
identification information ,
of another entity,
means information
about, or identifying particulars of, the entity that
is
capable of being used, whether alone or in conjunction with
other information, to
identify or
purportedly identify
the entity. Examples for an
entity that is an individual— •
information about
the individual or
the individual’s relatives
including name, address, date of birth,
marital status and similar information •
the
individual’s driver licence or driver licence number
• the individual’s passport or passport
number • anything commonly used by an
individual to identify himself or herself,
including a digital signature •
the individual’s financial
account numbers,
user names
and passwords •
a
series of numbers or letters (or a combination of both)
intended for use as a means of personal
identification • any data stored or encrypted on the
individual’s credit or debit card •
biometric data relating to the
individual • the individual’s voice print
• a false driver licence or other false
form of identification for a fictitious
individual Examples for an entity that is a body
corporate— • the body corporate’s name
• the body corporate’s ABN
• the body corporate’s financial account
numbers • any data stored or encrypted on a
credit or debit card issued to the body
corporate obtaining , identification
information, includes possessing or making the
information. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Offences analogous to stealing [s 408E]
Not authorised —indicative
only 408E Computer hacking
and misuse (1) A person who uses a restricted
computer without the consent of the
computer’s controller commits an offence. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (2)
If
the person causes or intends to cause detriment or damage,
or gains or
intends to
gain a
benefit, the
person commits
a crime and is liable to imprisonment
for 5 years. (3) If the person causes a detriment or
damage or obtains a benefit for any person
to the value of more than $5,000, or intends to commit an
indictable offence, the person commits a crime and
is
liable to imprisonment for 10 years. (4)
It
is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that
the use of the
restricted computer
was authorised, justified
or excused by law. (5)
In
this section— benefit includes
a benefit obtained
by or delivered
to any person.
computer means all or
part of a computer, computer system or computer
network and
includes, for
example, all
external devices
connected to the computer in any way or capable of
communicating with
each other
as part of
a system or
network. controller means
a person who
has a right
to control the
computer’s use. damage
includes— (a)
damage to any computer hardware or software;
and (b) for information—any alteration, addition,
removal or
loss
of, or other damage to, information. detriment
includes any detriment, pecuniary or
otherwise, to any person. information includes
data, file,
document, or
computer language or
coding. Page 268 Current as at
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restricted computer means a computer
for which— (a) a device,
code or
a particular sequence
of electronic impulses is
necessary in order to gain access to or to use the computer;
and (b) the controller— (i)
withholds or takes steps to withhold access
to the device, or
knowledge of
the code or
of the sequence or of
the way of producing the code or the sequence,
from other persons; or (ii) restricts access
or takes steps to restrict access to the
device or
knowledge of
the code or
of the sequence, or to
the way of producing the sequence, to a person or a
class of person authorised by the controller. use
, of
a restricted computer, includes accessing or altering
any information stored
in, or communicate information directly or
indirectly to or from, the restricted computer, or
cause a virus to become installed on or to
otherwise affect, the computer. Chapter 38
Stealing with violence— extortion by
threats 409 Definition of robbery
(1) Any person
who steals anything,
and, at
or immediately before
or immediately after
the time of
stealing it,
uses or
threatens to use actual violence to any
person or property in order to
obtain the
thing stolen
or to prevent
or overcome resistance to
its being stolen, is said to be guilty of robbery
. (2) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
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Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 411
Punishment of robbery (1)
Any person who
commits the
crime of
robbery is
liable to
imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) If the offender is or pretends to be
armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument, or
is in company with 1 or more other person or persons, or if,
at or immediately before or immediately after
the time of
the robbery, the
offender wounds or uses
any other personal violence to any person, the offender is
liable to imprisonment for life. (3)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states a
circumstance of aggravation for the crime of robbery.
412 Attempted robbery (1)
Any person who
assaults any
person with
intent to
steal anything, and,
at or immediately before or immediately after the time of the
assault, uses or threatens to use actual violence
to
any person or property in order to obtain the thing intended
to
be stolen, or to prevent or overcome resistance to its being
stolen, is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
If
the offender is or pretends to be armed with any dangerous
or
offensive weapon or instrument, or is in company with 1 or
more other
person or
persons, the
offender is
liable to
imprisonment for 14 years.
(3) If the
offender is
armed with
any dangerous or
offensive weapon,
instrument or
noxious substance, and
at or immediately before
or immediately after
the time of
the assault the offender wounds, or uses
other personal violence to, any
person by
the weapon, instrument or
noxious substance, the
offender is liable to imprisonment for life. Page 270
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Stealing with violence—extortion by threats [s 413]
(4) The Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (5) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 413
Assault with intent to steal
Any person who
assaults any
person with
intent to
steal anything is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
3
years. 414 Demanding property with menaces with
intent to steal Any person who,
with intent
to steal anything,
demands it
from
any person with threats of any injury or detriment of any
kind
to be caused to the other person, either by the offender or
by
any other person, if the demand is not complied with, is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. 415 Extortion
(1) A person
(the demander
) who, without
reasonable cause,
makes a demand— (a)
with
intent to— (i) gain a benefit for any person (whether
or not the demander); or (ii)
cause a
detriment to
any person other
than the
demander; and (b)
with
a threat to cause a detriment to any person other
than
the demander; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Stealing with violence—extortion by threats [s 415]
(a) if carrying out the threat causes, or
would be likely to cause, serious personal injury to a person
other than the offender—life imprisonment; or
(b) if carrying out the threat causes, or
would be likely to cause, substantial economic
loss in
an industrial or
commercial activity
conducted by
a person or
entity other
than the
offender (whether
the activity is
conducted by
a public authority
or as a
private enterprise)—life
imprisonment; or (c) otherwise—14 years
imprisonment. (1A) The
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (2) It is immaterial that—
(a) the demand or threat is made in a way
ordinarily used to inform the public rather than a particular
person; or (b) the threat does not specify the
detriment to be caused; or (c) the
threat does
not specify the
person to
whom the
detriment is to be caused or specifies this
in a general way; or Example—
a
threat to cause a detriment to the public or any members of
the public (d)
the
detriment is to be caused by someone other than the
demander. (3)
A
reference to making a demand includes causing someone to
receive a demand. (4)
A reference to
a threat to
cause a
detriment to
any person other than the
demander includes a statement that gives rise to
a
threat of detriment to the other person. (5)
A
prosecution for an offence in which it is intended to rely
on a circumstance of aggravation mentioned in
paragraph (a) or Page 272 Current as at
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(b)
of the penalty can not be commenced without the consent
of
the Attorney-General. (5A) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (6)
In
this section— threat includes a
statement that may reasonably be interpreted as a
threat. 417A Taking control of aircraft
(1) Any person who unlawfully either
directly or indirectly takes or exercises
control of any aircraft is guilty of a crime and is
liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) If another person not being an
accomplice of the offender is on board the
aircraft the offender is liable to imprisonment for
14
years. (3) If the offender at or immediately
before or immediately after the time of
taking or exercising such control uses or threatens
to
use actual violence to any person or property in order to
take or
exercise control
of the aircraft
or to prevent
or overcome resistance to such control
being taken or exercised or is
armed with
any dangerous or
offensive weapon
or instrument or is in company with one
or more other person or persons or takes or exercises such
control by any fraudulent representation trick
device or
other means
the offender is
liable to imprisonment for life.
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Burglary—housebreaking—and like offences [s 418]
Chapter 39 Burglary—housebreaking—and
like
offences Not authorised —indicative
only 418 Definitions (1)
A
person who breaks any part, whether external or internal, of
a
dwelling or any premises, or opens, by unlocking, pulling,
pushing, lifting,
or any other
means whatever,
any door, window, shutter,
cellar, flap, or other thing, intended to close or
cover an
opening in
a dwelling or
any premises, or
an opening giving
passage from
one part of
a dwelling or
any premises to another, is said to break
the dwelling or premises. (2) A person is said
to enter a dwelling or premises as soon as any part of the
person’s body or any part of any instrument used
by
the person is within the dwelling or premises. (3)
A
person who obtains entrance into a dwelling or premises by
means of
any threat or
artifice used
for that purpose,
or by collusion with
any person in the dwelling or premises, or who enters
any chimney or
other aperture
of the dwelling
or premises permanently left open for any
necessary purpose, but not intended to be ordinarily used as
a means of entrance, is deemed to have broken and entered the
dwelling or premises. (4) In this
chapter— premises includes—
(a) a building
or structure and
a part of
a building or
structure other than a dwelling; and
(b) a tent, caravan, or vehicle;
and (c) any similar place. 419
Burglary (1)
Any
person who enters or is in the dwelling of another with
intent to
commit an
indictable offence
in the dwelling
commits a crime. Page 274
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Burglary—housebreaking—and like offences [s 421]
Maximum penalty—14 years
imprisonment. (2) If the offender enters the dwelling by
means of any break, he or she is liable to imprisonment for
life. (3) If— (a)
the
offence is committed in the night; or (b)
the
offender— (i) uses or threatens to use actual
violence; or (ii) is
or pretends to
be armed with
a dangerous or
offensive weapon,
instrument or
noxious substance;
or (iii) is in company
with 1 or more persons; or (iv) damages, or
threatens or attempts to damage, any property;
the
offender is liable to imprisonment for life. (4)
Any
person who enters or is in the dwelling of another and
commits an
indictable offence
in the dwelling
commits a
crime. Maximum
penalty—imprisonment for life. (5)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (6) An indictment charging an offence
against this section with the circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. 421
Entering or being in premises and committing
indictable offences (1)
Any
person who enters or is in any premises with intent to
commit an
indictable offence
in the premises
commits a
crime. Current as at
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Burglary—housebreaking—and like offences [s 425]
Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. (2) Any person who enters or is in any
premises and commits an indictable offence in the premises
commits a crime. Maximum penalty—14 years
imprisonment. (3) If the offender gains entry to the
premises by any break and commits an
indictable offence
in the premises,
he or she
is liable to imprisonment for
life. 425 Possession of things used in
connection with unlawful entry (1)
Any person who
is found under
any of the
circumstances following, that
is to say— (a) being armed with any dangerous or
offensive weapon or instrument, or a noxious substance, and
being so armed with intent to break or enter a dwelling or
premises, and to commit an indictable offence
therein; (b) having in his or her possession
anything intended for use in or in connection with the
commission of an offence defined in section 419 or 421;
(c) having in
the person’s possession by
night without
lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on
the person, any instrument of housebreaking;
(d) having in
the person’s possession by
day any such
instrument with intent to commit an
indictable offence; (e) having his
or her face
masked or
blackened or
being otherwise
disguised, with intent to commit an indictable offence;
is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 3
years. (2) If the
offender has
been previously convicted
of a crime
relating to property, the offender is liable
to imprisonment for 7 years. Page 276
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fraudulent practices [s 427] 427
Unlawful entry of vehicle for committing
indictable offence (1)
A
person who unlawfully enters another person’s vehicle with
intent to commit an indictable offence
commits a crime. Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. (2) If— (a)
the
offence is committed in the night; or (b)
the
offender— (i) uses or threatens to use actual
violence; or (ii) is
or pretends to
be armed with
a dangerous or
offensive weapon,
instrument or
noxious substance;
or (iii) is in company
with 1 or more persons; or (iv) damages, or
threatens or attempts to damage, any property;
the
offender is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
Chapter 40 Other fraudulent
practices 427A Obtaining property by passing
valueless cheques (1) Any person who— (a)
obtains from
any other person
any chattel, money,
valuable security, credit, benefit or
advantage by passing a cheque that is not paid on
presentation for payment; or (b)
passes a cheque in the discharge or
attempted discharge of any debt, liability or obligation, which
cheque is not paid on presentation for payment;
is
guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for
2
years. Current as at [Not applicable]
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fraudulent practices [s 430] (2)
It
is a defence to a charge of an offence defined in this
section to prove that the accused person—
(a) had reasonable grounds
for believing that
the cheque would be paid in
full on presentation for payment; and (b)
had
no intent to defraud. (3) The fact that at
the time when the cheque was passed there were
some funds
to the credit
of the account
on which the
cheque was drawn is not of itself a defence
to a charge of an offence defined in this section.
430 Fraudulent falsification of
records Any person who with intent to
defraud— (a) makes a false entry in any record;
or (b) omits to make an entry in any record;
or (c) gives any
certificate or
information that
is false in
a material particular; or
(d) in any
way falsifies, destroys,
alters or
damages any
record; or (e)
produces or makes use of any record the
person knows is false in a material particular;
commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. 431
False
accounting by public officer Any person who,
being an officer charged with the receipt, custody, or
management of any part of the public revenue or property,
knowingly furnishes any false statement or return of
any
money or property received by the person or entrusted to
the
person’s care, or of any balance of money or property in
the
person’s possession or under the person’s control, is guilty
of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
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Receiving property stolen or fraudulently obtained and like
offences [s 432] Chapter 41
Receiving property stolen or
fraudulently obtained and like
offences Not
authorised —indicative only
432 What is tainted
property for ch 41 (1)
In
this chapter— tainted property means—
(a) a thing
that has
been obtained
by way of
an act constituting an
indictable offence; or (b) if
tainted property
mentioned in
paragraph (a)
is converted into
other property—any of
the other property;
or (c) if tainted
property mentioned
in paragraph (a)
is mortgaged, pledged or exchanged for
other property— any of the
proceeds of
the mortgage, pledge,
or exchange. (2)
However, a thing stops being
tainted property after a
person acquires a lawful title to it.
433 Receiving tainted property
(1) A person
who receives tainted
property, and
has reason to
believe it is tainted property, commits a
crime. Maximum penalty— (a)
if the property
was obtained by
way of an
act constituting a crime—14 years
imprisonment; or (b) if the
property is
a firearm or
ammunition—14 years
imprisonment; or (c)
if
the offender received the property while acting as a
pawnbroker or
dealer in
second hand
goods, under
a licence or otherwise—14 years
imprisonment; or (d) otherwise—7 years imprisonment.
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commissions [s 435] (1A)
The Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
also states
a circumstance of
aggravation for
an offence against
this
section. (1B) An indictment
charging an offence against this section with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161Q
may not be
presented without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. (2)
For the purpose
of proving the
receiving of
anything it
is sufficient to show that the accused
person has, either alone or jointly
with some
other person,
had the thing
in his or
her possession, or has aided in concealing
it or disposing of it. 435 Taking reward for
recovery of property obtained by way of indictable
offences If— (a) a
thing is
obtained by
way of any
act constituting an
indictable offence; and (b)
a
person dishonestly receives, or dishonestly agrees to
receive, any benefit on an agreement or
understanding that the person will help anyone to recover
the thing; then, unless the person has used all due
diligence to cause the offender to
be brought to
trial for
the offence, the
person commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
Chapter 42A Secret
commissions 442A Definitions (1)
In
this chapter— Page 280 Current as at
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Secret commissions [s 442A] Not
authorised —indicative only
advice given or words to the
like effect includes every report, certificate,
statement, and suggestion intended to influence the
person to
whom the
same is
made or
given, and
every influence
deliberately or
expressly exercised
by one person
over
another. agent includes
any corporation, firm,
or person acting
or having been acting, or desirous or
intending to act, for or on behalf of any
corporation, firm, or person, whether as agent, partner,
co-owner, clerk,
servant, employee,
banker, broker,
auctioneer, architect, clerk
of works, charterer, master
mariner, purser,
or any member
of the crew
of a vessel,
engineer, barrister, solicitor, legal
practitioner, conveyancer, surveyor, buyer,
salesperson, supervisor, trustee,
official assignee,
executor, administrator, liquidator, trustee
in bankruptcy or
of a deed
of assignment, receiver,
director, manager,
or other officer
or member of
the committee or
governing body
of any corporation, club,
partnership, or
association, or
in any other
capacity, either
alone or
jointly with any other
corporation, firm, or person, and whether in the
person’s own name or in the name of the
person’s principal or otherwise, and also includes a
Minister of the Crown, and a person serving
under the Crown or a Minister of the Crown, or corporation representing the
Crown, and
a person serving
under any local government, harbour board,
water authority, or any other local or public body
constituted by or under any Act.
contract includes
contract of sale or of employment, or any other
contract whatever
including an
order for
any commodity. court
means the
Supreme Court
or a judge
thereof, or
magistrate or
justices having
jurisdiction with
respect to
an offence against this chapter.
in relation to
his or her
principal’s affairs
or business implies the
additional words ‘whether within the scope of his
or
her authority or course of his or her employment as agent or
not’. Current as at
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commissions [s 442A] Not
authorised —indicative
only Page 282 person having
business relations with the principal includes
the Crown, a
Minister of
the Crown, or
corporation representing the
Crown, or
any local government, harbour
board, water
authority, or
any other local
or public body
constituted by or under any Act; also every
corporation, firm, or other person, whether as principal or
agent, carrying on or having carried
on or desirous
or intending to
carry on
any negotiation or
business with
any principal, or
engaged or
interested or
having been
engaged or
interested in
the performance of any contract with or in
the execution of any work or business for or in the supply
of any goods or chattels to any principal; and also includes
any agent or employee of the Crown,
a Minister of
the Crown, or
corporation representing the
Crown, or of any local government, harbour board,
water authority, or
any other local
or public body
constituted by or under any Act, or of any
such corporation, firm, or other person. principal
includes a corporation, firm, or other
person for or on behalf of whom the agent acts, has acted,
or is desirous or intending to act; the term also includes the
Crown, a Minister of the Crown, or corporation representing
the Crown, or any local government, harbour board, water
authority, or any other local or public body constituted by or
under any Act for or on behalf of
whom the
agent acts,
has acted, or
is desirous or
intending to act. solicit
any valuable consideration and
valuable consideration
solicited , and words to the like effect, shall
be construed with
the following directions, namely,
that every
agent who
diverts, obstructs, gives
untruthful reports,
or interferes with the proper course of
business or manufacture, or impedes or obstructs, or fails to
use due diligence in the prosecution of any negotiation or
business with the intent to obtain the gift
of any valuable consideration from any other person
interested in the said negotiation or business, or with
intent to
injure any
such person,
shall be
deemed to
have solicited
a valuable consideration from
a person having
business relations with the principal of
such agent. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Secret commissions [s 442B] trustee
includes the public trustee, an executor,
administrator, liquidator, official assignee, or trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, administrator appointed
under the
Guardianship and
Administration Act
2000 ,
person having
power to
appoint a
trustee, or
person entitled
to obtain probate
of the will
or letters of administration to the
estate of a deceased person, or any other person
occupying a fiduciary position. valuable
consideration includes
any real or
personal property;
also money,
loan, office,
place, employment, agreement
to give employment, benefit,
or advantage whatsoever, and
any commission or rebate, payment in excess of
actual value
of the goods
or service, deduction
or percentage, bonus or discount, or any
forbearance to demand any moneys or moneys’ worth or
valuable thing; also some detriment, loss or responsibility
given, suffered, or taken, or the
refraining from
carrying out
or doing something
which lawfully should
be done; and the acceptance of any of the said things shall be
deemed the receipt of a valuable consideration. The offer of any
valuable consideration includes any offer of any agreement or
promise to give, and every holding out of any expectation
of valuable consideration. The receipt
of any valuable
consideration includes
any acceptance of any agreement, promise,
or offer to give, or of any holding out of any expectation of
valuable consideration. Prohibition of indirect acts
(2) Any act
or thing prohibited by
this chapter
is prohibited whether done
directly or indirectly by the person mentioned or by or through
any other person. 442B Receipt or solicitation of secret
commission by an agent Any agent who corruptly receives or
solicits from any person for himself
or herself or
for any other
person any
valuable consideration— (a)
as
an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account
of
doing or forbearing to do, or having done or forborne
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commissions [s 442BA] to do, any act
in relation to his or her principal’s affairs or business;
or (b) the receipt
or any expectation of
which would
in any way tend to
influence the agent to show, or to forbear to show, favour or
disfavour to any person in relation to his or her
principal’s affairs or business; commits a
crime. 442BA Gift or offer of secret commission to
an agent Any person who
corruptly gives
or offers to
any agent any
valuable consideration— (a)
as
an inducement or reward for or otherwise on account
of
the agent doing or forbearing to do, or having done or
forborne to
do, any act
in relation to
his or her
principal’s affairs or business; or
(b) the receipt
or any expectation of
which would
in any way tend to
influence the agent to show, or to forbear to show, favour or
disfavour to any person in relation to his or her
principal’s affairs or business; commits a
crime. 442C Secret gifts received by parent,
spouse, child, partner etc. of agent (1)
Any valuable consideration received
or solicited by
any parent, spouse, or child of any agent,
or by his or her partner, clerk, or employee, from any person
having business relations with the principal of such agent,
shall be deemed to have been received or
solicited by the agent unless it be proved that the
valuable consideration was
so received or
solicited without
the
consent, knowledge, or privity of the agent. Secret gifts to
parent, spouse, child, partner etc. of agent (2)
Any
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Secret commissions [s 442D] (a)
given or offered to any parent, spouse, or
child of any agent, or to his or her partner, clerk, or
employee, and so given or offered with the consent,
knowledge, or privity of the agent; or (b)
given or offered, at the agent’s request, to
any person by any person having business relations with
the principal of such agent; shall be deemed
to have been given or offered to the agent. 442D
False
or misleading receipt or account Any
person who
with intent
to deceive or
defraud the
principal gives to any agent, or any agent
who receives or uses or gives
to the principal
any receipt, invoice,
account, or
document in
respect of
which or
in relation to
a dealing transaction or
matter in which the principal is interested, and
which— (a)
contains any
statement which
is false or
erroneous or
defective in
any important particular, or
contains an
overcharge or
is in any
way likely to
mislead the
principal; or (b)
omits to
state explicitly and
fully the
fact of
any commission, percentage, bonus,
discount, rebate,
repayment, gratuity,
or deduction having
been made,
given, or
allowed, or
agreed to
be made, given,
or allowed; commits a
crime. 442E Secret commission for advice
given Whenever any advice is given by one person
to another, and such advice
is in any
way intended or
likely to
induce or
influence the person advised—
(a) to enter into a contract with any
third person; or Current as at [Not applicable]
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commissions [s 442EA] (b)
to
appoint or join with another in the appointment, or to
vote for
or to aid
in obtaining the
election or
appointment, or
to authorise or
join with
another in
authorising the
appointment of
any third person
as trustee, director, manager, or
official; and any valuable consideration is, without
the assent of the person advised,
given by
such third
person to
the person giving
the advice, the
gift or
receipt of
the valuable consideration is
a crime; but this subsection shall not apply when the person
giving the advice was, to the knowledge of the person
advised, the agent of such third person, or when the
valuable consideration was
not given in
respect of
such advice.
442EA
Offer or solicitation of secret commission in return for
advice given or to be given
Any
offer or solicitation of a valuable consideration in respect
of
any advice given, or to be given, by one person to another
with
a view to induce or influence the person advised—
(a) to enter
into a
contract with
the person offering
or solicited; or (b)
to
appoint or join with another in appointing, or to vote
for
or to aid in obtaining the election or appointment, or
to authorise or
join with
another in
authorising the
appointment of
the person offering
or solicited as
trustee, director, manager, or
official; and with the
intent that
the gift or
receipt of
such valuable
consideration is not to be made known to the
person advised, is a crime; but this subsection shall not
apply when such first mentioned person
is the agent
of the person
offering or
solicited. Page 286
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Secret commissions [s 442F] 442F
Secret commission to trustee in return for
substituted appointment Any person who
offers or gives any valuable consideration to a trustee, or
any trustee who receives or solicits any valuable
consideration for himself or herself or for
any other person, without the assent of the persons
beneficially entitled to the estate or of a
judge of the Supreme Court, as an inducement or reward for
appointing or having appointed, or for joining or
having joined with another in appointing, or
for authorising or having authorised, or for joining or having
joined with another in authorising, any
person to
be appointed in
the person’s stead or instead
of the person and any other person as trustee, commits a
crime. 442G Liability of director etc. acting
without authority Any director, manager, or officer of a
company, or any officer or member of the crew of any vessel,
or any person acting for another, who knowingly takes part in
or is in any way privy to doing, or attempts to do, any act or
thing without authority which, if authorised, would be in
contravention of any of the provisions of
this chapter, commits a crime. 442I
Penalty on conviction Any person
guilty of a crime against any of the provisions of
this
chapter is— (a) liable, if
a corporation, to
a penalty of
3,400 penalty
units, and if an individual, to 7 years
imprisonment; and (b) in addition, liable to be ordered to
pay to such person and in such manner as the court directs the
amount or value, according to the estimation of the
court, of any valuable consideration received or given by
the person, or any part thereof, and such order shall be
enforceable in the same manner as an order of the
court. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Court
may order withdrawal of trifling or technical cases
If
in any prosecution under this chapter it appears to the
court that the offence charged is, in the
particular case, of a trifling or
merely technical
nature, or
that in
the particular circumstances it
is inexpedient to proceed to a conviction, the court
may in its
discretion, and
for reason stated
on the application of
the accused, dismiss
the case; but
the court may, if it
thinks fit, make the order mentioned in section 442I.
442K Witness giving answers criminating
himself or herself (1) A person who is called as a witness in
any proceeding under this chapter shall not be excused from
answering any question relating to any offence against this
chapter on the ground that the answer
thereto may
criminate or
tend to
criminate the
person. (2)
An answer to
a question in
any such proceeding shall
not, except in the
said proceeding or in the case of any prosecution
for
perjury in respect of such answer, be in any proceeding,
civil or criminal, admissible in evidence
against the person so answering. 442L
Certificate to witness (1)
A
witness in any proceeding under this chapter who, in the
judgment of the court, answers truly all
questions which the witness is required by the court to answer
shall be entitled to receive a certificate from the court
stating that such witness has so answered. Stay of
proceedings against such witness (2)
When
a person has received a certificate as aforesaid, and any
criminal proceeding is
at any time
instituted against
the person in respect of the offence which
was in question in the proceeding in which the said person
was called as a witness, the court having cognisance of the
case shall, on proof of the certificate and
of the identity of the offence in question in the
2
cases, stay the proceedings. Page 288
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Match-fixing [s 442M] 442M
Custom of itself no defence
(1) In any prosecution under this chapter
it does not amount to a defence to
show that
the receiving, soliciting, giving,
or offering of any valuable consideration
therein mentioned or referred to is customary in any trade,
business, or calling. Burden of proof that gift not secret
commission (2) If in any prosecution under this
chapter it is proved that any valuable
consideration has
been received
or solicited by
an agent from
or given or
offered to
an agent by
any person having
business relations
with the
principal, without
the assent of
the principal, the
burden of
proving that
such valuable
consideration was not received, solicited, given, or
offered in
contravention of
any of the
provisions of
this chapter shall be
on the accused. Consent to prosecution (3)
No prosecution under
this chapter
shall be
commenced without the
consent of a Crown Law Officer. Chapter 43
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Definitions for ch 43 In this
chapter— bet or make a
bet includes— (a)
place, change, accept or withdraw a bet;
and (b) cause a
bet to be
placed, changed,
accepted or
withdrawn. encourage
includes ask,
counsel, incite,
induce, persuade,
pressure (by threats or otherwise), procure
or urge. match-fixing arrangement , in relation to
a sporting event or sporting contingency, means an agreement
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Match-fixing [s 443A] persons
relating to
any person engaging
in match-fixing conduct in
relation to the event or contingency for the purpose
of— (a) obtaining a
pecuniary benefit for any person; or (b)
causing a pecuniary detriment to any
person. match-fixing conduct , in relation to
a sporting event or the happening of a sporting contingency,
means conduct that— (a) affects, or if engaged in could
reasonably be expected to affect, the outcome of the event or
the happening of the contingency; and (b)
is
contrary to the standards of integrity that an ordinary
person would reasonably expect of persons in
a position to affect or
influence the
outcome of
the event or
the happening of the contingency.
sporting contingency means a
contingency— (a) associated with a sporting event;
and (b) on the
happening of
which a
person may
make a
bet under a law of the Commonwealth or a
State. sporting event
means a
sporting competition or
activity, whether
taking place
in Queensland or
elsewhere, on
the outcome of which a person may make a
bet under a law of the Commonwealth or a State.
443A Engaging in match-fixing
conduct (1) A person who engages in match-fixing
conduct in relation to a sporting event or the happening of a
sporting contingency for the purpose of— (a)
obtaining or
receiving a
pecuniary benefit
for any person;
or (b) causing a pecuniary detriment to
another person; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. Page 290
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Match-fixing [s 443B] (2)
For
subsection (1), it does not matter whether any person—
(a) obtains or receives a pecuniary
benefit; or (b) causes or suffers a pecuniary
detriment. 443B Facilitating match-fixing conduct or
match-fixing arrangement (1)
A person who
facilitates match-fixing conduct
or a match-fixing
arrangement in relation to a sporting event or the
happening of a sporting contingency for the
purpose of— (a) obtaining or
receiving a
pecuniary benefit
for any person;
or (b) causing a pecuniary detriment to any
person; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. (2)
For
subsection (1), a person facilitates match-fixing
conduct or a match-fixing arrangement if the person
agrees or offers to— (a) engage in the
match-fixing conduct; or (b) participate in
the match-fixing arrangement; or (c)
encourage another person to—
(i) engage in the match-fixing conduct;
or (ii) participate in
the match-fixing arrangement. (3)
For
subsection (1), it does not matter whether any person—
(a) engages in the match-fixing conduct;
or (b) obtains or receives a pecuniary
benefit; or (c) causes or suffers a pecuniary
detriment. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Match-fixing [s 443C] 443C
Offering or giving benefit, or causing or
threatening detriment, to engage in match-fixing conduct
or match-fixing arrangement (1)
A
person who, as an inducement for any person to engage in,
or to procure
any other person
to engage in,
match-fixing conduct
or participate in
a match-fixing arrangement in
relation to
a sporting event
or the happening
of a sporting
contingency— (a)
offers or gives any person a pecuniary
benefit; or (b) causes, or
offers or
threatens to
cause, a
pecuniary detriment to any
person; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. (2)
For subsection (1), it
does not
matter whether
any person engages in the
match-fixing conduct. 443D Using or
disclosing knowledge of match-fixing conduct or match-fixing
arrangement for betting (1) A
person who
has knowledge of match-fixing conduct
or a match-fixing arrangement in
relation to
a sporting event
or sporting contingency and—
(a) makes a
relevant bet
in relation to
the event or
contingency; or (b)
encourages another
person to
make a
relevant bet
in relation to the event or contingency;
or (c) discloses the knowledge to another
person who the first person knows, or ought reasonably to
know, would be likely to make a relevant bet in relation to
the event or contingency; commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—10 years
imprisonment. Page 292 Current as at
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Match-fixing [s 443E] (2)
For subsection (1)(b) or
(c), it
does not
matter whether
a person mentioned in that paragraph
makes a relevant bet in relation to the event or
contingency. (3) In this section— relevant
bet , in
relation to
a sporting event
or a sporting
contingency, means a bet on the outcome of
the event or the happening of
the sporting contingency on
behalf of
any person. 443E
Encouraging person not to disclose
match-fixing conduct or match-fixing arrangement
(1) A person who— (a)
encourages another
person to
conceal any
information about
match-fixing conduct
or a match-fixing arrangement in
relation to
a sporting event
or the happening
of a sporting
contingency from
any of the
following— (i)
a
law enforcement agency; (ii) a law
enforcement officer; (iii) the chief
executive of the department in which the Wagering Act
1998 is administered; (iv)
a
responsible entity for the sporting event; and (b)
for encouraging the
other person
to conceal the
information mentioned in subsection
(1)(a)— (i) receives or obtains, or offers to
receive or obtain, a pecuniary benefit from any person;
or (ii) gives, or offers
to give, a pecuniary benefit to any person;
or (iii) causes,
or offers, threatens
or agrees to
cause, a
pecuniary detriment to any person;
commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—10 years imprisonment. Current as at
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Match-fixing [s 443F] (2)
In
this section— responsible entity
, for a
sporting event,
means an
entity responsible for
the administration, conduct or management of the
event. Not authorised —indicative
only 443F Using or
disclosing inside knowledge for betting (1)
For
this section, information or knowledge that a person has
about a
sporting event
or sporting contingency is
inside knowledge
if— (a) a
person possesses
the information or
knowledge because the
person— (i) is or was involved in, or connected
to, the conduct, management or organisation of the sporting
event or any part of the event; or
(ii) has or had a
connection to an entity that is, or will be, a
participant in the sporting event or any part of
the
event; and (b) the information or knowledge is not
publicly available information; and (c)
if
the information or knowledge were publicly available
information, would,
or would be
likely to,
influence persons betting
on the event or contingency in deciding whether to bet
on the event or contingency; and (d)
use
of the information by the person to make a relevant
bet
would be contrary to the standards of integrity that
an
ordinary person would reasonably expect of persons
in
possession of the knowledge or information. (2)
A
person who has inside knowledge in relation to a sporting
event or sporting contingency and—
(a) makes a
relevant bet
in relation to
the event or
contingency; or (b)
encourages another
person to
make a
relevant bet
in relation to the event or
contingency; Page 294 Current as at
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Match-fixing [s 443F] commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(3) A person who— (a)
has
inside knowledge in relation to a sporting event or
sporting contingency; and
(b) discloses the inside knowledge to
another person for the purpose of
the other person
making a
relevant bet
in relation to the event or
contingency; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (4)
A
person who— (a) receives information in
relation to
a sporting event
or sporting contingency from another
person; and (b) knows, or ought reasonably to know,
the information is inside knowledge in relation to the event or
contingency; and (c) after receiving
the inside knowledge— (i) makes
a relevant bet
in relation to
the event or
contingency; or (ii)
encourages another person to make a relevant
bet in relation to the event or
contingency; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (5)
For subsection (2)(b), (3)(b)
or (4)(c)(ii), it
does not
matter whether a person
mentioned in that provision makes a relevant bet in relation
to the event or contingency. (6)
In
this section— publicly available information
means information that— (a)
is
readily available to the public; or Current as at
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Offences analogous to stealing relating to animals
[s
443G] (b) has been made known in a manner that
would, or would be likely to, bring it to the attention of
the public; or (c) consists of deductions, conclusions or
inferences made or drawn from information mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b). relevant
bet , in
relation to
a sporting event
or a sporting
contingency, means a bet on the outcome of
the event or the happening of
the sporting contingency on
behalf of
any person. 443G
Evidentiary provision For a proceeding
for an offence under this chapter, it does not matter
whether any
person is
successful in
affecting the
outcome of the sporting event or the
happening of the sporting contingency. Chapter 44
Offences analogous to stealing
relating to animals Chapter division
1 Offences relating to animals
generally 444A
Killing animals with intent to steal
(1) Any person who kills any animal
capable of being stolen with intent to steal
the skin or carcass, or any part of the skin or carcass,
is guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to
the same punishment as if
the person had stolen the animal. (2)
If the offender
is sentenced to
pay a fine
in addition to,
or instead of,
imprisonment, the
fine shall
be not less
than 10
penalty units or, where in respect of the
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444B] regulations made pursuant to section 450F,
not less than that value, whichever
is the higher
amount, for
every animal
killed. (3)
However, the fine imposed in respect of the
offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
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444B Using registered brands with criminal
intention (1) Any person who, with intent to
facilitate the commission of a crime, brands or
marks any animal with a registered brand or registered mark
without the permission of
the owner of
the brand or mark is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
5 years. (2) If the
offender is
sentenced to
pay a fine
in addition to,
or instead of,
imprisonment, the
fine shall
be not less
than 4
penalty units or, where in respect of the
animal in question a value is determined in accordance with
the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to section
450F, not less than that value, whichever
is the higher
amount, for
every animal
branded or marked. (3)
However, the fine imposed in respect of the
offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
Chapter division 2 Offences
relating to stock 445 Unlawfully using stock
(1) Any person
who unlawfully uses
an animal that
is stock, without the
consent of the person in lawful possession thereof,
is
guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for
5
years, or to a fine of not less than 4 penalty units or, where
in respect of
the animal in
question a
value is
determined in
accordance with
the provisions of
the regulations made
pursuant to
section 450F, of
not less than
that value,
whichever is the higher amount, for every
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of the offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
(3) Without in
any wise limiting
the meaning of
the term unlawfully uses
, such term
shall, for
the purposes of
this section,
also mean
and include the
unlawful possession, by
any
person, of any animal that is stock, without the consent of
the person in
lawful possession thereof,
and with intent
to deprive the owner or person in lawful
possession thereof of the use and/or possession of the
animal, either temporarily or permanently. (4)
It
is a defence to a charge of an offence defined in this
section to prove that the accused person had the
lawful consent of the owner to the use or possession by the
person of the animal in question. 446
Suspicion of stealing stock
(1) When any
animal that
is stock is
suspected, on
reasonable grounds, to have
been stolen, any person in whose possession or custody the
animal or the skin or carcass, or any part of the
skin or
carcass, of
the animal so
suspected to
have been
stolen, is
found, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, unless
the person proves that the person came
lawfully by the thing in question; and the person is liable to
imprisonment for 5 years or to a fine of not less than 4
penalty units or, where in respect of the animal in
question a value is determined in accordance with
the provisions of
the regulations made
pursuant to
section 450F, of
not less than
that value,
whichever is
the higher amount, for every animal or
skin or carcass or part of skin or carcass so found.
(2) However, the fine imposed in respect
of the offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
(3) It is a defence to a charge of the
offence defined in this section to prove that
the accused person came lawfully by the thing in
question. Page 298
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[s
447] 447 Illegal branding (1)
Any
person who, knowing that the person is not the owner of
an animal that
is stock, brands
or marks it,
or knowingly permits
it to be
branded or
marked, with
the person’s registered brand
or the person’s registered mark, is guilty of a misdemeanour,
and is liable to imprisonment for 5 years or to a fine of not
less than 4 penalty units or, where in respect of
the animal in
question a
value is
determined in
accordance with
the provisions of
the regulations made
pursuant to
section 450F, of
not less than
that value,
whichever is
the higher amount, for every animal so
branded or marked. (2) However, the fine imposed in respect
of the offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
448 Defacing brands (1)
Any
person who— (a) alters, defaces, or otherwise renders
undistinguishable, any registered brand
or registered mark
on an animal
that
is stock; or (b) knowingly permits
any such act
to be done
by any person over whom
the person has control; is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
liable to imprisonment for 5 years or to a fine of not less than
4 penalty units or, where in respect
of the animal
in question a
value is
determined in
accordance with
the provisions of
the regulations made
pursuant to
section 450F, of
not less than
that value,
whichever is the higher amount, for every
animal with respect to which the act is done.
(2) However, the fine imposed in respect
of the offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
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defaced, or
otherwise rendered
indistinguishable, or
reasonably suspected
to have been
altered, defaced,
or otherwise rendered
indistinguishable, is
found, is guilty of a misdemeanour, unless
the person proves that the person came lawfully by the animal
in question; and the person is liable to imprisonment for 5
years or to a fine of not less than 4 penalty units or,
where in respect of the animal in
question a
value is
determined in
accordance with
the provisions of the regulations made
pursuant to section 450F, of not less than that value, whichever
is the higher amount, for every animal so found.
(2) However, the fine imposed in respect
of the offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.
(3) It is a defence to a charge of the
offence defined in this section to prove that
the accused person came lawfully by the animal in
question. Chapter division 3 Arrest
450A Arrest without warrant
A person found
committing any
of the offences
defined in
chapter division
2 may be
arrested without
warrant by
the owner of the property in question or
the owner’s servant or by any person authorised by such owner or
servant. 450B Warrant in first instance
A
justice may issue a warrant in the first instance for the
arrest of any person
charged with
any of the
offences defined
in chapter division 2.
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[s
450D] Chapter 44A Special
provisions in respect of offences relating to stock
Chapter division 1 Preliminary 450D
Definitions for ch 44A In this
chapter— adequate prescribed record
, of
an animal, means a prescribed record that is a
true representation of the animal. animal
means any animal that is stock.
prescribed record , of an animal,
means a record of the animal (including of
any brands, permitted
brand imprinting positions, ear
marks, or
tags on
the animal) consisting of
photographs, tapes, films, digital imagery
or any other means of visual reproduction (or any combination
of them). stock disposal order see section
450EB(1). Chapter division 2 Prescribed
records 450E Duty of police officer who seizes an
animal connected with a charge (1)
A police officer
who seizes an
animal connected
with a
charge— (a)
must
as soon as reasonably practicable after the seizure
cause an adequate prescribed record of the
animal to be made; and (b)
if
an adequate prescribed record of the animal is caused
to
be made by the police officer or is otherwise available
to a
police officer, may cause the animal to be returned
to
its owner if the defendant does not object to its return.
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450EA] (2) However, subsection
(1)(a) does not
apply if
an adequate prescribed
record of the animal is already available to a police
officer. 450EA
Admissibility of adequate prescribed record (1)
An
adequate prescribed record of an animal is admissible in a
proceeding on the charge in relation to
which the prescribed record was made by, or made available
to, a police officer or on a
related charge,
as evidence of
the matters it
depicts, including any of
the following— (a) the existence of the animal when the
prescribed record was made; (b)
the
condition of the animal at that time; (c)
a
brand or other mark or feature of identification on the
animal at that time. (2)
Subsection (3) applies if an adequate
prescribed record of an animal connected with a charge and
seized by a police officer is tendered as evidence of matters
depicted by the record in a proceeding on
the charge or a related charge. (3)
No objection can
be taken or
allowed to
the admission as
evidence of
matters depicted
by the adequate
prescribed record.
(4) Subsections (1) and
(3) apply in
relation to
a proceeding whether it is
started before or after the commencement of this
section. (5)
In
this section— related charge
, for a
charge, means
a charge based
on the same
act or omission
as the act
or omission that
charge is
based on. Page 302
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[s
450EB] Chapter division 3 Stock disposal
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450EB
Application for stock disposal order (1)
A
police officer or Crown prosecutor may apply to the District
Court or a Magistrates Court for an
order (a stock disposal
order ) for the sale
of an animal that is— (a) seized;
and (b) connected with
a charge that
has not finally
been disposed
of. (2) An application for a stock disposal
order for an animal may be made only if— (a)
a police officer
has caused an
adequate prescribed record
of the animal
to be made,
or an adequate
prescribed record of the animal is otherwise
available to a police officer; and (b)
either— (i)
the
defendant objects to the animal’s return to its owner; or
(ii) all of the
following apply— (A) the defendant
has indicated to
a police officer that the
defendant does not object to the animal’s
return to its owner; (B) a
police officer
has offered the
owner the
return of the animal; (C)
the
owner declined the offer. (3) However,
subsection (2)(b) does
not apply if
the defendant and
the person claiming
ownership of
the animal can
not reasonably be located.
(4) The applicant must, at least 28 days
before the hearing of the application, give
each person
who has a
legal or
equitable interest
in the animal
a copy of
the application, unless
the person can not reasonably be
located. Current as at [Not applicable]
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450EC] (5) Each person who has a legal or
equitable interest in the animal may be a party
to the application. Not authorised —indicative
only 450EC Affidavit to accompany
application An application for a stock disposal order
for an animal must be accompanied by
1 or more
affidavits stating
the following— (a)
a
description of the animal; (b) the charge with
which the animal is connected; (c)
the
name of the defendant, the police officer or Crown
prosecutor, and the person claiming to own
the animal; (d) details of the adequate prescribed
record of the animal; (e) the value of the
animal as valued under section 450F; (f)
the
number of animals connected with the charge; (g)
the
date and place of the animal’s seizure; (h)
the
persons to whom the applicant gave a copy of the
application under section 450EB(4);
(i) the persons to whom the applicant
could not give a copy of the application under section
450EB(4) because the
person could not reasonably be
located. 450ED When order may be made if party
disputes making of order If a party to an
application for a stock disposal order for an animal disputes
the making of the order, the court may make the order only
if it is satisfied of the following— (a)
section 450EB(2) is
satisfied in
relation to
the application; (b)
the applicant gave
each person
who has a
legal or
equitable interest in the animal a copy of
the application as required under section 450EB(4);
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450EE] (c) the animal has been valued under
section 450F; (d) the animal is not registered breeding
stock; (e) the defendant has had a reasonable
time to conduct his or her own inquiries about the
identification and value of the
animal; (f) there is no good reason for not making
the order. 450EE Order if no dispute If no party to
an application for a stock disposal order for an
animal disputes the making of the order, the
court may make the order, unless
there is
a good reason
for not making
the order. 450EF Content of
order (1) A stock disposal order for an animal
must— (a) identify the animal; and
(b) direct the commissioner of the police
service to sell the animal— (i)
by
auction at market value; or (ii)
in
another stated way; and (c) direct that the
net proceeds of the sale be paid into the court.
(2) Subsection (3) applies if—
(a) the defendant
is acquitted or
convicted of
the charge with which the
animal is connected; or (b) the prosecution
of the defendant in relation to the charge with which the
animal is connected is discontinued. (3)
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of the court,
in which the
proceeds are
held, in
a stated way. (4)
In
deciding how the net proceeds of sale are to be paid out of
the
court, the court must give priority to any amount owing,
immediately before
the sale, to
an entity under
a security interest
registered for the animal under the Personal
Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth).
(5) Payment out of court under an order
under subsection (3) is stayed— (a)
for
1 month after the making of the order; or (b)
if
an appeal against the defendant’s conviction is started,
until the end of the appeal.
(6) The appeal
court may
vary an
order made
under subsection
(3). 450EG Security for costs of keeping
animal (1) Subsection (2) applies if—
(a) a party to an application for a stock
disposal order for an animal disputes the making of the
order; and (b) no stock disposal order is
made. (2) The court
may order the
party to
provide security,
for the benefit of the
person keeping the animal, for the amount of the
costs decided
by the court
of keeping the
animal for
the relevant period. (3)
In
this section— relevant period means the
period— (a) starting on the day the hearing of the
application starts; and (b) ending on the
later of the following— (i) the day judgment
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450EH] (ii) the day on which
any right to appeal relating to the charge with
which the animal is connected expires. 450EH Clear title
to animal for sale under order A stock disposal
order for an animal is sufficient authority for the commissioner
of the police service to convey clear title to the animal to
any buyer under the order. Chapter division 4 Other
provisions 450EI Unavailability of animal at
trial (1) An animal
connected with
a charge and
seized by
a police officer is not
required to be made available at the defendant’s
trial if an adequate prescribed record of
the animal is available to the prosecutor for the
trial. (2) A defendant’s trial is not unfair
merely because an animal is unavailable at
trial because it has been— (a) sold under a
stock disposal order; or (b) returned to its
owner under section 450E(1)(b) after its seizure.
450EJ
Effect of defendant not objecting to animal’s return to its
owner (1)
This section
applies if
a police officer
seizes an
animal connected with a
charge and the defendant does not object to the return of
the animal to its owner. (2) In
a proceeding on
the charge the
court can
not draw an
inference adverse
to the defendant
from the
fact that
the defendant does not object to the
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450F] 450F Animal valuers and valuations
(1) This section is applicable in every
case in which a provision of this Code
relates the amount of a fine to the value of an animal
determined in
accordance with
the provisions of
the regulations made pursuant to this
section. (2) The chief executive may appoint a
person as an animal valuer. (3)
The Governor in
Council may
make regulations, not
inconsistent with
the provisions of
this Code,
for or with
respect to the following—
(a) terms and conditions of appointment of
animal valuers; (b) qualifications, eligibility and
experience of persons to be animal
valuers; (c) fees and allowances payable to animal
valuers; (d) appointment of animal valuers;
(e) valuation of animals by animal
valuers; (f) the selection of panels of animal
valuers; (g) the constitution and operation of
panels, including the number of animal valuers constituting
a panel; (h) functions and duties of animal
valuers; (i) the keeping of a register of animal
valuers; (j) method of
determination of
valuation of
animals in
cases where
animals available
for inspection and
in cases where animals not available for
inspection and, in the latter case, use of hides, skins, ears,
photographs or tapes, films or any other means of visual
reproduction, books, records
and comparable prices
for comparable animals;
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[s
450H] (l) procedures in relation to meetings of
panels and making of valuations of
animals in
conjunction with
court proceedings and
adjournments of proceedings; (m)
identification of animals by panels;
(n) issue and
use of valuation
certificates with
respect to
valuation of animals; (o)
form
of valuation certificates; (p) regulating matters
and procedures relating
to the initiation of
the making of valuations of animals, times within which
valuations are to be made in relation to any proceedings,
adjournments of proceedings in connection with the making
of animal valuations, use of valuation certificates in
proceedings and
receipt of
valuation certificates as
evidence in proceedings; (q) sufficiency of
evidence of value of animals by tender of valuation
certificates in proceedings until contrary value
is
proved, determination of value where contrary value
is
so proved, and application of such determined value;
(r) facilitation of proof of—
(i) appointments of animal valuers;
and (ii) selection of
animal valuers to panels; and (iii)
signatures of animal valuers;
(s) such other
matters as
may be convenient for
the operation of
this section
and its application in
accordance with subsection (1) or that may
be necessary or expedient to
achieve the objects
and purposes with
respect to such operation and
application. 450H Licence disqualification where
commission of offence facilitated by licence or use of
vehicle (1) Where a person is convicted of an
offence under section 242, 398 (where the offence relates to the
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450I] magistrate is satisfied that the commission
of the offence by that person was facilitated by the holding
by the person of a driver licence or by the use by the person
of a motor vehicle, the court or magistrate may order and direct
in addition to any sentence that may be passed or penalty that
may be imposed that the
offender shall,
from the
date of
conviction, be
disqualified absolutely from
holding or
obtaining a
driver licence
to operate a
motor vehicle
or be so
disqualified for
such period
as the court
or magistrate shall
specify in
the order. (2)
A
copy of the order shall be transmitted to the chief
executive of the department in which the
Transport Operations (Road
Use
Management) Act 1995 is administered by the officer
or clerk having custody of the records of the
court wherein the conviction was recorded. (3)
In
this section— driver licence includes any
driving licence or driving permit deemed to be
equivalent in Queensland to and accepted in lieu
of a
driver licence for the purpose of authorising the holder
thereof to drive in Queensland any vehicle
of the type or class to the driving of which the driving
licence or driving permit is applicable. (4)
Nothing contained in this section limits the
operation of any other provision of any Act under which the
court or magistrate is empowered to do any act or thing in
respect of the driving, or the driver licence, of any
offender. 450I Forfeiture in cases of conviction for
offences under specified sections (1)
Where a person is convicted of an offence
under section 242, 398 (where the offence relates to the
stealing of an animal), 444A, 444B, 445, 446, 447, 448, 448A
or 468, the court or magistrate may
order to
be forfeited to
Her Majesty any
vehicle, vessel, animal, equipment or other
property or thing used in connection with or to facilitate the
commission of the offence of which the person has been
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Anything forfeited
to Her Majesty
pursuant to
this section
shall be
dealt with
or disposed of
in such manner
as the Attorney-General
directs. Division 2 Injuries to
property Chapter 45 Definitions 458
Unlawful acts (1)
An act which
causes injury
to the property
of another, and
which is done without the owner’s consent,
is unlawful unless it is authorised or justified or excused by
law. (2) For section 469, punishment in special
cases, clause 11, the destruction or
damage by
a person of
property fixed
in a cemetery or at a
crematorium is unlawful unless the person is acting—
(a) with the owner’s consent; or
(b) with the lawful consent of the entity
(if any) responsible for managing
and administering the
cemetery or
crematorium; or (c)
in
the reasonable belief that lawful consent mentioned in
paragraph (b) has been given.
(3) It is
immaterial that
the person who
does the
injury is
in possession of the property injured, or
has a partial interest in it, or
an interest in
it as joint
or part owner
or owner in
common. (4)
A
person is not criminally responsible for an injury caused to
property by the use of such force as is
reasonably necessary for the purpose of defending or
protecting himself, herself, or any
other person,
or any property,
from injury
which the
person believes, on reasonable grounds, to
be imminent. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Acts
done with intent to defraud (1)
When an
act which causes
injury to
property, and
which would be
otherwise lawful, is done with intent to defraud any
person, it is unlawful. (2)
When an
act which causes
injury to
property is
done with
intent to defraud any person, it is
immaterial that the property in question is
the property of the offender. Chapter 46
Offences 461
Arson (1)
Any
person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to any of the
things following, that is to say—
(a) a building or structure;
(b) a motor vehicle, train, aircraft or
vessel; (c) any stack of cultivated vegetable
produce, or of mineral or vegetable fuel; (d)
a mine, or
the workings, fittings,
or appliances of
a mine; is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for life. (2)
It is immaterial whether
or not a
thing mentioned
in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is
complete. 462 Endangering particular property by
fire A person who
wilfully and
unlawfully sets
fire to
anything situated so that
a thing mentioned in section 461(1)(a) to (d) is
likely to catch fire from it commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—14 years
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Setting fire to crops and growing
plants Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets
fire to any of the things following, that is to say—
(a) a crop of cultivated vegetable
produce, whether standing or cut; (b)
a
crop of hay or grass, whether the natural or indigenous
product of the soil or not, and whether
under cultivation or not, and whether standing or cut;
(c) any standing
trees, saplings,
or shrubs, whether
indigenous or cultivated;
(d) any heath, gorse, furze, or
fern; is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years. 467 Endangering the
safe use of vehicles and related transport
infrastructure (1) A person
who, with
intent to
prejudice the
safe use
of a vehicle or
related transport infrastructure or to injure property
in a
vehicle or related transport infrastructure, does anything
that endangers, or
is likely to
endanger, the
safe use
of the vehicle or
related transport infrastructure commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
(2) In this section— do
anything, for
a person who
has a duty
to do the
thing, includes omit to
do the thing. in includes on. related
transport infrastructure includes
a road, railway,
runway, station,
airport, terminal,
wharf, jetty
or other structure
used by
a vehicle to
travel or
by persons using
a vehicle to travel. Current as at
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Offences [s 468] 468
Injuring animals (1)
Any person who
wilfully and
unlawfully kills,
maims, or
wounds, any
animal capable
of being stolen
is guilty of
an indictable offence.
(2) If the animal in question is stock,
the offender is guilty of a crime, and is
liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (3)
In
any other case the offender is guilty of a misdemeanour,
and
is liable to imprisonment for 2 years, or, if the offence is
committed by night, to imprisonment for 3
years. (4) If the offender (whether guilty of a
crime or a misdemeanour) kills or maims the animal and is
sentenced to pay a fine in addition to, or instead of
imprisonment, the fine shall be not less than the
prescribed penalty units or, where in respect of
the animal in
question a
value is
determined in
accordance with
the provisions of
the regulations made
pursuant to
section 450F, not less than that value,
whichever is the higher amount, for every animal killed or
maimed. (5) However, the fine imposed in respect
of the offence shall not exceed 500 penalty units.
(6) In this section— prescribed
penalty units means— (a)
for
stock—10 penalty units; or (b) otherwise—8
penalty units. 469 Wilful damage (1)
Any
person who wilfully and unlawfully destroys or damages
any
property is guilty of an offence which, unless otherwise
stated, is a misdemeanour, and the person is
liable, if no other punishment is provided, to imprisonment for
5 years. (2) For this section, other than
punishment in special cases, clause 11,
the destruction or
damage of
property that
is a thing
mentioned in section 566(11) is presumed to
be done without the owner’s consent until the contrary is
proved. Page 314 Current as at
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Offences [s 1] (3)
For
this section, punishment in special cases, clause 11, the
destruction or
damage of
property is,
until the
contrary is
proved, presumed to be done—
(a) without the owner’s consent;
and (b) if the
property is
fixed in
a cemetery or
at a crematorium— (i)
without the
lawful consent
of the entity
(if any) responsible for
managing and
administering the
cemetery or crematorium; and
(ii) not
in the reasonable belief
that lawful
consent mentioned in
subparagraph (i) has been given. Punishment in
special cases 1 Destroying or damaging premises by
explosion If— (a) the property in
question is premises; and (b) the
destruction or
damage is
caused by
an explosion; and
(c) either— (i)
anyone is in or on the premises when the
explosion happens; or (ii)
the destruction or
damage actually
endangers anyone’s
life; the offender commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
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Offences [s 2] 2 Sea walls and
other property If— (a) the property in
question is— (i) a bank or wall of the sea or inland
water; or (ii) a work relating
to a port or inland water; and (b)
the destruction or
damage causes
an actual danger
of inundation or of damage to land or a
building; the offender commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—life imprisonment.
3 Wills and registers
If the property
in question is
a testamentary instrument, whether the
testator is living or dead, or a register which is
authorised or required by law to be kept for
authenticating or recording the
title to
any property, or
for recording births,
baptisms, marriages, deaths, or burials, or
a copy of any part of any such register which is required by
law to be sent to any public officer, the offender is guilty
of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
14 years. 4 Wrecks If the property
in question is a vessel in distress, or wrecked,
or
stranded, or anything which belongs to such a vessel, the
offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to imprisonment for 7 years. 5
Railways If the property
in question is any part of a railway, or any work
connected with a railway, the offender is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14
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Offences [s 6] 6
Aircraft If the property
in question is an aircraft or anything whatever either
directly or
indirectly connected
with the
guidance control or
operation of an aircraft, the offender is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14
years. Not authorised —indicative only
7 Other things of special value
If— (a) the property in
question— (i) is a vessel, whether complete or not;
and (ii) is destroyed or
rendered useless; or (b) the property in
question— (i) is a light, beacon, buoy, mark or
signal; and (ii) is
used for
navigation or
for the guidance
of sailors; or (c)
the
property in question is— (i) a bank or wall
of the sea or inland water; or (ii)
a
work relating to a port or inland water; or (d)
the
property in question— (i) is
a manufacturing or
agricultural machine
or another thing
used, or
intended for
use, for
manufacture or for performing a process
connected with the preparation of agricultural
produce; and (ii) is destroyed or
rendered useless; or (e) the property in
question is— (i) a well or bore for water; or
(ii) the dam, bank,
wall, or floodgate of a millpond or pool;
the
offender commits a crime. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Offences [s 8] Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. Not
authorised —indicative
only 8 Deeds and
records If the property in question is a document
which is deposited or kept in a public office, or which is
evidence of title to any land or estate in
land, the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to
imprisonment for 7 years. 9 Graffiti
(1) If the property in question is in a
public place, or is visible from a public
place, and the destruction or damage is caused by—
(a) spraying, writing,
drawing, marking
or otherwise applying paint
or another marking substance; or (b)
scratching or etching; the offender
commits a crime and is liable to imprisonment for 7
years. (2) The court may— (a)
whether or
not it imposes
any other penalty
for the offence,
order the
offender to
perform community
service under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , part 5, division 2,
including for example, removing graffiti from property;
and (b) whether or not it imposes any penalty
for the offence, order the
offender to
pay
compensation to any person under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
part 3,
division 4. Note—
1 For the requirement for the court to
make a graffiti removal order see the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , part 5A and the
Youth Justice Act 1992 , part 7,
division 7A. 2 For the discretion of the court to
order the forfeiture of a thing used
to record, store
or transmit an
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Offences [s 10] related
to, the commission of
the offence see
section 469AA. Not
authorised —indicative only
10 Educational institutions
(1) If the
property in
question is
part of
a school, education
centre, college, university, or another
educational institution, the offender commits a crime and is
liable to imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
The
court may— (a) whether or
not it imposes
any other penalty
for the offence,
order the
offender to
perform community
service work
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 , part 5,
division 2 including for example, cleaning or
repairing any
damaged property
that is
part of
an educational institution; and
(b) whether or not it imposes any penalty
for the offence, order the
offender to
pay
compensation to any person under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
part 3,
division 4. 11
Cemeteries etc. (1)
If
the property in question is— (a)
a
grave, vault, niche or memorial in a cemetery or at a
crematorium; or (b)
a
war memorial; or (c) at a place of religious
worship; the offender commits a crime and is liable
to imprisonment for 7 years. (2)
In
this clause— memorial ,
in a cemetery
or at a
crematorium, includes
the following— (a)
a
headstone; Current as at [Not applicable]
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Offences [s 469AA] (b)
an
inscribed plaque or commemorative plate; (c)
a
monumental, ornamental or other structure; (d)
another thing erected or placed—
(i) to mark the site where human remains
have been buried or placed; or (ii)
to
commemorate a deceased person. 469AA Forfeiture
of thing used to record, store or transmit image of
graffiti (1) This section applies if—
(a) a person
is convicted, whether
on indictment or
summarily, of
an offence against
section 469 that
is punishable under section 469, item 9;
and (b) the person was an adult at the time of
the commission of the offence; and (c)
the
court is satisfied that a thing owned or possessed by
the person was
used to
record, store
or transmit an
image of, or related to, the commission of
the offence. Example of a thing used to record, store or
transmit an image— a camera, mobile phone or computer
(2) When the court is imposing a sentence
on the person for the offence, the court may order the thing
be forfeited to the State. (3) Subsection
(2) applies whether
the thing to
be forfeited has
been
seized or is in its owner’s possession. (4)
The court may
also make
any order that
it considers appropriate to
enforce the forfeiture. (5) This
section does
not limit the
court’s powers
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
the Criminal Proceeds
Confiscation Act 2002 or another
law. (6) When forfeited
to the State,
the thing becomes
the State’s property
and may be
dealt with
as directed by
the chief executive. Page 320
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469A Sabotage and threatening
sabotage (1) A person who wilfully and unlawfully
destroys or damages a public facility with intent to
cause— (a) major disruption to government
functions; or (b) major disruption to the use of
services by the public; or (c) major economic
loss; is guilty of a crime. Maximum
penalty—25 years imprisonment. (2)
A person who
threatens to
commit sabotage
is guilty of
a crime. Maximum
penalty—14 years imprisonment. (3)
For
subsection (2), a person threatens to commit sabotage if—
(a) the person threatens to unlawfully
destroy or damage a public facility; and (b)
the threat is
made with
the intention of
inducing in
someone else a belief that the threat will
be carried out; and (c) if
the threat were
to be carried
out, the
threatened destruction or
damage would be likely to cause— (i)
major disruption to government functions;
or (ii) major
disruption to
the use of
services by
the public; or (iii)
major economic loss. (4)
A person can
not be prosecuted for
an offence against
subsection (1) or (2) without a Crown Law
Officer’s consent. (5) In this section— damage
, a
public facility, includes disrupt the operation or use
of
the facility. government entity means—
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Offences [s 470] (b)
a
State instrumentality, agency, authority or entity; or
(c) a corporate entity established by an
Act or that is of a description of a corporate entity provided
for by an Act that, in
either case,
collects revenues
or raises funds
under the authority of an Act; or
(d) a government owned corporation;
or (e) another State, the Commonwealth, a
local government or a local government of another State;
or (f) another entity performing a government
function. government functions means functions
of the State, another State, the
Commonwealth, a
local government or
a local government of
another State. public facility means any of the
following, whether publicly or privately
owned— (a) premises or
another place
occupied by
a government entity;
(b) a public infrastructure facility,
including— (i) infrastructure for a water or sewerage
service; and (ii) a facility for
supplying energy or fuel to the public; and
(iii) a facility for a
telecommunication system; and (iv)
roads, railways,
equipment, vehicles
and other infrastructure
for public transport; and (v) other
infrastructure for a community service; (c)
a
public place. 470 Attempts to destroy property by
explosives Any person who,
unlawfully, and
with intent
to destroy or
damage any
property, puts
any explosive substance
in any place
whatever, is
guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years.
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Offences [s 470A] 470A
Unlawful dealing with explosive or noxious
substances A person who,
in circumstances that
may cause injury
to a person or damage
to property, wilfully and unlawfully— (a)
throws, leaves down, or otherwise deposits
an explosive or noxious substance; or (b)
makes, or
has possession of,
an explosive or
noxious substance; commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
471 Damaging mines (1)
A
person who unlawfully and with intent to damage a mine—
(a) damages a mine; or Example—
obstructing the working of a mine by running
water into the mine or into an underground passage leading
into the mine (b) interferes with
equipment or
infrastructure, whether
complete or not, connected or used with a
mine; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. (2)
In
this section— damage , a mine,
includes obstruct the working of the mine. equipment
includes machinery, appliance, cable
and apparatus. infrastructure means a road,
building or other structure. interfere
, with equipment
or infrastructure, means
detrimentally interfere with its effective
or efficient operation. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Interfering with marine signals
Any
person who wilfully and unlawfully removes, defaces, or
renders invisible, any
light, beacon,
buoy, mark,
or signal, used for
purposes of navigation, or for the guidance of sailors,
or
unlawfully attempts to remove, deface, or render invisible,
any such thing,
is guilty of
a crime, and
is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years.
473 Interfering with navigation
works Any person who— (a)
wilfully and unlawfully removes or disturbs
any fixed object or materials used for securing a bank
or wall of the sea, or of a river, canal, aqueduct,
reservoir, or inland water, or for securing any work which
appertains to a port, harbour, dock, canal, aqueduct,
reservoir, or inland water, or
which is
used for
purposes of
navigation or
lading or unlading goods; or
(b) unlawfully does
any act with
intent to
obstruct the
carrying on,
completion, or
maintenance, of
the navigation of
a navigable river
or canal, and
thereby obstructs such
carrying on, completion, or maintenance; is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
474 Communicating infectious diseases to
animals Any person who
wilfully and
unlawfully causes,
or is concerned in
causing, or attempts to cause, any infectious or
contagious disease
to be communicated to
or among any
animal or animals capable of being stolen,
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for
life. 475 Travelling with infected
animals Any person who causes any animal which is
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Offences [s 477] or 1 of 2 or
more joint owners of any animal which is infected
with
an infectious or contagious disease, permits or connives
at
the travelling of any such animal, contrary to the
provisions of any statute
relating to
infected animals
of that kind,
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. 477 Obstructing
railways Any person who, by any unlawful act, or by
any intentional omission to
do any act
which it is
the person’s duty
to do, causes
any engine or
vehicle in
use upon a
railway to
be obstructed in
its passage on
the railway, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 2 years. 478 Sending letters
threatening to burn or destroy Any
person who,
knowing the
contents of
the document, causes any
person to receive any document threatening that any building or
vessel, whether complete or not, or any stack of cultivated
vegetable produce, or any such produce that is in
or
under a building, shall be burnt or destroyed, is guilty of
a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7
years. 479 Arrest without warrant
Any
person found committing a misdemeanour defined in this
chapter may be arrested without warrant by
the owner of the property injured
or the owner’s
employee or
a person authorised by
the owner or employee. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Forgery and like offences—
personation Chapter 48
Forgery in general—definitions
484 Definitions In this
division— bank note includes any
negotiable instrument issued by or on behalf of any
person or corporation in any part of the world, or
issued by
the authority of
any
state, prince, or
government, and
intended to
be used as
equivalent to
money, either
immediately on
issue or
at any time
afterwards, and
also includes a bank
bill or bank post bill. document does
not include trademarks on
articles of
commerce. seal
includes any
stamp, die,
or other thing,
of whatever material, from
which an impression can be taken by means of pressure or of
ink, or by any other means. Chapter 49
Punishment of forgery and like
offences 488
Forgery and uttering (1)
A
person who, with intent to defraud— (a)
forges a document; or (b)
utters a forged document;
commits a crime. Maximum
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Punishment of forgery and like offences [s 498]
(a) if the document is a valuable
security, insurance policy, testamentary
instrument (whether the testator is living or dead)
or registration document
or is evidence
of an interest in
land—14 years imprisonment; or (b)
if the document
is a power
of attorney, contract
or document kept or issued by lawful
authority other than a document mentioned
in paragraph (a)—7
years imprisonment;
or (c) otherwise—3 years imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) applies
whether or
not the document
is complete and even though it is not, or
does not purport to be, binding in law. (3)
In
this section— registration document means a document
kept or issued by the registrar under
the Births, Deaths
and Marriages Registration Act
2003 or
an equivalent document
kept or
issued under a law of another jurisdiction,
inside or outside Australia. 498
Falsifying warrants for money payable under
public authority Any
person, who,
being employed
in the public
service, knowingly and
with intent to defraud makes out or delivers to any person a
warrant for the payment of any money payable by public
authority for a greater or less amount than that to
which the person on whose behalf the warrant
is made out is entitled is guilty of a crime, and is liable
to imprisonment for 7 years. 499
Falsification of registers
(1) Any person who, having the actual
custody of any register or record kept by lawful authority,
knowingly permits any entry which, in any
material particular, is to the person’s knowledge
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Punishment of forgery and like offences [s 500]
false, to be made in the register or record
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7
years. (2) The offender can not be arrested
without warrant. Not authorised —indicative
only 500 Sending false
certificate of marriage to registrar Any person who
signs or transmits to a person authorised by law
to register marriages
a certificate of
marriage, or
any document purporting to be a
certificate of marriage, which, in any material
particular, is to the person’s knowledge false, is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years. 501 False statements
for the purpose of registers of births, deaths, and
marriages Any person who
knowingly, and
with intent
to procure the
same to
be inserted in
a register of
births, deaths,
or marriages, makes
any false statement
touching any
matter required by law
to be registered in any such register, is guilty
of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
501A Contradictory statements
If, on the
trial for
a person under
section 501, the
jury is
satisfied— (a)
the accused has
made 2
statements and
1 is irreconcilably
in conflict with the other; and (b)
the
accused made 1 of the statements knowing it to be
false; but
the jury is
unable to
say which statement
was falsely made, the jury
may make a special finding to that effect and find the accused
guilty of the offence. 502 Procuring or
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Preparation for forgery [s 510] (a)
by any false
representation procures
any authority authorised by
any statute to issue certificates testifying that
the holders thereof
are entitled to
any right or
privilege, or
to enjoy any
rank or
status, to
issue to
himself, herself or any other person any
such certificate; or (b) falsely
represents to
any person that
the person has
obtained any certificate issued by any such
authority; or (c) by any false representation procures
himself, herself or any other person to be registered on any
register kept by lawful authority as a person entitled to
such a certificate, or as a
person entitled
to any right
or privilege, or
to enjoy any rank or status;
is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
3
years. Chapter 51 Preparation for
forgery 510 Instruments and materials for
forgery Any person who unlawfully—
(a) makes, or starts or prepares to make,
a thing with intent to use it to forge a document; or
(b) possesses a
thing with
intent to
use it to
forge a
document; or (c)
uses
a thing to forge a document; or (d)
disposes of
a thing that
has been used
to forge a
document; commits a
crime. Maximum penalty—14 years
imprisonment. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Personation [s 514] Chapter 52
Personation Not
authorised —indicative
only 514 Personation in
general (1) Any person
who, with
intent to
defraud any
person, falsely
represents himself or herself to be some
other person, living or dead, real or fictitious, is guilty of
an offence which, unless otherwise stated, is a misdemeanour,
and the person is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
(2) If the representation is that the
offender is a person entitled by will
or operation of
law to any
specific property,
and the person
commits the
offence with
intent to
obtain such
property or possession thereof, the person
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14
years. 515 Falsely acknowledging deeds,
recognisances etc. Any person who, without lawful authority or
excuse, the proof of which lies on the person, makes, in the
name of any other person, before any court or person lawfully
authorised to take such an
acknowledgement, an
acknowledgement of
liability of
any kind, or
an acknowledgement of
a deed or
other instrument, is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment
for
7 years. Division 4 Offences
connected with trade and breach of contract
Chapter 54 Other
offences 533 Mixing uncertified with certified
articles When a mark has been attached to any
article, or a certificate has been given with respect to any
article, under the authority of any statute,
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offences [s 535] article, or the
fact that it has been examined or approved by or
under the authority of some public body or
public officer, any person who mixes with the article so marked
or certified any other article which has not been so examined
or approved, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. Not
authorised —indicative only
Part
7 Preparation to commit offences—conspiracy— accessories
after the fact Chapter 55 Attempts and
preparation to commit offences 535
Attempts to commit indictable
offences (1) If a person attempts to commit a
crime, the person commits a crime.
(2) If a person attempts to commit a
misdemeanour, the person commits a misdemeanour.
536 Punishment of attempts to commit
indictable offences (1) A person
who attempts to
commit an
indictable offence
punishable by
mandatory life
imprisonment is
liable, if
no other punishment is provided, to life
imprisonment. (2) A person
who attempts to
commit an
indictable offence
punishable by
life imprisonment but
not mandatory life
imprisonment is liable, if no other
punishment is provided, to 14 years imprisonment.
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fact Chapter 55 Attempts and preparation to commit
offences [s 538] (3)
A
person who attempts to commit any other indictable offence
is
liable, if no other punishment is provided, to a punishment
equal to
one-half of
the greatest punishment to
which an
offender convicted of the offence is
liable. (4) In this section— mandatory
life imprisonment means
a penalty of
life imprisonment
that can not be mitigated or varied under this Code or any
other law. 538 Reduction of punishment
(1) When a
person is
convicted of
attempting to
commit an
offence, if it is proved that the person
desisted of the person’s own motion
from the
further prosecution of
the person’s intention, without
its fulfilment being
prevented by
circumstances independent of the person’s
will, the person is liable to one-half only of the punishment to
which the person would otherwise be liable.
(2) If the
punishment to
which the
person would
otherwise be
liable for
the attempt is
imprisonment for
life, the
greatest punishment to
which the person is liable is imprisonment for 14 years.
539 Attempts to procure commission of
criminal acts (1) Any person who attempts to procure
another— (a) to do an act or make an omission in
Queensland; or (b) to do an act or make an omission
outside Queensland; being an act or omission of such a nature
that, if the act were done or
the omission made,
an offence would
thereby be
committed— (c)
in
the case referred to in paragraph (a)—under the laws
of
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fact Chapter 55 Attempts and preparation to commit
offences [s 540] (d)
in
the case referred to in paragraph (b)—under the laws
in force in
the place where
the act or
omission is
proposed to be done or made;
whether by himself, herself or by the other
person, is guilty of an offence
of the same
kind and
is liable to
the same punishment as if
the person had attempted to do the same act or make the same
omission in Queensland. (1A) However,
in the case
referred to
in subsection (1)(b), the
punishment can not exceed that which the
person would have incurred under the laws in force where the
act or omission was proposed to be done or made, if the person
had attempted to do the proposed act or make the proposed
omission. (2) Any person
who, while
out of Queensland, attempts
to procure another
to do an
act or make
an omission in
Queensland of such a nature that, if the
person had done the act or made
the omission in
Queensland, the
person would
have
been guilty of an offence is guilty of an offence of the
same kind
and is liable
to the same
punishment as
if the person had
attempted to do the act or make the omission in Queensland. 540
Preparation to commit crimes with dangerous
things A person who
makes, or
knowingly has
possession of,
an explosive substance or other dangerous
or noxious thing— (a) with intent to commit a crime by using
the thing; or (b) to enable anyone to commit a crime by
using the thing; commits a crime. Maximum
penalty—7 years imprisonment. Current as at
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fact Chapter 56 Conspiracy [s 541]
Chapter 56 Conspiracy Not
authorised —indicative
only 541 Conspiracy to
commit crime (1) Any person who conspires with another
to commit any crime, or to
do any act
in any part
of the world
which if
done in
Queensland would be a crime, and which is an
offence under the laws in force in the place where it is
proposed to be done, is guilty of a crime, and is liable,
if no other punishment is provided, to
imprisonment for
7 years; or,
if the greatest
punishment to
which a
person convicted
of the crime
in question is liable is less than
imprisonment for 7 years, then to such lesser
punishment. (2) A prosecution for an offence defined
in this section shall not be instituted without the consent of
the Attorney-General. 542 Conspiracy to
commit other offences (1) Any
person who
conspires with
another to
commit any
offence which is not a crime, or to do any
act in any part of the world which if done in Queensland
would be an offence but not a crime, and which is an offence
under the laws in force in the place
where it
is proposed to
be done, is
guilty of
a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment for 3 years. (2) A prosecution
for an offence defined in this section shall not
be
instituted without the consent of the Attorney-General.
543 Other conspiracies (1)
Any
person who conspires with another to effect any of the
purposes following, that is to say—
(a) to prevent or defeat the execution or
enforcement of any statute law; (b)
to
cause any injury to the person or reputation of any
person, or to depreciate the value of any
property of any person; Page 334
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(c) to prevent or obstruct the free and
lawful disposition of any property by the owner thereof for
its fair value; (d) to injure any person in the person’s
trade or profession; (e) to prevent or
obstruct, by means of any act or acts which if
done by
an individual person
would constitute an
offence on the person’s part, the free and
lawful exercise by any person
of the person’s
trade, profession, or
occupation; (f)
to
effect any unlawful purpose; (g)
to
effect any lawful purpose by any unlawful means;
is
guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for
3
years. (2) A prosecution for an offence defined
in this section shall not be instituted without the consent of
the Attorney-General. 543A Industrial
disputes (1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in
section 543, no
act done or
omission made
by any 2
or more persons
in contemplation or furtherance of any
industrial dispute, and no agreement or combination by any 2 or
more persons to do any act or make any omission or to procure
any act to be done or omission to be made in contemplation
or furtherance of any industrial dispute, shall render any
of such persons guilty of any offence if such act or omission
when done or made by an individual person would not have
rendered such person guilty of an
offence. (2) For the purposes of this
section— industrial dispute has the same
meaning as in the Industrial Relations Act
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fact Chapter 57 Accessories after the fact
[s
544] Chapter 57 Accessories
after the fact 544 Accessories after the fact to
offences (1) If a person becomes an accessory after
the fact to a crime, the person commits a crime.
(2) If a
person becomes
an accessory after
the fact to
a misdemeanour, the person commits a
misdemeanour. (3) If a person becomes an
accessory after the fact to a simple
offence, the person commits a simple
offence. 545 Punishment of accessories after the
fact to offences (1) A person
who becomes an
accessory after
the fact to
an indictable offence punishable by
mandatory life imprisonment is
liable, if
no other punishment is
provided, to
life imprisonment. (2)
A person who
becomes an
accessory after
the fact to
an indictable offence
punishable by
life imprisonment but
not mandatory life imprisonment is liable,
if no other punishment is provided, to 14 years
imprisonment. (3) A person who becomes an accessory
after the fact to any other indictable offence
or a simple
offence is
liable, if
no other punishment is
provided, to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest
punishment to which an offender convicted of the
offence is liable. (4)
In
this section— mandatory life
imprisonment means
a penalty of
life imprisonment
that can not be mitigated or varied under this Code or any
other law. Page 336 Current as at
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Arrest [s 545A] Chapter 58
Arrest 545A
Chapter does not apply to police
officers This chapter does not apply to a police
officer. 546 Arrest without warrant
generally When an
offence is
such that
the offender may
be arrested without warrant
generally— (b) it is lawful for any person who is
called upon to assist a police officer
in the arrest
of a person
suspected of
having committed the offence, and who knows
that the person calling
upon the
person to
assist is
a police officer, to
assist the officer, unless the person knows that
there is no reasonable ground for the
suspicion; and (c) it is lawful for any person who finds
another committing the offence to arrest the other person
without warrant; and (d) if the offence
has been actually committed—it is lawful for any person
who believes on reasonable ground that another person
has committed the offence to arrest that person without
warrant, whether that other person has committed the
offence or not; and (e) it is lawful for any person who finds
another by night, under such
circumstances as
to afford reasonable grounds
for believing that
the other person
is committing the offence, and who does
in fact so believe, to arrest the other person without
warrant. Current as at [Not applicable]
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547 Arrest without warrant in special
cases Where it
is provided with
respect to
an offence that
the offender may
be arrested without
warrant subject
to certain conditions, the
provisions of section 546 apply to the offence in question,
subject to those conditions. Not
authorised —indicative
only 547A Arrest of persons
found committing offences on aircraft It is lawful for
the person in command of an aircraft, on board the aircraft,
and for persons acting with the person’s authority
to
arrest or cause to be arrested without warrant any person
whom
the person finds committing, or whom on reasonable
grounds the
person suspects
of having committed, or
of having attempted to commit, or of
being about to commit, an offence on or in relation to or
affecting the use of the aircraft and
for that purpose
to use such
force as
the person or
the person arresting
believes, on
reasonable grounds,
to be necessary and is
reasonable under the circumstances. 548
Arrest of persons found committing
offences (1) It is lawful for a justice to arrest
without warrant any person whom the justice finds committing any
indictable offence or committing any
simple offence
with respect
to which it
is provided that a person found
committing it may be arrested without
warrant. (2) When it is provided with respect to an
offence that a person found committing the
offence may
be arrested without
warrant generally, it
is lawful for
any person who
finds another
committing the
offence to
arrest the
other person
without warrant. (3)
When
it is provided with respect to an offence that a person
found committing the
offence may
be arrested without
warrant by a specified person, or specified
persons, it is lawful for any such person who finds another
committing the offence to arrest the other person without
warrant. Page 338 Current as at
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8 Procedure Chapter 58 Arrest [s 549]
549 Arrest of offender committing
indictable offences by night It is lawful for
any person who finds another person by night committing any
indictable offence to arrest the other person without
warrant. 550 Arrest during flight
It
is lawful for any person to arrest without warrant any other
person whom the person believes, on
reasonable grounds, to have committed an offence and to be
escaping from, and to be freshly pursued
by, some person
whom, on
reasonable grounds,
the person believes
to have authority
to arrest the
other person for that offence.
551 Arrest of persons offering stolen
property for sale etc. It is
lawful for
any person to
whom another
offers to
sell, pawn,
or deliver, any
property, and
who believes, on
reasonable grounds,
that the
property has
been acquired
by means of an offence with respect to
which it is provided that a person found
committing it may be arrested without warrant, to arrest that
other person without warrant. 552
Duty
of persons arresting (1) It
is the duty
of a person
who has arrested
another upon
a charge of an offence to take the other
person forthwith before a justice to be dealt with according
to law. (2) However, it
is sufficient for
subsection (1) if
the person immediately
delivers the arrested person into the custody of a
police officer. (3)
The police officer
may receive the
arrested person
into custody.
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summarily [s 552A] Note—
See
also section 137 for a relevant offence and the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 393 for
the duties of
the police officer.
Not authorised —indicative
only Chapter 58A Indictable
offences dealt with summarily 552A
Charges of indictable offences that must be
heard and decided summarily on prosecution
election (1) This section applies to a charge
before a Magistrates Court of any of the
following indictable offences— (a)
an
offence against any of the following provisions—
• section 141 •
section 142 •
section 143 •
section 205A •
section 340; (b)
any
offence involving an assault, not being of a sexual
nature or accompanied by an attempt to
commit a crime, if the maximum
term of
imprisonment for
which the
defendant is
liable is
more than
3 years but
not more than 5
years; (c) the offence of counselling or
procuring the commission of an offence mentioned in paragraph
(a) or (b); (d) the offence
of attempting to
commit an
offence mentioned in
paragraph (a); (e) the offence of becoming an accessory
after the fact to an offence mentioned in paragraph
(a). Page 340 Current as at
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summarily [s 552B] (2)
A charge to
which this
section applies
must be
heard and
decided summarily if the prosecution elects
to have the charge heard and decided summarily.
(3) This section is subject to section
552D. Not authorised —indicative only
552B Charges of indictable offences that
must be heard and decided summarily unless defendant elects
for jury trial (1) This section applies to a charge
before a Magistrates Court of any of the
following indictable offences— (a)
an
offence of a sexual nature without a circumstance of
aggravation if— (i)
the
complainant was 14 years of age or over at the time of the
alleged offence; and (ii) the defendant
has pleaded guilty; and (iii) the maximum term
of imprisonment for which the defendant is
liable is more than 3 years; (b)
an
offence against section 339(1); (c)
an
offence involving an assault, other
than an
offence against section
339(1), if— (i) the assault is— (A)
without a circumstance of aggravation;
and (B) is not of a sexual nature; and
(ii) the maximum term
of imprisonment for which the defendant
is liable is
more than
3 years but
not more than 7 years; and
(iii) a
charge of
the offence is
not a charge
to which section 552A
applies; (ca) an offence
against section 60A, 60B, 76 or 77B; (d)
an
offence against section 316A; (e)
an
offence against section 328A(2); Current as at
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summarily [s 552BA] (f)
an
offence against section 359E if the maximum term of
imprisonment for
which the
defendant is
liable is
not more than 5 years; (g)
an
offence against chapter 14, chapter division 2, if the
maximum term
of imprisonment for
which the
defendant is liable is more than 3
years; (h) an offence against chapter 22A, if the
maximum term of imprisonment for which the defendant is
liable is more than 3 years; (i)
an
offence against chapter 42A; (j)
the
offence of counselling or procuring the commission
of
an offence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (i);
(k) the offence
of attempting to
commit an
offence mentioned
in any of
paragraphs (a)
to (i), unless
the offence is
a relevant offence
under section
552BA(4), definition relevant
offence , paragraph (a); (l)
the
offence of becoming an accessory after the fact to an
offence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a)
to (i), unless the offence is
a relevant offence
under section
552BA(4), definition relevant offence ,
paragraph (a). (2)
A charge to
which this
section applies
must be
heard and
decided summarily
unless the
defendant informs
the Magistrates Court that he or she wants
to be tried by jury. (3) This section is
subject to section 552D. 552BA Charges of indictable offences
that must be heard and decided summarily (1)
This
section applies to a charge before a Magistrates Court of
any indictable offence
against this
Code if
the offence is
a relevant offence. (2)
A charge to
which this
section applies
must be
heard and
decided summarily. Page 342
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8 Procedure Chapter 58A Indictable offences dealt with
summarily [s 552BB] (3)
This
section is subject to section 552D. (4)
In
this section— relevant offence means—
(a) an offence against this Code, if the
maximum term of imprisonment for
which the
defendant is
liable is
not more than 3 years; or
(b) an offence against part 6, other
than— (i) an offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
or (ii) an offence
against chapter 42A; or (iii) an
offence that,
under section
552BB, is an excluded
offence. 552BB Excluded offences (1)
An
offence is an excluded offence if the offence
is— (a) an offence against a provision listed
in column 1 of the following table and— (i)
no
relevant circumstance is listed for the provision
in
column 3; or (ii) both of the
following apply— (A) 1 or
more relevant
circumstances are
listed for the
provision in column 3; (B) at
least 1
of the relevant
circumstances, or
the
relevant circumstance if only 1 relevant circumstance is
listed, applies in relation to the offence;
or (b) the offence of— (i)
counselling or
procuring the
commission of
an offence that
is an excluded
offence under
paragraph (a); or (ii)
attempting to
commit an
offence that
is an excluded
offence under
paragraph (a),
unless the
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summarily [s 552BB] offence
is a relevant
offence under
section 552BA(4), definition relevant
offence ,
paragraph (a); or (iii)
becoming an accessory after the fact to an
offence that is
an excluded offence
under paragraph
(a), unless
the offence is
a relevant offence
under section
552BA(4), definition relevant
offence ,
paragraph (a). (2)
Column 2
of the following
table gives
the headings of
the provisions mentioned
in column 1,
and is for
information only.
(3) In this section— prescribed
value means $30,000. Table of
excluded offences Column 1 Column 2
Provision of Code Provision
heading Column 3 Relevant
circumstance section 398 Punishment
of stealing 1
The
offender is liable to 14 years imprisonment
under clause 1, the value of the yield to the offender,
or the detriment caused, because of the
stealing of the testamentary
instrument is equal to or more than
the
prescribed value and the offender does not plead
guilty. 2 The total value of anything
stolen, other than a testamentary instrument
as
mentioned in clause 1, and as provided for in
the charge for the offence, is equal to or more than the
prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. Page 344 Current as at
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summarily [s 552BB] Column 1
Column 2 Column 3
Provision of Code Provision
heading Relevant circumstance 3
The
offender is liable to imprisonment under clause 14 and
a charge for the indictable offence
mentioned in clause 14(b) is to be
heard and decided on indictment or
would be required to be heard and
decided on indictment if the charge
were
laid. section 399 Fraudulent concealment
of particular documents The offender is
liable to 14 years imprisonment, the value of the yield
to
the offender, or the detriment caused, because
of the concealment is equal to or more than the
prescribed value and the offender does not plead
guilty. section
403 Severing with intent to steal
The
value of the thing made moveable is equal to or more than
the prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. section 406 Bringing stolen
goods into Queensland The value of the
property is equal to or more than the prescribed value
and the offender does not plead guilty.
section 408A Unlawful use
or possession of motor vehicles,
aircraft or vessels 1
The
value of the motor vehicle, aircraft or
vessel is equal to or more than the prescribed value and
the offender does not plead guilty.
2 The offender is liable to
imprisonment for 10 years and a
charge for the indictable offence
mentioned in section 408A(1A) is to
be
heard and decided on indictment or would be
required to be heard and decided on indictment if the
charge were laid. Current as at
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summarily [s 552BB] Column 1
Column 2 Column 3
Provision of Code Provision
heading Relevant circumstance 3
The
offender is liable to imprisonment for 12 years, the
value of the destruction, damage,
interference or detriment caused, or
the
value of the thing removed, (regardless of
the value of the motor vehicle, aircraft or vessel involved)
is equal to or more than the prescribed
value and the offender does not plead
guilty. section
408C Fraud The value of the
property, the yield to the offender or the detriment
caused is equal to or more than the
prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. section 408E Computer hacking
and misuse The offender is
liable to imprisonment for 10 years, the value
of
the detriment or damage caused, or benefit
obtained, is equal to or more than the
prescribed value and the offender does not plead guilty.
chapter 38, other than Stealing
with sections 413 and 414 violence—extortion by
threats section 419(1) Burglary
1 The offender is liable to
imprisonment for life under
section 419(3)(b)(i) or (ii).
2 The offender is liable to
imprisonment for life under
section 419(3)(b)(iv), the value of
any damage caused to property is equal to
or
more than the prescribed value and the offender
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Column 2 Column 3
Provision of Code Provision
heading Relevant circumstance section
419(4) Burglary A charge for the
indictable offence mentioned in section 419(4) is to be
heard and decided on indictment or
would be required to be heard and
decided on indictment if the charge
were
laid. For example, if the indictable offence committed in
the dwelling entered by the offender is
stealing, the total value of what is
stolen is equal to or more than the
prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty to the stealing, a charge for the
offence of stealing would be required to be heard and
decided on indictment, and
accordingly, the offence of entering
the
dwelling in contravention of section 419(4)
would be an excluded offence. section
421(2) Entering or being in premises
and committing indictable offences
A
charge for the indictable offence mentioned in
section 421(2) is to be heard and decided on indictment
or would be required to be heard and
decided on indictment if the charge
were
laid. section 421(3) Entering or
being in 1 A charge for the indictable
offence premises and mentioned in
section 421(3) is to be committing indictable
heard and decided on indictment or
offences would be
required to be heard and decided on indictment if the
charge were laid. 2
The
value of any damage caused by the break is
equal to or more than the prescribed value and the
offender does not plead guilty. section
427 Unlawful entry of 1
The
offender is liable to vehicle for committing
imprisonment for 14 years under
indictable offence section
427(2)(b)(i) or (ii). Current as at [Not applicable]
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summarily [s 552BB] Not
authorised —indicative
only Column 1 Column 2
Provision of Code Provision
heading Column 3 Relevant
circumstance 2 The offender is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years under
section 427(2)(b)(iv), the value of
any damage caused to property is equal to
or
more than the prescribed value and the offender
does not plead guilty. section 430 Fraudulent falsification of
records The value of the yield to the
offender because of the act or omission
mentioned in section 430(a), (b),
(c), (d) or (e), or the value of the
detriment caused by that act or
omission, is equal to or more than
the prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. section 433 Receiving
tainted property The value of the
tainted property is equal to or more than the prescribed
value and the offender does not plead
guilty. section
435 Taking reward for recovery of
property obtained by way of indictable
offences The value of the benefit mentioned in
section 435(b) is equal to or more
than
the prescribed value and the offender does
not plead guilty. chapter 44 Offences
analogous to stealing relating to animals
The
value of the animal the subject of the offence is
equal to or more than the prescribed value and the
offender does not plead guilty. section
461 Arson section
462 Endangering particular
property by fire section
463 Setting fire to crops and growing
plants section 467 Endangering the
safe use of vehicles and related
transport infrastructure Page 348
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summarily [s 552BB] Column 1
Column 2 Provision of
Code Provision heading section
468 Injuring animals section
469 Wilful damage section
469A section 470 section
471 Sabotage and threatening
sabotage Attempts to destroy property by
explosives Damaging mines section
472 Interfering with marine
signals section 473 Interfering
with navigation works Column 3
Relevant circumstance The offender is
liable to imprisonment for 7 years, the value
of
the animal the subject of the offence is equal
to or more than the prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. The offender is liable to punishment
under clause 1 (Destroying or
damaging premises by explosion), 2
(Sea
walls and other property), 5 (Railways), 6
(Aircraft) or 7 (Other things of special value).
The
value of the damage or interference caused is equal to
or more than the prescribed value and
the
offender does not plead guilty. The value of any
damage or detriment directly attributable to the
commission of the offence, including,
for
example, economic loss arising from disruption
to shipping, is equal to or more than the prescribed
value and the offender does not plead
guilty. The value of any
damage or detriment directly attributable to the
commission of the offence, including,
for
example, economic loss arising from disruption
to shipping, is equal to or more than the prescribed
value and the offender does not plead
guilty. Current as at
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summarily [s 552C] Column 1
Column 2 Provision of
Code Provision heading section
474 Communicating infectious
diseases to animals section
488 Forgery and uttering section
498 section 514 Falsifying
warrants for money payable under public
authority Personation in general Column 3
Relevant circumstance The value of the
animal or animals the subject of the offence is equal
to or more than the prescribed value and
the
offender does not plead guilty. The offender is
liable to 7 years or 14 years imprisonment, the value of
the yield to the offender, or the
detriment caused, involved in the forgery or
uttering is equal to or more than the
prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. The value of the yield to the
offender, or the detriment caused, involved in
the
making out or delivering of the warrant is equal
to or more than the prescribed value and the offender
does
not plead guilty. The offender is liable to
imprisonment for 14 years, the value
of
the property mentioned in section 514(2) is equal to or
more than the prescribed value and the
offender does not plead guilty.
552C Constitution of Magistrates
Court (1) A Magistrates Court that summarily
deals with an indictable offence under this chapter must be
constituted by— (a) a magistrate; or (b)
justices appointed under subsection (3) for
the place at which the Magistrates Court is being
held. (2) Jurisdiction of the justices mentioned
in subsection (1)(b) is limited to an offence—
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that
the justices consider they may adequately punish by
the
imposition of a penalty not more than the maximum
penalty they may impose under section 552H;
and (c) for an
offence involving
property—that involves
property, or property damage or destruction,
of a value not more than $2,500. (3)
For subsection (1)(b), the
Attorney-General may
by gazette notice
appoint a
justice for
a place specified
in the gazette
notice. (4)
A
justice appointed under subsection (3) must be a justice of
the peace (magistrates court)
who the Attorney-General is
satisfied has appropriate
qualifications. (5) A gazette
notice may
only specify
a place appointed
for holding a Magistrates Court—
(a) that is within a local government area
of an indigenous local government under
the Local Government Act
2009 ; or
(b) that the Attorney-General considers is
remote. (6) The Justices
of the Peace
and Commissioners for
Declarations Act
1991 ,
section 29(4)(a) is
subject to
subsections (1) to (3). 552D
When
Magistrates Court must abstain from jurisdiction
(1) A Magistrates Court
must abstain
from dealing
summarily with a charge
under section 552A, 552B or 552BA if satisfied, at
any stage, and
after hearing
any submissions by
the prosecution and
defence, that
because of
the nature or
seriousness of the offence or any other
relevant consideration the defendant, if convicted, may not
be adequately punished on summary conviction.
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must abstain
from dealing
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not be heard
and decided summarily. Examples of
exceptional circumstances— 1 There is
sufficient connection between the offence the subject of
the charge, and
other offences
allegedly committed
by the defendant and to
be tried on indictment, to allow all the offences to
be
tried together. 2 There is an important issue of law
involved. 3 An issue of general community
importance or public interest is involved, or the
holding of a trial by jury is justified in order to
establish contemporary community
standards. (2A) A
Magistrates Court
must abstain
from dealing
summarily with
a charge of
a prescribed offence
if the defendant
is alleged to have committed the offence
with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
, section 161Q. (3)
If
the court abstains from jurisdiction, the proceeding for the
charge must be conducted as a committal
proceeding. (4) In this section— prescribed
offence see the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161N. 552E
Charge may be heard and decided where
defendant arrested or served Without limiting
the places a charge may be heard summarily under section
552A, 552B or 552BA, the charge may also be heard and
decided at a place appointed for holding magistrates
courts within
the district in
which the
accused person
was arrested on
the charge or
served with
the summons for
the charge under the Justices Act
1886 . 552F Time for
prosecution If a Magistrates Court hears and decides a
charge summarily under section 552A, 552B or 552BA, the
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despite the time that has elapsed from the time when the matter
of complaint of the charge arose. 552G
Value
of property affecting jurisdiction to be decided by
Magistrates Court For
section 552BB, the
value of
property or
of damage to
property is the value as decided by the
Magistrates Court. 552H Maximum penalty for indictable
offences dealt with summarily (1)
A
person is liable on summary conviction under section 552A,
552B
or 552BA to a maximum penalty of— (a)
if the Magistrates Court
is a court
constituted by
a magistrate imposing a drug and alcohol
treatment order under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , part 8A— 100 penalty
units or 4 years imprisonment; or (b)
if
the Magistrates Court is constituted by a magistrate
other than
a magistrate mentioned
in paragraph (a)—
100
penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; or (c)
if
the Magistrates Court is constituted by justices under
section 552C(1)(b)—100 penalty
units or
6 months imprisonment. (2)
However, in no case may the person be
punished more than if the offence had been dealt with on
indictment. 552I Procedure under s 552B
(1) This section
applies to
any charge for
an offence to
which section 552B
applies. (2) If the
defendant is
not legally represented, the
Magistrates Court is
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only (b) to explain to
the defendant that he or she is entitled to be tried by a jury
and is not obliged to make any defence; and
(c) to ask the defendant whether he or she
wants the charge to be dealt with summarily.
(3) Whether or not the defendant is
legally represented, unless the defendant
informs the Magistrates Court that he or she wants
to
be tried by a jury, the Magistrates Court must ask whether
the
defendant is guilty or not guilty of the offence.
(4) If the defendant is legally
represented and there is more than 1 charge before
the Magistrates Court, a plea to any number of the charges may,
with the consent of the defendant, be taken at the same time on
the basis that the plea to 1 charge will be treated as a
plea to any number of the charges if the court is
satisfied— (a)
the defendant has
obtained legal
advice in
relation to
each
of the charges; and (b) the defendant is aware of the
substance of each of the charges. (5)
If
the Magistrates Court takes a plea under subsection (4), the
court is
not required to
state the
substance of
any charge before the court
to the defendant. (6) If the
defendant says
‘guilty’ the
Magistrates Court
must convict.
(7) If the defendant says ‘not guilty’ the
Magistrates Court must hear the defence. (8)
After the defendant enters a plea, the
Magistrates Court must then deal with the charge
summarily. (9) Unless a
defendant’s criminal
history is
admissible in
evidence, the Magistrates Court must not
have any regard to the defendant’s criminal history—
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deciding whether the defendant may be adequately
punished on summary conviction.
552J Appeals against decision to decide
charge summarily (1) This section
applies if
a person is
summarily convicted
or sentenced under section 552A, 552B or
552BA. (2) The grounds on which the person may
appeal include that the Magistrates Court
erred by
deciding the
conviction or
sentence summarily. (3)
The grounds on
which the
Attorney-General may
appeal against sentence
include that the Magistrates Court erred by deciding the
sentence summarily. (4) On an
appeal against
sentence relying
on a ground
that the
Magistrates Court erred by proceeding
summarily, the court deciding the
appeal may,
if it decides
to vary the sentence,
impose the sentence the court considers
appropriate up to the maximum sentence that could have been
imposed if the matter had been dealt with on
indictment. Chapter 59 Jurisdiction—preliminary proceedings—bail 553
Jurisdiction The jurisdiction
of courts of justice with respect to the trial of
offenders is set forth in the laws relating
to the constitution and jurisdiction of those courts
respectively. 554 Preliminary proceedings on charges of
indictable offences The
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the laws relating to justices of the peace, their
powers and authorities. 557
Place
of trial (1) A person charged with committing an
offence may be tried in any jurisdiction within
which any
act or omission
or event which is an
element of the offence takes place. (2)
A
person charged with stealing any property may also be tried
in any jurisdiction within
which the
person has
the stolen property in the
person’s possession. (3) A person charged
with stealing anything while employed in the public
service may also be tried in any jurisdiction within
which the person is arrested or is in
custody. (4) A person
charged with
an offence which
involves the
receiving of any property by the person may
also be tried in any jurisdiction within which the person has
the property in the person’s possession. (5)
A
person charged with forging anything, or with uttering any
false document or writing or anything
counterfeit, may also be tried in any jurisdiction within which
the person is arrested or is in custody. (6)
A person who
is charged with
counselling or
procuring the
commission of
an offence, or
with becoming
an accessory after
the fact to
an offence, may
also be
tried in
any jurisdiction within
which the
principal offender
might be
tried. (7)
A
person who is charged with an offence committed out of
Queensland, and who may lawfully be tried in
Queensland, may be tried
in any jurisdiction within
which the
person is
arrested or is in custody.
(8) If a person is charged with committing
an offence for which the person
may lawfully be
tried in
Queensland and
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jurisdiction within which the person is arrested
or
is in custody. (9) A person
charged with
committing an
offence can
be tried with the
person’s consent in any jurisdiction. Not
authorised —indicative only
558 Persons brought before wrong
court (1) If on the trial of a person charged
with any offence before any court it appears
that the person is not properly triable before that
court under
any of the
provisions of
section 557, the
person is not by reason thereof entitled to
be acquitted, but the court may, at the request of the
accused person, discharge the jury from giving
a verdict, and direct that the person be tried before some
proper court, and may remand the person for trial
accordingly. (2)
If the person
does not
make such
request, the
trial is
to proceed, and the verdict and judgment
have the same effect in all respects as if the court had
originally had jurisdiction to try the accused
person. (3) This section does not affect the right
of an accused person to plead to the jurisdiction of a
court. 559 Change of place of trial
(1) When a person has been committed for
trial for an indictable offence at a court held at any place,
whether the person has been granted bail or not, the Supreme
Court or a judge thereof may, on the application of the Crown
or of the accused person, and upon good cause shown order that
the trial shall be held at some other place, either before the
same court or before some other court of competent jurisdiction,
at a time to be named in the order. (2)
When
an indictment has been presented against any person in
the
Supreme Court, the court may, on the application of the
Crown or the accused person, order that the
trial shall be held at some place
other than
that named
in the margin
of the indictment and
at a time to be named in the order. Current as at
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(3) An application for
a change of
the place of
trial for
an indictable offence shall be granted if
based upon the facts— (a) that the accused
person has been committed for trial for another
indictable offence at a court held at any other place or that an
indictment has been presented to a court held at any
other place charging the accused person with another offence;
and (b) that the charge for the offence in
respect of which the application is
made and
the charge for
the offence referred to in
paragraph (a) could have been joined in the same
indictment, had the offences been committed at the same
place; unless good cause is shown for not granting
the application. (4) When an order is made under the
provisions of this section, the consequences
are the same in all respects, and with regard to all persons,
as if the accused person had been committed for
trial at
the place named
in the order
and at the
sittings named therein;
and, if the person has been granted bail, the undertakings as
to bail are to be deemed to be enlarged to that time and place
accordingly. Chapter 60 Indictments 559A
Definition for ch 60 In this
chapter— DPP presenter means
a person, other
than a
Crown prosecutor, appointed
or employed in,
or engaged by,
the Office of
the Director of
Public Prosecutions who
is authorised in writing by the director
of public prosecutions to present an indictment for the
director. Page 358 Current as at
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560 Presenting indictments
(1) When a person charged with an
indictable offence has been committed for
trial and it is intended to put the person on trial
for the offence,
the charge is
to be reduced
to writing in
a document which is called an
indictment. (2) The indictment is to be signed and
presented to the court by a Crown Law
Officer, a Crown prosecutor or some other person
appointed in that behalf by the Governor in
Council. (3) If a
person has
been committed
for trial for
an indictable offence that may
be tried in the District Court, a Crown Law Officer or a
Crown prosecutor may present the indictment to either the
Supreme Court or District Court. (4)
In deciding the
court to
which the
indictment is
to be presented, the
Crown Law Officer or Crown prosecutor must have regard
to— (a) the complexity of the case; and
(b) the seriousness of the alleged
offence; and (c) any particular importance attaching to
the case; and (d) any other relevant
consideration. (5) Also, if an indictment is signed by a
person authorised to sign the indictment under
this section,
a DPP presenter
may present the indictment to the court
stated in the indictment. 560A Place where
indictment is presented (1) An indictment
may be presented to the court at the place of trial named in
the margin of the indictment (the place of
trial ) or at another place.
(2) If an indictment is presented to the
court at a place other than the place of
trial— (a) the indictment is
taken to
have been
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(b) anything that may be done by, or in
relation to, the court at the place of trial may also be done
by, or in relation to, the court at the other place; and
Example— An application
under section 590AA may be made to, and dealt with by, the
court at the other place or at the place of trial.
(c) as soon as practicable after the
indictment is presented, the proper officer of the court at the
other place must transfer the indictment to the court at the
place of trial. 561 Ex officio indictments
(1) A Crown Law Officer may sign and
present an indictment in any court of criminal jurisdiction
against any person for any indictable offence,
whether the
accused person
has been committed for
trial or not. (2) A Crown prosecutor or a person
appointed by the Governor in Council
to sign and
present indictments in
any court of
criminal jurisdiction may
sign and
present an
indictment in
that
court against any person for any indictable offence within
the
jurisdiction of the court, whether the accused person has
been
committed for trial or not and against any person for an
indictable offence
who with the
person’s prior
consent has
been
committed for trial or for sentence for an offence before
that
court. (3) Also, if an indictment is signed by a
person authorised to sign the indictment under
this section,
a DPP presenter
may present the indictment to the court
stated in the indictment. 562 Arrest of person
charged in ex officio indictment When an
indictment has been presented against a person who
is
not in custody, and has not been committed for trial or held
to
bail to attend to be tried upon the charge set forth in the
indictment, or who does not appear to be
tried upon the charge set forth in the indictment, a judge
of the court in which the indictment is presented may issue a
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hand
to arrest the accused person and bring the person before
a
justice of the peace; and the justice before whom the person
is
brought may commit the person to prison until the person
can
be tried on the indictment, or may, in a proper case, grant
bail. Not
authorised —indicative only
563 Nolle prosequi (1)
A
Crown Law Officer may inform any court, by writing under
the officer’s hand,
that the
Crown will
not further proceed
upon
any indictment, or in relation to any charge contained in
any
indictment, then pending in the court. (2)
A
Crown prosecutor or a person appointed by the Governor in
Council to
present indictments in
any court of
criminal jurisdiction may
inform that court, by signed writing, that the Crown
will not
further proceed
upon any
indictment, or
in relation to
any charge contained
in any indictment, then
pending in that court. (3)
When such
information is
given to
the court the
accused person is to be
discharged from any further proceedings upon that indictment
or charge. 564 Form of indictment (1)
An
indictment is to be intituled with the name of the court in
which it
is presented, and
must, subject
to the provisions hereinafter contained, set
forth the
offence with
which the
accused person is charged in such a manner,
and with such particulars as to the alleged time and place
of committing the offence, and as to the person (if any)
alleged to be aggrieved, and as
to the property
(if any) in
question, as
may be necessary to
inform the accused person of the nature of the charge.
(2) If any
circumstance of
aggravation is
intended to
be relied upon, it must be
charged in the indictment. (2A) Despite
subsection (2), a relevant circumstance of aggravation
may
be relied on for the purposes of sentencing an offender
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for
the offence charged in the indictment despite the relevant
circumstance of
aggravation not
being charged
in the indictment for
the offence. (3) It is sufficient to describe an
offence in the words of this Code or of the
statute defining it. (3A) An indictment
for an offence may also state the offence is a domestic
violence offence. Note— See the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 , section 12A
for when a conviction for the offence must also be
recorded as a conviction for a domestic
violence offence or entered in the offender’s criminal
history as a domestic violence offence.
(4) The place
of trial is
to be named
in the margin
of the indictment. (5)
In
this section— relevant circumstance of aggravation
means a circumstance of aggravation
that is a previous conviction of the offender. 565
General rules applicable to
indictments The following rules are applicable to all
indictments— (a) any document or other thing may be
described by any name or designation by which it is usually
known, and any document may be described by its purport
without setting out a copy or facsimile of the whole
or any part of it; (b)
a trademark may
be described by
that name,
and any other
mark may
be described in
any way which
will indicate
its nature, without
setting out
a copy or
facsimile of it; (c)
it is not
necessary to
set forth the
value of
anything mentioned
in an indictment unless
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means or instrument by which any
act is done,
unless the
means or
instrument are an essential element of the
offence; (e) it is not necessary to set forth any
particulars as to any person or thing which need not be
proved, nor any other matter which need not be
proved. 566 Particular indictments
(1) In an indictment for an offence
relating to giving information or a document
that a person knows is false or misleading, it is
enough to
state the
information or
document was
‘false or
misleading’ to
the person’s knowledge, without
specifying whether it was
false or whether it was misleading. (2)
In an indictment for
an offence which
relates to
taking or
administering an
oath or
engagement, or
to giving false
testimony or
to making a
false statement
on solemn declaration or
otherwise, or to procuring the giving of false testimony
or the making
of a false
statement, it
is not necessary to set
forth the words of the oath or engagement or testimony
or statement, but
it is sufficient to
set forth the
purport thereof, or so much of the purport
as is material. (3) In an indictment for an offence which
relates to giving false testimony, or procuring or attempting
to procure the giving of false testimony, it is not necessary
to allege the jurisdiction of the
court or
tribunal before
which the
false testimony
was given, or intended or proposed to be
given. (5) In an indictment in which it is
necessary to mention money, such
money may
be described simply
as money, without
specifying any particular form of
money. (5A) Such
an averment, so
far as regards
the description of
the property, will be sustained by proof
that the offender obtained or dealt with anything which is
included in the term ‘money’, or any portion
of the value, in such a manner as to constitute the offence,
although the thing was delivered to the offender
in
order that some part of the value thereof should be returned
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to
the person who delivered the same or to some other person,
and
has been returned accordingly. (6)
In an indictment in
which it
is necessary to
mention any
co-owners of
property it
is sufficient to
name 1
of such persons, adding
the words ‘and another’ or ‘and others’, as the case
may be, and
to state that
the property belonged
to the person so named
and another or others, as the case may be. (7)
In
an indictment against a man for an offence committed by
him
with respect to his wife’s separate property, the property
may
be alleged to be the property of the wife. (8)
In
an indictment for an offence relating to any property of a
company which is authorised to sue and be
sued in the name of a public
officer, the
property may
be alleged to
be the property of the
public officer. (9) In an indictment for an offence
relating to any property which by any statute
is to be deemed to be the property of any officer
of
any institution, the property in question may be alleged to
be
the property of the officer of the institution for the time
being by the officer’s name of
office. (10) In
an indictment for
an offence relating
to a testamentary instrument, it
is not necessary to allege that the instrument is
the
property of any person. (11) In an indictment
for an offence relating to anything fixed in a square, street
or cemetery or at a crematorium, or in a place dedicated to
public use or ornament, or to anything in or taken
from
a public office, it is not necessary to allege that the
thing in respect of which the offence is committed
is the property of any person. (12)
In
an indictment for an offence relating to a document which
is
evidence of title to land or an estate in land, the document
may
be described as being evidence of the title of the person
or
some 1 of the persons having an estate in the land to which
the document relates,
the land or
some part
thereof being
described in some manner sufficient to
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(13) In
an indictment for
stealing a
chattel or
fixture let
to the offender,
the chattel or
fixture may
be described as
the property of the person who actually
let it to hire. (14) In
an indictment against
a person employed
in the public
service for
an offence committed
with respect
to anything which
came into
the person’s possession by
virtue of
the person’s employment, the thing in
question may be described as the property of Her Majesty.
(15) In
an indictment for
an offence respecting any
property (whether within
the meaning of section 1 or section 408C), if it
is uncertain to
which of
2 or more
persons the
property belonged
at the time
when the
offence was
committed, the
property may
be described as
being the
property of
one or other
of such persons,
naming each
of them, but
without specifying which
of them; and
the indictment will
be sustained, so far as regards the
allegation of ownership, upon proof
that at
the time when
the offence was
committed the
property belonged
to one or
other of
such persons
without ascertaining
which of them. (16) In an indictment
for the offence of obtaining or inducing the delivery of
anything dishonestly, or of attempting to commit,
or
to procure the commission of, any such offence, it is not
necessary to mention the owner of the
property in question. (17) In an indictment
for an offence which involves any fraud or fraudulent
pretence, it is not necessary to set forth the details
of
the fraud or pretence or trick or device. 567
Joinder of charges (1)
Except as otherwise expressly provided, an
indictment must charge 1 offence only and not 2 or more
offences. (2) Charges for more than 1 indictable
offence may be joined in the same indictment against the same
person if those charges are founded on the same facts or are,
or form part of, a series of offences
of the same
or similar character
or a series
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(3) Where more than 1 offence is charged
in the same indictment, each offence charged shall be set out
in the indictment in a separate paragraph called a
count and the several
statements of the offences
may be made
in the same
form as
in other cases
without any
allegation of
connection between
the offences. (4)
Counts shall be numbered
consecutively. 568 Cases in which several charges may be
joined (1) In an
indictment against
a person for
stealing property
the person may
be charged and
proceeded against
on 1 charge
even
though— (a) the property belongs to the same
person or to different persons; or (b)
the
property was stolen over a space of time; or (c)
different acts
of stealing took place at different
times, whether or not the different acts can be
identified. (2) In an indictment against a trustee to
whom the Trust Accounts Act
1973 applies,
for stealing money,
the trustee may
be charged and
proceeded against
for the amount
of a general
deficiency notwithstanding that
such general
deficiency is
made
up of any number of specific sums of money, such sums
being the property of different persons, the
taking, destruction or conversion of which extended over any
space of time. (2A) For
subsection (2), the
reference to
a trustee to
whom the
Trust Accounts Act 1973 applies includes
a legal practitioner associate of a law practice, within
the meaning of the Legal Profession Act
2007 , if part 3.3 of the Legal Profession
Act 2007 applies to the
law practice. (3) In an indictment against a person for
fraud the person may be charged and proceeded against on 1
charge even though— (a) any number of specific frauds of the
same type has been committed, whether or not each specific act
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(b) the frauds have extended over any
space of time; or (c) property applied
belongs to
different persons,
and has come
into the
possession or
control of
the accused person at
different times and subject to different trusts,
directions, conditions, or duties to
account; or (d) the property, benefit, detriment or
inducement belongs to or is caused to different persons.
(4) In an indictment against a person for
receiving property the person may
be charged and
proceeded against
on 1 charge
even
though— (a) the property belongs to different
persons; or (b) the property was received over a space
of time; or (c) different acts of receiving took place
at different times, whether or not the different acts can be
identified. (5) In an indictment against a person for
forgery or uttering the person may
be charged and
proceeded against
on 1 charge
even
though— (a) any number of separate forgeries or
utterings has been committed, whether or not the separate acts
of forgery or uttering can be identified; or
(b) the forgeries or utterings have
extended over any space of time; or (c)
there was
an intent to
defraud one
or more than
one person. (5A)
In
an indictment against a person for obtaining or dealing with
identification information under
section 408D, the
person may
be charged and
proceeded against
on 1 charge
even though—
(a) the identification information relates
to different entities;
or (b) the identification information was
obtained or dealt with over a space of time; or
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only (c) different
acts of
obtaining or
dealing with
the identification information took place
at different times, whether or not the different acts can be
identified. (6) Any 2 or all of the following charges
may be joined in the same indictment (a subsection (6)
indictment )— (a) entering or
being in a dwelling or premises and stealing property in the
dwelling or premises; (b) stealing
all or part
of property the
subject of
the indictment; (c)
receiving all
or part of
property the
subject of
the indictment having
reason to
believe the
property is
stolen. (7)
If a
subsection (6) indictment is preferred against a person, the
person may,
according to
the evidence, be
convicted of
the offence mentioned in subsection
(6)(a), the offence mentioned in
subsection (6)(b) or
the offence mentioned
in subsection (6)(c). (8)
If a
subsection (6) indictment is preferred against 2 or more
persons— (a)
all
or any of them may, according to the evidence, be
convicted of the offence mentioned in
subsection (6)(a), the offence mentioned
in subsection (6)(b) or
the offence mentioned in subsection
(6)(c); or (b) 1 or more of them may, according to
the evidence, be convicted of 1 of the offences and the other
or others of them may be convicted of another of the
offences, or of 1 or the other of the other offences.
(9) However, if the jury finds
specially— (a) that a person charged on a subsection
(6) indictment— (i) entered or was in a dwelling or
premises and stole property in the dwelling or premises;
or (ii) stole
all or part
of property the
subject of
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(iii) received all or
part of property the subject of the indictment
having reason to believe the property to have been
stolen; or (b) that a
person charged
on a subsection
(6) indictment committed
1 of any
2 of the
offences mentioned
in paragraph (a); but
can not say
which of
the offences (the
alternative offences
)
was committed by the person, the trial judge must
enter a conviction against the person for 1
of the alternative offences in accordance with subsection
(10). (10) For subsection
(9), the trial judge must enter a conviction for
the
following offence— (a) if the
same maximum
penalty is
provided for
the alternative offences, the alternative
offence decided by the trial judge; (b)
if a
particular maximum penalty is provided for 1 of the
alternative offences
and the same
lower maximum
penalty is provided for the other
alternative offences, 1 of the
other alternative offences
decided by
the trial judge;
(c) otherwise, the alternative offence for
which the lowest or lower maximum penalty is provided.
(10A) In
an indictment against
a person for
an offence against
section 228A,
228B, 228C
or 228D, the
person may
be charged and
proceeded against
on 1 charge
for the offence
even
though— (a) any number
of separate acts
constituting the
offence have been
committed, whether or not the separate acts constituting the
offence can be identified; or (b)
the
separate acts constituting the offence have extended
over
any space of time; or (c) different
acts constituting the
offence took
place at
different times, whether or not the
different acts can be identified. Current as at
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(11) Any
number of
persons charged
with committing or
with procuring
the commission of
the same offence,
although at
different times,
or of being
accessories after
the fact to
the same offence, although at different
times, and any number of persons charged
with receiving, although
at different times,
any
property which has been obtained by means of a crime or
misdemeanour, or
by means of
an act which
if it had
been done in
Queensland would be a crime or misdemeanour and which is an
offence under the laws in force in the place where
it
was done, or any part of any property so obtained, may be
charged with substantive offences in the
same indictment, and may be
tried together
notwithstanding that
the principal offender
or the person
who so obtained
the property is
not included in the same indictment, or is
not amenable to justice. (12) Any number of
persons charged with committing different or separate
offences arising substantially out of the same facts or
out of closely
related facts
so that a
substantial part
of the facts is
relevant to all the charges may be charged in the same
indictment and tried together.
569 Accessories A person who
counsels or procures another person to commit an
offence, or
who aids another
person in
committing an
offence, or who does or omits to do any act
for the purpose of enabling or aiding another person to commit
the offence, or who becomes an accessory after the fact to
an offence, may be charged in
the same indictment with
the principal offender,
and
may be tried with the principal offender or separately, or
may be indicted
and tried separately, whether
the principal offender
has or has
not been convicted, or
is or is
not amenable to justice.
570 Statement of previous
conviction In an indictment for
an offence charged
to have been
committed after a conviction for any
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and
effect of the indictment or complaint, and the conviction,
for the previous
offence, and
the time and
place of
such conviction. Not
authorised —indicative only
571 Formal defects (1)
An indictment is
not open to
objection by
reason of
the designation of
any person by
a name of
office or
other descriptive appellation instead
of by the
person’s proper
name, nor for omitting to state the time at
which the offence was committed, unless the time is an
essential element of the offence, nor
for stating imperfectly the
time at
which the
offence was
committed, nor
for stating the
offence to
have been committed
on an impossible day, or on a day that never happened or has
not yet happened. (2) An objection to an indictment for a
formal defect apparent on its face
must be
taken by
motion to
quash the
indictment before the jury
is sworn, and not afterwards. 572
Amendment of indictments (1)
If,
on the trial of a person charged with an indictable offence,
there appears to be a variance between the
indictment and the evidence, or it appears that any words that
ought to have been inserted in the indictment have been
omitted, or any count that ought to
have been
included in
the indictment has
been omitted, or that
any words that ought to
have been
omitted have
been inserted,
the court may,
if it considers
that the
variance, omission, or insertion, is not
material to the merits of the case, and that the accused
person will not be prejudiced thereby
in the person’s
defence on
the merits, order
the indictment to be amended, so far as it
is necessary, on such terms (if any) as to postponing the
trial, and directing it to be had
before the
same jury
or another jury,
as the court
may think reasonable. (1A)
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subsection (1), if
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offence, the court may order that the
indictment be amended to state the offence is also a
domestic violence offence. (2) The
indictment is
thereupon to
be amended in
accordance with the order
of the court. (3) If the court is satisfied no injustice
will be done by amending the indictment, the
court may
make the
order at
any time before, or at
any stage of, the trial on the indictment, or after
verdict. (4)
When
an indictment has been amended, the trial is to proceed,
at
the appointed time, upon the amended indictment, and the
same
consequences ensue, in all respects and as to all persons,
as
if the indictment had been originally in its amended form.
(5) If it becomes necessary to draw up a
formal record in any case in which an amendment has been made,
the record is to be drawn up setting out the indictment as
amended, and without taking any notice of the fact of the
amendment having been made. 573
Particulars The court may,
in any case, if it thinks fit, direct particulars to
be
delivered to the accused person of any matter alleged in the
indictment, and may adjourn the trial for
the purpose of such delivery. 574
Summary convictions The provisions
of this chapter relating to indictments apply to
complaints preferred against offenders upon
their trial before justices in order to their summary
conviction of an indictable offence.
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Chapter 61 Schedule 1 The
Criminal Code Part 8 Procedure Chapter 61 Effect
of indictment [s 575] Effect of
indictment 575 Offences involving circumstances of
aggravation Except as
hereinafter stated,
upon an
indictment charging
a person with
an offence committed
with circumstances of
aggravation, the
person may
be convicted of
any offence which is
established by the evidence, and which is constituted
by any act
or omission which
is an element
of the offence
charged, with
or without any
of the circumstances of
aggravation charged in the
indictment. 576 Indictment containing count of murder
or manslaughter (1) Upon an indictment against a person
containing a count of the crime of murder, the person may be
convicted on that count of the crime of manslaughter if that
crime is established by the evidence but not
on that count of any other offence than that with
which the
person is
charged except
as otherwise expressly
provided. (2) Upon an indictment against a person
containing a count of the crime of
manslaughter the
person can
not on that
count be
convicted of any other offence except as
otherwise expressly provided. 577
Charge of homicide of child
However, upon
an indictment charging
a person with
the murder of any person, or with
unlawfully killing any person, if upon the
evidence it appears that the person alleged to have
been
killed was a child of which a female had recently been
delivered, the accused person may be
convicted of an offence defined in section 313 or 314, if any
offence under either of those sections is established by the
evidence. Current as at [Not applicable]
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[s
578] 578 Charge of offence of a sexual
nature (1) Upon an indictment charging a person
with the crime of rape, the person may be convicted of any
offence, if established by the evidence, defined in section
210(1), 215, 216, 217(1), 218, 222 or
352. (2) Upon an indictment charging a person
with having unlawful carnal knowledge with or of a child
under the age of 16 years, the person may be convicted of any
offence, if established by the evidence, defined in section
210(1), 217 or 218. (3) Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
unlawfully and
indecently assaulting another, the person
may be convicted of any offence, if
established by
the evidence, defined
in section 210(1). (4)
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
incest or
an attempt to commit incest, the person
may be convicted of any offence, if
established by
the evidence, defined
in section 210(1), 215,
216, 217, 218, 349, 350 or 352. (5)
A person convicted
of any offence
pursuant to
this section
may be convicted
of that offence
with any
circumstance of
aggravation established by the
evidence. 579 Charge of specific injury—charge of
injury with specific intent (1)
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
an offence of
which the causing of some specific result is
an element, the person may be convicted of any offence which
is established by the evidence, and of which an intent to
cause that result, or a result of a similar but less
injurious nature, is an element. (2)
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
an offence of
which an intent to cause some specific
result is an element, the person may be convicted of any offence
which is established by the
evidence and
of which the
unlawful causing
of that result is an
element. Page 374 Current as at
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580] 580 Charge of injury to property
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
an offence of
which destruction of
property, or
wilfully and
unlawfully doing
any specific damage
to property, is
an element, the
person may be convicted of wilfully and
unlawfully damaging the property, or
of wilfully and
unlawfully damaging
the property in
any lesser degree,
if either of
such offences
is established by the evidence.
581 Offences of dishonesty
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
any of the
offences following, that is to say—
(a) stealing, with or without a
circumstance of aggravation; (b)
fraud, with or without a circumstance of
aggravation; (c) obtaining from any other person any
chattel, money or valuable security by passing a cheque that
is not paid on presentation for payment;
(d) unlawful use or possession of a
vehicle, with or without a circumstance of aggravation;
(e) unlawfully receiving anything under
section 433; (f) counselling or
procuring any
other person
to commit any of such
offences; the person may
be convicted of
any other of
such offences
committed with
respect to
the same property,
if such other
offence is established by the
evidence. 582 Charge of procuring commission of
offence or wrongful act (1) Upon
an indictment charging
a person with
procuring the
commission of any offence, the person may be
convicted of procuring the
commission of
any other offence
of such a
nature that a person may be convicted of it
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583] charging the person with committing the
offence of which the accused person is alleged to have
procured the commission. (2) Upon an
indictment charging a person with procuring another
to
do an act or make an omission of such a nature that if the
accused person
had done the
act or made
the omission, the
person would have been guilty of an offence,
the person may be convicted of procuring that other person
to do any other act or make any
other omission
which is
established by
the evidence, and
which is
of such a
nature that
if the accused
person had
done that
act or made
that omission
the person would have been
guilty of an offence, such last-named offence being itself of
such a nature that a person may be convicted of it upon an
indictment charging the person with committing the
offence of which the accused person would
have been guilty if the person had done the act or made the
omission which the person is alleged to have procured to be
done or made. 583 Conviction for attempt to commit
offence (1) Upon an indictment charging a person
with committing any offence, the person may be convicted of
attempting to commit that offence, or of attempting to
commit any other offence of which the person
might be convicted upon the indictment. (2)
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
procuring the
commission of any offence, the person may be
convicted of attempting to procure the commission of that
offence, or of attempting to procure the commission of any
other offence of such a nature that a person may be convicted
of it upon an indictment charging the person with
committing the offence of which the accused person is alleged
to have procured the commission. (3)
Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
attempting to
commit any
offence, the
person may
be convicted of
attempting to commit any other offence of
such a nature that a person may be convicted of it upon an
indictment charging the person with committing the offence
which the accused person is alleged to have attempted to
commit. Page 376 Current as at
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[s
584] (4) Upon an
indictment charging
a person with
attempting to
procure the
commission of
any offence, the
person may
be convicted of
attempting to
procure the
commission of
any other offence of such a nature that a
person may be convicted of it upon an indictment charging the
person with committing the offence
of which the
accused person
is alleged to
have attempted to
procure the commission. (5) Upon
an indictment charging
a person with
attempting to
procure another to do an act or make an
omission of such a nature that if the act had been done or the
omission had been made, an
offence would
thereby have
been committed
the person may be convicted of attempting
to procure that other person to do any other act or make any
other omission of such a nature that if the act had been done
or the omission had been made an offence would thereby have
been committed, such last mentioned
offence being
itself of
such a
nature that
a person may be convicted of it upon an
indictment charging the person with doing the act or making
the omission which the accused person is alleged in the
indictment to have attempted to procure that
other person to do or make. 584 When evidence
shows offence of similar nature (1)
If,
on the trial of a person charged with any indictable
offence, the evidence establishes that the person is
guilty of another indictable offence
of such a nature
that upon
an indictment charging
the person with
it the person
might have
been convicted
of the offence
with which
the person is
actually charged,
the person may
be convicted of
the offence with
which the person is so charged.
(2) A person so tried is not liable to be
afterwards prosecuted for the offence so established by the
evidence, unless the court before which the trial is had thinks
fit to discharge the jury from giving any verdict, and to direct
the accused person to be indicted for
that offence;
in which case
the person may
be dealt with
in all respects
as if the
person had
not been put
upon
trial for the offence with which the person is actually
charged. Current as at
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585] 585 Effect of conviction
A person convicted
under any
of the provisions of
sections 575 to 584 is liable to the same
punishment as if the person had
been convicted
on an indictment charging
the person with
the offence of
which the
person is
actually convicted. 586
Corrupt practices If, on the trial
of a person charged with an indictable offence relating to
elections the evidence establishes that the person is
not
guilty of the offence charged, but is guilty of an offence
relating to elections and punishable on
summary conviction, the person may be convicted of such last
mentioned offence, and is liable to the same punishment as if
the person had been summarily convicted of that offence.
587 Illegal practices If, on the trial
of a person charged with an offence relating to elections and
punishable on summary conviction, the evidence establishes that
the person is guilty of an indictable offence relating
to elections, the
person is
not entitled to
have the
charge dismissed
if the evidence
also establishes that
the person did
any act or
acts such
as to constitute the
offence with which the person is actually
charged. 588 Charge of stealing stock
If,
on the trial of a person charged with stealing an animal
that is stock, the evidence establishes that the
person is not guilty of the
offence charged,
but is guilty
of any of
the offences following, that
is to say— (a) unlawfully using the animal without
the consent of the owner, or of the person in lawful possession
thereof; (b) branding or
marking the
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588A] registered brand
or registered mark,
knowing that
the person is not the owner of the
animal; (c) altering or
defacing, or
otherwise rendering
undistinguishable, any
registered brand
or registered mark upon the
animal; (d) knowingly permitting any act as
mentioned in paragraph (c) to be done by any person over whom
the person has control; the person may
be convicted of the offence so established by the evidence,
and is liable to the same punishment as if the person had been
convicted of that offence. 588A Charges of
stealing certain animals and of killing certain animals with
intent to steal (1) If on the trial of a person charged
with stealing an animal that is stock the
evidence establishes that the person is not guilty
of
the offence charged but is guilty of the offence of killing
an animal with intent to steal the skin or
carcass or any part of the skin or
carcass, the
person may
be convicted of
the latter offence and is
liable to the punishment prescribed in respect of that
offence. (2) If on the trial of a person charged
with killing an animal with intent to steal
the skin or carcass or any part of the skin or carcass the
evidence establishes that the person is not guilty of
the
offence charged but is guilty of the offence of stealing an
animal, the person may be convicted of the
latter offence and is liable to
the punishment prescribed in
respect of
that offence.
(3) A reference in this section to the
offence of killing an animal with intent to
steal the skin or carcass or any part of the skin or
carcass is a reference to the offence of
killing an animal with intent to steal the skin or, as the
case may be, the carcass or, as the case may be,
part of the skin or, as the case may be, part of
the
carcass. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Indictment for joint receiving
Upon
an indictment charging 2 or more persons jointly with
an offence of
which the
receiving of
any property is
an element, if
the evidence establishes that
1 or more
of them separately received
any part or
parts of
the property under
such
circumstances as to constitute an offence, such 1 or more
of the accused
persons may
be convicted of
the offence or
offences so established by the
evidence. 589A Indictment for using or disclosing
knowledge of match-fixing conduct or match-fixing
arrangement for betting If, on the trial
of a person charged with an indictable offence under section
443D, the evidence establishes that the person is
not
guilty of the offence charged but is guilty of any offence
under section
443F, the person may
be convicted of
the offence under section 443F.
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Chapter division 1 Bringing accused
person to trial 590
Bringing accused to trial
(1) Subject to
section 561, when
a person charged
with an
indictable offence
has been committed
for trial and
it is intended to put
the person upon his or her trial for the offence,
the director of
public prosecutions or
a Crown prosecutor must present the
indictment no later than 6 months after the date on which
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If— (a) an indictment is
not so presented; or (b) it becomes
apparent that evidence necessary to establish the offence is
not going to be available; or (c)
the
accused has absconded and is not likely to be found
before the expiry of the period; or
(d) for any
other reason
it is impracticable to
present the
indictment; the director of
public prosecutions or a Crown prosecutor may apply to the
court at any time before or after the expiry of the
period for
an extension of
time within
which to
present an
indictment. (3)
The
court hearing the application may, if satisfied that good
cause is shown and no miscarriage of justice
is likely to result, grant the extension of time the court
considers just. (4) If an
indictment is
not presented before
the expiry of
the period or any extension of the period,
the person is entitled to be discharged from the consequences of
his or her committal. Chapter division 2 Directions and
rulings before trial 590AA Pre-trial
directions and rulings (1) If
the Crown has
presented an
indictment before
a court against a
person, a party may apply for a direction or ruling, or
a judge of
the court may
on his or
her initiative direct
the parties to attend before the court for
directions or rulings, as to the conduct of
the trial or any pre-trial hearing. (2)
Without limiting subsection (1) a direction
or ruling may be given in relation to— (a)
the
quashing or staying of the indictment; or (b)
the
joinder of accused or joinder of charges; or Current as at
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only Page 382 (ba)
disclosure under chapter division 3 or 4;
or (c) the provision of a statement, report,
proof of evidence or other information; or
(d) noting of
admissions and
issues the
parties agree
are relevant to the trial or sentence;
or (da) an application
for trial by a judge sitting without a jury; or
(e) deciding questions of law including
the admissibility of evidence and any step that must be
taken if any evidence is not to be admitted; or
(f) ascertaining whether a defence of
insanity or diminished responsibility or
any other question
of a psychiatric nature is to be
raised; or (g) the psychiatric or
other medical
examination of
the accused; or (h)
the exchange of
medical, psychiatric and
other expert
reports; or (i)
the
reference of the accused to the Mental Health Court;
or (j) the date of
trial and directing that a date for trial is not to
be
fixed until it is known whether the accused proposes
to rely on
a defence of
insanity or
diminished responsibility or
any other question
of a psychiatric nature;
or (k) the return of subpoenas; or
(ka) matters
relating to
protected counselling communications under
the Evidence Act
1977 ,
part 2,
division 2A; or (l)
the Evidence Act 1977 , part 2,
division 4A or 6; or (m) encouraging the
parties to
narrow the
issues and
any other administrative arrangement to
assist the
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A
direction or ruling is binding unless the judge presiding at
the
trial or pre-trial hearing, for special reason, gives leave
to reopen the direction or ruling.
(4) A direction
or ruling must
not be subject
to interlocutory appeal
but may be
raised as
a ground of
appeal against
conviction or sentence. 590AAA
Noncompliance with direction about disclosure (1)
If
it appears to the court that a person (the directed
person ) has not
complied with
a direction given
under section
590AA(2)(ba), the court may
order the
directed person
to file an
affidavit, or
give evidence
in court, explaining and
justifying the failure to comply. (2)
If
the court requires the directed person to file an affidavit,
a copy of the affidavit must be served on the
person for whose benefit the direction was given (the
affected person ).
(3) An order under subsection (1) may be
made— (a) on the court’s own initiative;
or (b) on the application of the affected
person. (4) If the court is not satisfied the
directed person’s affidavit or evidence
satisfactorily explains
and justifies the
noncompliance, the court may—
(a) adjourn the proceeding to allow enough
time for— (i) the directed person to comply with the
direction; and (ii) the affected
person to consider anything disclosed under the
direction and take any necessary further action;
and (b) if the
court is
satisfied that
the noncompliance was
unjustified, unreasonable or
deliberate—make, in
relation to the adjournment, an award in
favour of the affected person
of an amount
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if
an award of costs is made under paragraph (b)—fix a
time
for the amount to be paid. (5) This section
does not limit the court’s power otherwise to deal
with a
failure to
comply with
a direction, including, for
example, any power in the court to punish
for contempt. (6) The directed
person is
not excused from
failing to
file an
affidavit or give evidence under this
section on the ground that an affidavit or evidence explaining
and justifying a failure to comply with the
direction given under section 590AA(2)(ba) might
tend to
incriminate the
directed person
because the
directed person would be required to admit
to the failure to comply. (7)
However, the affidavit or evidence is not
admissible against the directed person in a criminal proceeding
or a proceeding for contempt. (8)
Subsection (7) does
not stop the
affidavit or
evidence from
being admissible against the person—
(a) in a
perjury proceeding in
relation to
the affidavit or
evidence; or (b)
for the purposes
of making an
order under
subsection (4). (9)
In
this section— direction includes
ruling. perjury proceeding ,
in relation to
an affidavit or
evidence, means a
proceeding in which the falsity or misleading nature
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Disclosure by the prosecution Chapter
subdivision A Preliminary provisions 590AB Disclosure
obligation (1) This chapter division acknowledges
that it is a fundamental obligation of the prosecution to
ensure criminal proceedings are conducted
fairly with the single aim of determining and establishing
truth. (2) Without limiting
the scope of
the obligation, in
relation to
disclosure in a relevant proceeding, the
obligation includes an ongoing obligation for
the prosecution to
give an
accused person full and
early disclosure of— (a) all evidence the
prosecution proposes to rely on in the proceeding;
and (b) all things in the possession of the
prosecution, other than things the
disclosure of
which would
be unlawful or
contrary to public interest, that would tend
to help the case for the accused person.
590AC
Chapter division does not have particular consequences
(1) Nothing in this chapter
division— (a) requires disclosure that is unlawful
under this or another law; or (b)
affects an
accused person’s
right to
anything under
another law. (2)
Failure to comply with this chapter division
in a proceeding does not affect the validity of the
proceeding. Current as at [Not applicable]
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subdivision B Interpretation 590AD Definitions
for ch div 3 In this chapter division—
affected child see the
Evidence Act 1977 , section
21AC. arresting officer
, for a
person charged
with an
offence, means—
(a) the police
officer who
arrested the
person or,
if the person was not
arrested, the police officer who brought the charge
against the person; or (b) at
any time the
person mentioned
in paragraph (a)
is unavailable, another
police officer
the police commissioner, or
a delegate of the police commissioner, designates as
the arresting officer for the person. court
means the court for the relevant
proceeding. criminal history of a person
includes every finding of guilt, or acceptance of a
plea of guilty, whether or not a conviction was recorded, other
than a spent conviction. Evidence Act
section 93A
device statement
see section 590AFA.
exculpatory thing
, in relation
to an accused
person, means
reliable evidence
of a nature
to cause a
jury to
entertain a
reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the
accused person. original evidence means a thing
that may be tendered as an exhibit in a relevant
proceeding. possession of the prosecution
see
section 590AE. prescribed summary trial means a summary
trial of— (a) a charge for an indictable offence
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a charge for
an indictable offence
if, under section
552A, the prosecution has
elected that
the charge be heard and decided summarily;
or (c) a charge for an indictable offence to
which section 552B applies unless
the defendant has
informed the
Magistrates Court
that he
or she wants
to be tried
by jury; or (d)
a
charge for an indictable offence against a provision of
the Drugs Misuse Act 1986
,
if— (i) under that Act, proceedings for the
charge may be taken summarily; and (ii)
the
prosecution has elected that proceedings for the
charge be taken summarily; or
(e) a charge for an offence prescribed
under a regulation for this definition. prosecution means the person
in charge of the prosecution or a person
appearing for the prosecution. relevant
proceeding means— (a)
a
committal proceeding; or (b) a prescribed
summary trial; or (c) a trial on indictment.
sensitive evidence see section
590AF. statement of a person
means— (a) a statement signed by the person;
or (b) a statement of the person that is
potentially admissible under the Evidence Act
1977 , section 93A; or (c)
any other representation of
fact, whether
in words or
otherwise, made by the person.
view includes listen
to. Current as at [Not applicable]
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of possession of the prosecution
(1) For a relevant proceeding, a thing is
in the possession of the prosecution only
if the thing
is in the
possession of
the prosecution under subsection (2) or
(3). (2) A thing is in the possession of the
prosecution if it is in the possession of
the arresting officer or a person appearing for the
prosecution. (3) A thing is also in the possession of
the prosecution if— (a) the thing is in the possession
of— (i) for a
prosecution conducted
by the director
of public prosecutions—the director;
or (ii) for
a prosecution conducted
by the police
service—the police service; and
(b) the arresting
officer or
a person appearing
for the prosecution— (i)
is
aware of the existence of the thing; and (ii)
is, or would
be, able to
locate the
thing without
unreasonable effort. 590AF Meaning
of sensitive evidence (1)
Sensitive evidence means anything
containing or displaying an image of a person (the
imaged person )—
(a) that, disregarding the
fact the
thing was
brought into
existence, or is in the possession of the
prosecution, for the purpose of
providing evidence
of an offence,
is obscene or indecent; or
(b) the disclosure of which to another
person, without the imaged person’s
consent, would
interfere with
the imaged person’s privacy.
Examples— •
a
computer hard drive containing obscene or indecent images
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a
photo of a naked rape victim taken to preserve evidence of
the victim’s condition at a particular
time (2) Child exploitation material
under chapter
22, or material
alleged to be child exploitation material,
is sensitive evidence .
590AFA
Meaning of Evidence Act section 93A device
statement An Evidence Act
section 93A device
statement means
a statement— (a)
made
to a person investigating an alleged offence; and
(b) contained in— (i)
any disc, tape,
sound track
or other device
mentioned in
paragraph (e)
of the definition document
in the Evidence
Act 1977 ,
schedule 3 capable of
reproducing sounds; or (ii) any film,
negative, tape or other device mentioned in paragraph (f)
of the definition document in the
Evidence Act 1977 , schedule 3;
and (c) given in,
or in anticipation of,
a criminal proceeding about the
alleged offence; and (d) that
is potentially admissible under
the Evidence Act
1977 , section
93A. 590AG Particular references to an accused
person include references to a lawyer acting for the
accused person (1) A reference in this chapter division
to giving or disclosing a thing to an accused person includes a
reference to giving or disclosing the thing to a lawyer
acting for the accused person. (2)
A reference in
this chapter
division to
an accused person
viewing a thing includes a reference to a
lawyer acting for the accused person viewing the
thing. Current as at [Not applicable]
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subdivision C Disclosure Not
authorised —indicative
only 590AH Disclosure that must always be
made (1) This section applies—
(a) without limiting the prosecution’s
obligation mentioned in section 590AB(1); and
(b) subject to section 590AC(1)(a) and
chapter subdivision D. (2) For
a relevant proceeding, the
prosecution must
give the
accused person each of the following—
(a) a copy
of the bench
charge sheet,
complaint or
indictment containing the charge against the
person; (b) a copy of the accused person’s
criminal history in the possession of the prosecution;
(c) a copy
of any statement
of the accused
person in
the possession of the prosecution;
(d) for each proposed witness for the
prosecution who is, or may be, an affected child—a written
notice naming the witness and describing why the proposed
witness is, or may be, an affected child;
(e) for each proposed witness for the
prosecution other than a proposed witness mentioned in
paragraph (d)— (i) a copy
of any statement
of the witness
in the possession of
the prosecution; or Example— a
statement made
by a proposed
witness for
the prosecution in an audio recording of
an interview (ii) if
there is
no statement of
the witness in
the possession of
the prosecution—a written
notice naming the
witness; (f) if the
prosecution intends
to adduce evidence
of a representation under
the Evidence Act
1977 ,
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written notice stating that intention and the matters
mentioned in section 590C(2)(b) to (d); (g)
a
copy of any report of any test or forensic procedure
relevant to
the proceeding in
the possession of
the prosecution; Examples of a
forensic procedure— DNA, fingerprint or another scientific
identification procedure (h) a
written notice
describing any
test or
forensic procedure,
including a test or forensic procedure that is not yet
completed, on which the prosecution intends to rely at the
proceeding; (i) a written
notice describing any
original evidence
on which the prosecution intends to rely
at the proceeding; (j) a copy of anything else on which the
prosecution intends to rely at the proceeding;
(k) a written notice or copy of anything
else in possession of the prosecution prescribed under a
regulation. 590AI When mandatory disclosure must be
made (1) This section applies if—
(a) the prosecution must give an accused
person a written notice or copy of a thing under section
590AH(2); or (b) the prosecution must give an accused
person a written notice of
a thing under
section 590AO(2) and,
apart from section
590AO, the prosecution would have to give the
accused person
a copy of
the thing under
section 590AH(2); or (c)
the
prosecution must give an accused person a written
notice of
a thing under
section 590AOA(2) and,
apart from
section 590AOA, the
prosecution would
have to
give the
person a
copy of
the thing under
section 590AH(2). Current as at
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The prosecution must
give the
accused person
the written notice or
copy— (a) for a
committal proceeding or
prescribed summary
trial—at least 14 days before the date set
by the court for the commencement of the hearing of evidence;
or (b) for a
trial on
indictment—no more
than 28
days after
presentation of the indictment, or if the
trial starts less than 28 days after presentation of the
indictment, before evidence starts to be heard at the
trial. (3) Subsection (2) is not intended to
discourage the prosecution from voluntarily giving the accused
person the written notice or copy at a time before the latest
time the subsection may be complied with. Note—
An administrative arrangement made
under section
706A (Development of administrative arrangements)
might provide for the prosecution’s agreement to a form of
staged disclosure that will ensure an accused
person is provided with at least part of the material that
must be disclosed under
section 590AH within
a period stated
in the arrangement that
is shorter than the period stated in subsection (2).
(4) The court may, at any time, shorten
the period mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or
extend the
period mentioned
in subsection (2)(b). (5)
If
the relevant proceeding is a committal proceeding, the court
may
set a date to have effect under subsection (2)(a) as the
date for
the commencement of
hearing of
evidence in
the proceeding even
if, having regard
to the Justices
Act 1886 ,
section 110A, it will or may be the case
that no witness will appear at the proceeding to give oral
evidence. 590AJ Disclosure that must be made on
request (1) This section applies—
(a) without limiting the prosecution’s
obligation mentioned in section 590AB(1); and
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subject to section 590AC(1)(a) and chapter
subdivision D. (2) For a relevant
proceeding, the prosecution must, on request, give the accused
person— (a) particulars if a proposed witness for
the prosecution is, or may be, an affected child; and
(b) a copy of the criminal history of a
proposed witness for the prosecution in the possession of
the prosecution; and (c) a copy or notice
of any thing in the possession of the prosecution that
may reasonably be
considered to
be adverse to
the reliability or
credibility of
a proposed witness for the
prosecution; and (d) notice of any thing in the possession
of the prosecution that may tend to raise an issue about the
competence of a proposed witness for the prosecution to
give evidence in the proceeding; and (e)
a
copy of any statement of any person relevant to the
proceeding and in the possession of the
prosecution but on which the prosecution does not intend to
rely at the proceeding; and (f)
a
copy or notice of any other thing in the possession of
the
prosecution that is relevant to the proceeding but on
which the
prosecution does
not intend to
rely at
the proceeding. (3)
If
the prosecution gives notice of a thing under subsection (2)
that
is not original evidence, the prosecution must advise the
accused person that the thing may be viewed
on request by the accused person at a stated place.
(4) In this section— particulars means
particulars of a matter alleged in the bench charge sheet,
complaint or indictment containing the charge against the
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requested disclosure must be made (1)
This
section applies if— (a) an accused
person requests
particulars or
a copy or
notice of a thing under section 590AJ(2);
and (b) either— (i)
the prosecution must
give the
accused person
particulars or a copy or notice of the thing
under section 590AJ(2); or (ii)
the prosecution must
give the
accused person
written notice of the thing under section
590AO(2) and, apart
from section
590AO, the prosecution would have to
give the accused person a copy of the thing under
section 590AJ(2); or (iii) the
prosecution must
give the
accused person
written notice
of the thing
under section
590AOA(2) and, apart
from section
590AOA, the prosecution would
have to
give the
person a
copy of
the thing on
request under section
590AJ(2). (2) The prosecution must give the accused
person the particulars, copy or notice as soon as practicable
after the request is made. 590AL Ongoing obligation to
disclose (1) If the
prosecution can
not comply with
a time requirement because the
thing to be disclosed was not in the possession of
the prosecution in
sufficient time,
including, for
example, because
the thing did
not exist at
the time, the
prosecution must
disclose the
thing to
the accused person
as soon as
practicable after
it comes into
the possession of
the prosecution. (2)
The
obligation to disclose a thing, other than an exculpatory
thing, to
the accused person
continues despite
a failure to
comply with
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whether by
the accused person
being discharged,
acquitted or convicted, or in another way. (3)
If a
thing is an exculpatory thing, the obligation to disclose it
to
the accused person continues despite a failure to comply
with a
time requirement or
subsection (1) until
1 of the
following happens— (a)
the
accused person is discharged or acquitted; (b)
the
accused person dies. (4) In this
section— time requirement means a
requirement under section 590AI or 590AK.
590AM
How disclosure may be made (1) If a written
notice or copy of a thing must or may be given to
the
accused person under this chapter division, it is sufficient
for— (a)
a
document advising that the written notice or copy of
the
thing is available for collection at a stated place to be
served on the accused person—
(i) if a
lawyer acts
for the accused
person—at the
lawyer’s address for service; or
(ii) otherwise—at the
accused person’s
place of
business, or residential address, last known
to the prosecution; and (b)
the
written notice or copy of the thing to be available for
collection at the stated place.
(2) If notice
of a thing
must or
may be given
to the accused
person under this chapter division, it is
sufficient for notice to be given in a way the prosecution
considers appropriate. Example— If the
prosecution considers it appropriate, notice may be given by
phone to the lawyer acting for the accused
person or in writing made available under subsection (1).
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subdivision D Limitations on disclosure
590AN
Limit on disclosure of things accused person already has
The prosecution is
not, for
a relevant proceeding, required
under this
chapter division
to give the
accused person
anything the accused person or a lawyer
acting for the accused person already
possesses or
has already been
given by
the prosecution. Example—
The
prosecution is not required to give the accused person a copy of
a complaint or indictment already given to the
accused person or a copy of depositions already given to the
accused person under section 705. 590AO Limit on
disclosure of sensitive evidence (1AA)
This
section does not apply to an Evidence Act section 93A
device statement. (1)
The prosecution is
not, for
a relevant proceeding, required
under this chapter division to give the
accused person a copy of a thing the prosecution reasonably
considers to be sensitive evidence other than as required under
this section. (2) If— (a)
apart from this section, the prosecution
would have to give the accused person a copy of the thing;
and (b) the prosecution does not give the
accused person a copy of the thing; then the
prosecution must give the accused person a written
notice— (c)
describing the thing; and
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is
not required to give the accused person a copy of
the
thing other than as required under this section;
and (e) if
the thing is
not original evidence,
stating the
place where
the accused person
may, on
request, view
the thing for the purposes of the relevant
proceeding; and (f) if the
thing is
original evidence,
stating that
the prosecution may,
on request, allow
an appropriate person to view
and examine the thing for the purposes of the relevant
proceeding at a stated place— (i)
under the supervision of the prosecution;
and (ii) subject
to any other
conditions the
prosecution considers
appropriate to ensure— (A) the thing will
only be viewed and examined for a legitimate
purpose connected with the relevant proceeding; and
(B) there is
no unauthorised reproduction or
circulation of the thing; and
(C) the integrity of the thing is
protected. (3) If the thing is original evidence, the
court may direct that the prosecution allow an appropriate
person to view and examine the thing
for the purposes
of the proceeding subject
to the conditions the
court considers appropriate. (4)
The
court may make the direction under subsection (3) only if
the
court is satisfied the terms of the direction can ensure—
(a) the thing
will only
be viewed and
examined for
a legitimate purpose
connected with
the relevant proceeding;
and (b) there is no unauthorised reproduction
or circulation of the thing; and (c)
the
integrity of the thing is protected. Current as at
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Also, the
court may
direct that
the prosecution give
the accused person a copy of the thing
(whether or not the thing is original
evidence). (6) The court may make the direction under
subsection (5) only if— (a) the
accused person
satisfies the
court a
legitimate purpose is
achieved by the accused person being given a copy of the
thing; and (b) the court
is satisfied the
terms of
the direction can
ensure there
is no unauthorised reproduction or
circulation of the thing.
(7) If, under
subsection (5), the
court directs
the prosecution to
give
the accused person a copy of the thing, the court may also
direct that the accused person return the
copy of the thing to the prosecution within the period
stated in the direction to the accused
person. (8) In this section— appropriate
person means— (a)
the
accused person; or (b) a lawyer acting for the accused
person; or (c) another person
engaged by
the accused person
if the prosecution or
court considers it is appropriate for the other person to
view or examine the thing. 590AOA Evidence Act section 93A device
statement (1) The prosecution is
not, for
a relevant proceeding, required
under this chapter division to give the
accused person a copy of an
Evidence Act
section 93A device
statement (the
statement ) other than as
required under this section. (2)
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section, the prosecution would have to give the accused
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the
prosecution does not give the accused person a copy
of
the statement; then the prosecution must give the accused
person a written notice— (c)
describing the statement; and
(d) stating that the prosecution—
(i) considers the
statement to
be an Evidence
Act section 93A device statement;
and (ii) is not required
to give the accused person a copy of the
statement other
than as
required under
this section;
and (e) stating the
matters mentioned
in subsection (3) or
(6), whichever is
applicable. (3) If the accused person has a lawyer
acting for him or her, the notice must state that the prosecution
will give a lawyer acting for the accused person a copy of the
statement (the copy ) on
the
following conditions— (a) that the lawyer
must not give the copy to the accused person or anyone
else other than the following— (i)
a
lawyer acting for the accused person or to whom the copy is
referred for particular advice; (ii)
a
person, other than a lawyer, to whom the copy is
referred for particular expert
advice; (iii) an associate of
the lawyer to the extent necessary for work to be
done for the lawyer in relation to the relevant
proceeding or a proceeding for a relevant charge in the
ordinary practice of the law; (b)
that
any lawyer acting for the accused person, other than
the
lawyer to whom the prosecution gives the copy, must
not
give the copy to the accused person or anyone else
other than the persons mentioned in
paragraph (a)(ii) or (a)(iii); Current as at
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that
a person who is given the copy under paragraph (a)
or
(b), other than a lawyer mentioned in the paragraph,
must
not give the copy to the accused person or anyone
else
who is not a lawyer acting for the accused person;
(d) that the copy held by the lawyer to
whom it was given by the prosecution, or held by anyone else
to whom the copy has been given under this
section— (i) must not be copied; and
(ii) must be returned
to the prosecution within 14 days after—
(A) the lawyer
or other person
stops being
someone who may be given the copy
under this section; or Example—
A
lawyer may stop acting for the accused person. (B)
the end of
the proceedings for
the relevant charge;
(e) that the
copy may
only be
given to
another person
in accordance with the conditions
mentioned in paragraphs (a) to
(d) for a
legitimate purpose
connected with
the relevant proceeding or
a proceeding for
a relevant charge.
(4) If the original statement is a visual
image device and the copy to be given by the prosecution under
the notice is only a sound device, the court may direct the
prosecution to give a copy that is a visual
image device. (5) The court may make a direction under
subsection (4) only if it is satisfied the terms of the
direction can ensure— (a) the copy will
only be viewed for a legitimate purpose connected with
the relevant proceeding; and (b)
there is
no unauthorised copying
or circulation of
the copy. Page 400
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(6) If the accused person does not have a
lawyer acting for him or her, the notice must state
that— (a) the prosecution will not give the
statement (whether the original or copy) to the accused
person; and (b) the prosecution will,
on request, allow
an appropriate person
to view the
statement, either
the original or
a copy as
stated in
the notice for
the purposes of
the relevant proceeding at a stated
place. (7) If the prosecution refuses to accept a
person, nominated by the accused person
under paragraph
(c) of the
definition appropriate person
, as an
appropriate person
for subsection (6)(b), the
court may
direct the
prosecution to
accept the
person as
an appropriate person
for subsection (6)(b), subject to the
conditions the court considers appropriate. (8)
The
court may make the direction under subsection (7) only if
the
court is satisfied the terms of the direction can ensure—
(a) the statement
will only
be viewed for
a legitimate purpose
connected with the relevant proceeding; and (b)
there is
no unauthorised copying
or circulation of
the statement; and (c)
if
the original statement is to be viewed—the integrity of
the
statement is protected. (9) A
person who
does an
act mentioned in
the Evidence Act
1977 ,
section 93AA(1)(a) to
(c) in contravention of
a condition imposed
by a notice
under subsection
(3) or a direction under
subsection (5) or (7)— (a) does the act
without authority; and (b) commits an
offence against that section. (10)
For subsection (3)(d)(i)
or (8)(b), it
is declared that
the making of a transcript of the contents
of the statement is not the making of a copy of the statement
to which the Evidence Act 1977
,
section 93AA(1)(c) applies. Current as at
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only (11) In this
section— appropriate person means—
(a) the accused person; or
(b) a lawyer
mentioned in
the Evidence Act
1977 ,
section 21O(4); or (c)
another person
engaged by
the accused person
if the prosecution or
court considers it is appropriate for the other person to
view the thing. Examples of persons prosecution may consider
appropriate— • interpreter •
expert associate
of a
lawyer means an associate of the law practice, of the lawyer,
as defined under the Legal Profession Act 2007
, section 7(1)(a) or (c).
copy ,
of the statement, in
subsections (3) and
(6) means a
copy
of the original statement in the form of— (a)
a device of
similar function
to the original
device containing a
copy of the statement; or (b) if the original
statement is in the form of a visual image device—any sound
device capable
of reproducing a
soundtrack of the visual image
device; and includes any additional copy provided by
the prosecution for convenience. end of
proceedings , in relation to a relevant charge, means
the latest of the following— (a)
if a
trial is not conducted that disposes of the charge—
the discharge, striking
out, withdrawal, entry
of nolle prosequi,
quashing, staying or other event by which the proceedings
end; (b) if a trial is conducted that disposes
of the charge— (i) if the trial ends without a finding of
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if
the trial ends with a finding of guilt—the end of
any
period allowed for appeal against the finding of guilt;
or (iii) if an appeal is
started against the finding of guilt— the
end of the
appeal and
the end of
any further proceedings. Note—
This
definition covers circumstances where a copy of a statement
is held beyond committal to the resulting trial
and beyond any mistrial or appeal to later trial.
relevant charge means the charge
against the accused in the relevant proceeding, and includes any
replacement or further charge arising out of the proceeding
or the same, or same set of, circumstances. sound
device means
a device mentioned
in section 590AFA(b)(i). visual
image device
means a
device mentioned
in section 590AFA(b)(ii). 590AP Limit on
disclosure of witness contact details (1)
The prosecution is
not, for
a relevant proceeding, required
under this
chapter division
to give the
accused person
a witness contact
detail other
than as
required under
this section.
(2) The prosecution must
give the
accused person
a witness contact detail
that is materially relevant as part of the evidence
for
the relevant proceeding. Example 1— If
the alleged offence
is breaking and
entering a
dwelling and
a proposed witness was the occupant of
the dwelling when the offence allegedly
happened, the
address of
the proposed witness
when the
offence allegedly happened would be
materially relevant as part of the evidence.
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2— If the alleged
offence is unlawful
stalking involving
contacting the
stalked person
by telephone, the
telephone number
of the stalked
person when
the offence allegedly
happened would
be materially relevant as part
of the evidence. (3) However, the
court may
direct that
another witness
contact detail be given
to the accused person. (4) The court may
make the direction only if— (a)
the accused person
satisfies the
court a
legitimate purpose is
achieved by the witness contact detail being given to the
accused person; and (b) the court is satisfied that giving the
detail is not likely to present a reasonably ascertainable
risk to the welfare or protection of any person.
(5) A witness contact detail the
prosecution is not required to give the accused
person may be deleted from, or rendered illegible
in,
a thing that is to be disclosed to, or may be viewed by, the
accused person. (6)
Although it is acknowledged that a person is
not obliged to have contact
with the
defence, nothing
in this section
is intended to discourage the
prosecution, at the request of the defence,
from voluntarily passing
on to a
person a
request from the defence
that the person contact the defence. (7)
In
this section— witness contact
details include
details of
the address and
telephone and facsimile number of a proposed
witness for the prosecution or
a person a copy
of whose statement
may be given to the
accused person under section 590AJ(2)(e). 590APA Protected
counselling communications (1) The
prosecution is
not, for
a relevant proceeding, required
under this chapter division to give the
accused person a copy of a
document if
the prosecution reasonably considers
the document is a protected counselling
communication. Page 404 Current as at
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply
if— (a) for a
relevant proceeding to
which the
Evidence Act
1977 ,
part 2,
division 2A,
subdivision 3
applies—the document is
produced by leave of the court under that subdivision;
or (b) the counselled person
to whom the
protected counselling
communication relates has consented to the production of
the document in the proceeding under the Evidence Act
1977 , section 14I; or (c)
the
document may be produced under the Evidence
Act 1977 , section
14J. (3) If the prosecution reasonably
considers subsection (1) applies to
a document and,
apart from
this section,
the prosecution would
have to
give the
accused person
a copy of
the document, the
prosecution must
give the
accused person
a written notice stating—
(a) that the prosecution is in possession
of a document that it considers is
a protected counselling communication the disclosure
of which is prevented by the Evidence
Act 1977 , part 2,
division 2A; and (b) a description of
the nature and
particulars of
the document (other than particulars
disclosing the content of the protected counselling
communication); and Example of particulars— the fact the
document contains a counsellor’s notes, the identity
of
the counsellor and the date the notes were made (c)
that the
counselled person
to whom the
document relates
has not consented
to the production of
the document; and (d)
if
the relevant proceeding is a proceeding to which the
Evidence Act
1977 ,
part 2,
division 2A,
subdivision 3
applies—that the accused person may apply to
the court for leave under that subdivision enabling
the document to be produced. Current as at
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In
this section— counselled person see the
Evidence Act 1977 , section
14B. protected counselling communication
see
the Evidence Act
1977 , section
14A. Not authorised —indicative
only 590AQ Limit on disclosure contrary to
the public interest (1) The prosecution is
not, for
a relevant proceeding, required
under this chapter division to disclose to
the accused person a thing, other
than as
required under
this section,
if the prosecution— (a)
considers the disclosure would be contrary
to the public interest; and (b)
gives the accused person a written notice
stating that the prosecution— (i)
considers the disclosure would be contrary
to the public interest; and (ii)
is
not required to disclose the thing to the accused
person other than as required under this
section. (2) Without limiting
subsection (1)(a), the
prosecution is
not required to disclose the thing to the
accused person if— (a) there are reasonable grounds for
considering disclosure of the thing would—
(i) prejudice the
security, defence
or international relations of
Australia; or (ii) damage relations
between the Commonwealth and a State or
between 2 or more States; or (iii)
facilitate the commission of another
offence; or (iv) prejudice
the prevention, investigation or
prosecution of an offence; or
(v) prejudice the
usefulness of
surveillance or
other detection
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(vi) disclose,
or enable a
person to
find out,
the existence or
identity of
a confidential source
of information relating
to the enforcement or
administration of a law of the Commonwealth
or a State; or (vii)
cause unlawful or
dishonest interference with
potential witnesses; or (viii) prejudice
the proper functioning of the government of the
Commonwealth or a State; or (b)
disclosure of
the thing to
the accused person
is prohibited by law. Example for
paragraph (b)— disclosure of an informer’s identity under
the Drugs Misuse Act 1986
,
section 119 (3) However, unless disclosure to the
accused person of the thing is
prohibited by
law, the
court may
direct that
the thing be
disclosed to the accused person.
(4) The court may make a direction only if
the court is satisfied, on balance, that disclosing the thing
to the accused person is not contrary to the public
interest. (5) In deciding whether to make a
direction, the court may inform itself in any
way it considers appropriate. (6)
Without limiting the matters the court may
take into account in deciding whether to make a direction, the
court must take into account the following matters—
(a) the importance of the thing in the
relevant proceeding, including, for
example, whether
the thing is
an exculpatory thing; (b)
the
nature of the offence; (c) the
likely effect
of disclosing the
thing and
how publication of the thing may be
limited; (d) whether the
substance of
the thing has
already been
published. Current as at
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In
this section— State includes a
Territory. Chapter subdivision E Viewing
590AR
Viewing evidence that is not original evidence If—
(a) advice is given under section
590AJ(3); or (b) notice is
given under
section 590AO(2)(e) or
590AOA(6); of
a place where
the accused person
or appropriate person
may,
on request, view a thing, the prosecution must allow the
accused person or appropriate person, on
request, to view the thing at the place for the purposes of
the relevant proceeding. 590AS Viewing particular
evidence (1) This section applies if a thing that
is original evidence and that is
not sensitive evidence
or an Evidence
Act section 93A device
statement is
disclosed to
an accused person
under section
590AH(2)(i) or 590AJ. Note— For
viewing of
original evidence
that is
sensitive evidence,
see section 590AO(2)(f), (3) and
(4). (2) The prosecution is not required to
allow the accused person to view or examine
the thing for the relevant proceeding other than as required
under this section. (3) The prosecution may, on request, allow
an appropriate person to view or examine the thing for the
purposes of the relevant proceeding— (a)
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subject to any other conditions the
prosecution considers appropriate to protect the integrity
of the thing. (4) Also, the
court may
direct that
the prosecution allow
an appropriate person
to view and
examine the
thing for
the purposes of the proceeding subject to
the conditions the court considers appropriate to protect the
integrity of the thing. (5) The court may
make the direction only if the court is satisfied
the
terms of the direction can ensure the integrity of the thing
is
protected. (6) In this section— appropriate
person means— (a)
the
accused person; or (b) a lawyer acting for the accused
person; or (c) another person
engaged by
the accused person
if the prosecution or
court considers it is appropriate for the other person to
view or examine the thing. Chapter subdivision F
Miscellaneous provisions 590AT Accused
person may waive entitlement (1)
An accused person
may waive any
or all entitlements the
accused person
would otherwise
have under
this chapter
division. (2)
The
waiver must be in writing and be given to the prosecution.
590AU
Court may waive requirement A court may
waive any requirement imposed by this chapter division in
relation to a relevant proceeding if it is satisfied
there is a good reason for waiving the
requirement and that waiving the
requirement will
not result in
a miscarriage of
justice. Current as at
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directions under particular provisions (1)
The
court may make a disclosure direction on the court’s own
initiative or on an application made by the
accused person. (2) The court may make a disclosure
direction on the conditions, whether about
the circumstances of disclosure or otherwise, it
considers appropriate. (3)
Without limiting
subsection (2), the
court may
make a
disclosure direction on condition
that— (a) partial disclosure only be made;
or (b) disclosure only
be made to
a lawyer acting
for the accused person;
or (c) particular persons are excluded from
the room in which the court is sitting for all or part of the
proceedings; or (d) reporting of
the proceedings be
limited in
a particular way.
(4) In this section— disclosure direction
means a
direction for
a relevant proceeding under
section 590AO, 590AOA, 590AP, 590AQ or 590AS.
590AW
When issues about disclosure must be resolved Any issue about
compliance with this chapter division must, if possible, be
resolved before evidence starts to be heard at the
relevant proceeding. 590AX Unauthorised
copying of sensitive evidence (1)
A
person in possession of sensitive evidence for the purposes
of a relevant
proceeding commits
an offence if,
without authority, the
person copies or permits a person to copy the sensitive
evidence. Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. Page 410
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A
person has possession of sensitive evidence for the purposes
of a
relevant proceeding only if— (a)
the
sensitive evidence was given to the person under this
chapter division; or (b)
the
sensitive evidence came into the person’s possession
directly or
incidentally, including
by an opportunity given, because
the person is a public official. (3)
A
person has authority only if the person copies or permits a
person to
copy sensitive
evidence for
a legitimate purpose
connected with a proceeding.
(4) In this section— public
official includes— (a)
a
police officer; and (b) a person
appointed, engaged
or employed under
the Director of Public Prosecutions Act
1984 . Chapter division 4 Disclosure by an
accused person 590A
Notice of alibi (1)
An accused person
shall not
upon the
person’s trial
on indictment, without the leave of the
court, adduce evidence in support of
an alibi unless,
before the
expiration of
the prescribed period, the person gives
notice of particulars of the alibi.
(2) An accused
person shall
not upon the
person’s trial
on indictment, without
the leave of
the court, call
any other person to give
evidence in support of an alibi unless— (a)
the notice under
subsection (1) includes
the name and
address of the person or, if the name or
address is not known to
the accused person
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the accused person gives the
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only person’s possession that may be of
material assistance in locating the person; or
(b) where the name or address is not
included in the notice, the court
is satisfied that
the accused person,
before giving the
notice, took and thereafter continued to take all reasonable
steps to secure that the name or address would be
ascertained; or (c) where the name or address is not
included in the notice and the accused person subsequently
discovers the name or address or receives other information
that may be of material assistance in locating the person,
the accused person gives notice forthwith of the name,
address or, as the case may be, other information;
or (d) where the accused person is notified
by or on behalf of the director of public prosecutions that the
person has not been traced by the name or located at
the address given, the accused person gives notice
forthwith of any information then in the accused person’s
possession or subsequently received by the accused person
that may be of material assistance in locating the
person. (3) The court shall not refuse leave under
this section if it appears to the court that the accused person
was not, upon the accused person’s committal for trial, informed
by the justices of the requirements of this section.
(4) Evidence tendered
to disprove an
alibi may,
subject to
a direction by
the court, be
given before
or after evidence
is given in support of the alibi.
(5) A notice purporting to be given under
this section on behalf of the accused
person by
the person’s solicitor
shall, until
the contrary is proved, be deemed to be
given with the authority of the accused person.
(6) A notice under this section—
(a) shall be in writing; and
(b) shall be given to the director of
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shall be
duly given
if it is
delivered to
or left at
the Office of the Director of Public
Prosecutions or sent by certified mail
addressed to
the director of
public prosecutions at
the director’s office. (7) In this
section— evidence in
support of
an alibi means
evidence tending
to show that by reason of the presence of
the accused person at a particular place or in a particular
area at a particular time the accused person
was not, or was unlikely to have been, at the place where the
offence is alleged to have been committed at the time of its
alleged commission. the prescribed period means the period
of 14 days after the date of the committal for trial of the
accused person. 590B Advance notice of expert
evidence (1) If an
accused person
intends to
adduce expert
evidence in
relation to an issue in the person’s trial,
the person must— (a) as soon as practicable—give the other
parties to the trial written notice of the name of the
expert, and any finding or opinion he or she proposes to
adduce; and (b) as soon
as practicable before
the trial date—give
the other parties
to the proceeding a
copy of
the expert report on which
the finding or opinion is based. (2)
The
directions judge under section 590AA or trial judge may
fix
times for compliance with subsection (1). 590C
Advance notice of representation if person
who made it is unavailable (1)
If an accused
person intends
to adduce evidence
of a representation
under the Evidence Act 1977 , section 93B,
the accused person
must, as
soon as
practicable before
the person’s trial date, give each of the
other parties to the trial written notice of the person’s
intention. Current as at [Not applicable]
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The
notice must state— (a) the accused
person intends
to adduce evidence
of a representation under
the Evidence Act
1977 ,
section 93B; and (b)
the
name of the person with personal knowledge of an
asserted fact who made a representation and
the reason the person is
unavailable to
give evidence
about the
asserted fact; and (c)
the name of
the person who
saw, heard
or otherwise perceived the
representation; and (d) details of
the representation and
the circumstances in
which it was made. (3)
The
directions judge under section 590AA or trial judge may
fix
a time for compliance with subsection (1). Chapter division
4A Disclosure obligation directions 590D
Purpose and scope of ch div 4A
(1) This chapter
division makes
particular provision
for disclosure obligation
directions. (2) This chapter division does not
affect— (a) any other power a court has in
relation to a failure to comply with
a disclosure obligation, including, for
example, to exclude evidence if it would be
unfair to an accused person to admit the evidence;
or (b) any other
action that
may be taken
against a
party in
relation to
a failure to
comply with
a disclosure obligation. (3)
This chapter
division does
not limit the
making of
practice directions by
the Chief Justice or Chief Judge about disclosure
in a
proceeding. Page 414 Current as at
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Definitions for ch div 4A
In
this chapter division— arresting officer
has the same
meaning it
has in chapter
division 3. disclosure
obligation means— (a)
the
obligation of the prosecution, for the purposes of a
relevant proceeding under chapter division
3, to comply with the
requirements of
that chapter
division for
disclosure, other
than the
obligation to
comply with
a disclosure direction as defined in
section 590AV; or (b) the obligation of
an accused person
to comply with
requirements of chapter division 4 for
disclosure. disclosure obligation direction
means a
direction or
ruling under
section 590AA(2)(ba), to
the extent it
relates to
compliance with a disclosure
obligation. party , to a
proceeding, means— (a) an accused person who is charged with
an offence the subject of the proceeding; or
(b) the prosecution in relation to an
offence the subject of the proceeding. prosecution has the same
meaning it has in chapter division 3. 590F
Subject matter for disclosure obligation
direction (1) A disclosure obligation direction may
provide for any of the following— (a)
whether a
party to
a proceeding has
a disclosure obligation in
relation to another party to the proceeding; (b)
requiring that a particular thing must be
disclosed; (c) allowing the court to inspect a
particular thing to decide whether the court should further
direct that a party has a disclosure obligation in relation to
the thing; Current as at [Not applicable]
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only (d) allowing
the court to
examine the
arresting officer
to decide whether
the prosecution has
a disclosure obligation in
relation to a particular thing; (e)
requiring that
the arresting officer
file an
affidavit to
allow the court to decide whether the
prosecution has a disclosure obligation in relation to a
particular thing; (f) allowing the accused person or a
lawyer acting for the accused person to cross-examine the
arresting officer on an affidavit
mentioned in
paragraph (e)
to allow the
court to decide whether the prosecution has
a disclosure obligation in relation to a particular
thing; (g) how a disclosure obligation is to be
complied with in a particular case; (h)
setting a
timetable for
compliance with
a disclosure obligation. (2)
Subsection (1) does not limit section
590AA(2)(ba). (3) The court may make a disclosure
obligation direction on the conditions,
whether about the circumstances of disclosure or
otherwise, it considers appropriate.
(4) If a
date is
set for the
commencement of
the hearing of
evidence in
the proceeding, any
examination or
cross-examination allowed
for in a
disclosure obligation direction must
be conducted before that date. (5)
If a person
is examined by
the court as
provided for
in subsection (1)(d), required to file an
affidavit as provided for in subsection
(1)(e) or cross-examined as
provided for
in subsection (1)(f), the
person is
not excused from
failing to
answer a question or file an affidavit on
the ground that the answer or
affidavit might
tend to
incriminate the
person because the
person would be required to admit to a failure to
comply with a disclosure obligation.
(6) However, the answer or affidavit is
not admissible against the person in
a criminal proceeding, other
than a
perjury proceeding in
relation to the answer or affidavit. Page 416
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In
this section— perjury proceeding ,
in relation to
an answer or
affidavit, means a
proceeding in which the falsity or misleading nature
of
the answer or affidavit is relevant. 590G
Application for disclosure obligation
direction (1) The procedures applying in relation to
an application under section 590AA(1) by a party to a
proceeding for a disclosure obligation
direction are stated in the Criminal
Practice Rules 1999 , chapter
9A. (2) To the
greatest practicable extent,
the procedures apply
in addition to, and do not limit, the
procedures applying under the Criminal
Practice Rules 1999 , chapter 9. (3)
The
existence of the procedures mentioned in subsection (1) is
not
intended to stop either party to a proceeding from writing
to, or otherwise
communicating information to,
the other party to resolve
issues arising over a disclosure obligation. Chapter division
5 Bringing on trial and ordering
adjournment 591 Accelerating trial of persons not
under committal When an
indictment is
presented in
any court against
any person who has not been committed for
trial or held to bail upon the charge set forth in the
indictment, and the accused person is not
brought to trial within a year after the indictment
is presented, the
court may,
upon the
application of
the accused person or any of the accused
persons, if more than 1, authorise the
accused person
to bring on
the trial, and
the accused person may bring on the trial
accordingly, unless in the meantime the court is informed
that the Crown will not further proceed upon the
indictment. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Adjournment of trial (1)
The
court to which a person has been committed or remanded
for trial on
indictment or
before which
an indictment is
presented may,
if it thinks
fit, adjourn
the trial and
may remand the accused person
accordingly. (1A) A trial may be
adjourned whether or not— (a) the accused
person is present; or (b) the accused
person has been called upon to plead to the indictment;
or (c) a jury has been sworn; or
(d) evidence has been given.
(2) The Crown shall, where it is proposed
to make application for an adjournment in the absence of an
accused person who is detained in a place of legal
detention, notify in writing that accused
person— (a) that the application is to be made and
the nature, date, time and place thereof; and
(b) that the
accused person
may furnish to
the court a
statement in writing in relation to the
application; and (c) that the accused person may be
represented by counsel on the hearing of the
application. (3) For the purposes of this
section— adjourn the trial includes
postpone the trial in a case where the accused
person has not been called upon to plead to the indictment. 593
Directions as to trial upon
adjournment (1) Where the trial of a person charged or
to be charged with an offence on
indictment is
adjourned, the
court in
open court
may
direct the trial to be held at a later sittings of the same
court or before some other court of
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Upon
a direction in the latter case, the indictment and other
proceedings shall be transmitted by the
proper officer of the court giving the direction to the
proper officer of the court to which the
accused person is remanded and the latter court has
the
same jurisdiction to try the accused person as if the person
had
been committed originally to be tried before it.
(2) Where the court directs a trial to be
held at a later sittings of the same court,
it shall at the same time pronounce the time and place for
the commencement of the sittings to which the trial is
adjourned. 593A Warrant to bring witness before
court (1) This section
applies if
an indictment has
been presented
against a person before a court.
(2) If the court is satisfied by evidence
on oath that— (a) a witness has evaded service of a
subpoena; or (b) a witness is likely to evade service
of a subpoena; the court may make an order for the issue of
a warrant to bring the witness before the court at a time and
place stated in the warrant. Chapter division
6 Corporation as accused person
594A Presence in court and plea where
accused person is a corporation (1)
Where an
indictment is
presented against
a corporation in
respect of
an indictable offence,
the corporation may
be present in
court by
its representative and
it may, on
arraignment, enter a plea in writing by its
representative. (1A) Any
plea so
entered by
the representative shall
for all purposes be
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only (2) If the
corporation is not present in court by its representative
or
if, though it is so present, it does not enter a plea in
writing by its representative, the court shall order
a plea of not guilty to be entered on behalf of the
corporation. (2A) A plea so
entered has the same effect as if it had been actually
pleaded, and
the trial of
the corporation may
proceed accordingly. (3)
In respect of
a trial, any
requirement by
law that anything
shall be done in the presence of the accused
person or shall be read or said to or asked of the accused
person shall, in the case of a
corporation present
in court by
its representative, be
construed as a requirement that that thing
shall be done in the presence of the representative or read
or said to or asked of the representative. (3A)
If
the corporation is not present in court by its
representative, it shall not be necessary for the thing to
be done or read or said or asked. (4)
Where, in respect of a trial, anything is
required to be done or said by the accused person personally,
it may, in the case of a corporation present in court by its
representative, be done or said by the representative, and
anything so done or said shall for all purposes
be taken to be done or said by the corporation. (4A)
Nothing contained
in subsection (4) limits
the provisions of
subsection (1) or (1A) or the provisions of
section 616. (5) In this section— representative means a person
appointed by the corporation to represent it for
the purposes of this section; but a person so appointed
is not, by
virtue only
of being so
appointed, qualified to act
on behalf of the corporation before the court for any other
purpose. (6) A representative need not be appointed
under the seal of the corporation; and
a statement in
writing purporting to
be signed by a managing director of the
corporation or by any other person (by whatever name called)
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the effect that
the person named
in the statement
has been appointed
as the representative of
the corporation for the purposes of this
section shall be admissible without further
proof as prima facie evidence that that person has been so
appointed. Chapter division 7 Applications by
accused person about indictment 595
Delivery of copy of indictment
When
an indictment is presented against any person, the court
is
required, upon the person’s application, to order a copy of
the
indictment to be delivered to the person without fee.
596 Motion to quash indictment
(1) The accused person may before pleading
apply to the court to quash the
indictment on
the ground that
it is calculated to
prejudice or embarrass the person in the
person’s defence to the charge, or that it is formally
defective. (2) Upon such motion the court may quash
the indictment, or may order it to be amended in such manner
as the court thinks just, or may refuse the motion.
597 Misnomer If the accused
person says that the person is wrongly named in the indictment,
the court may, on being satisfied by affidavit or otherwise of
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8 Separate trials Not
authorised —indicative
only 597A Separate trials
where 2 or more charges against the same person
(1) Where before a trial or at any time
during a trial the court is of opinion
that the
accused person
may be prejudiced or
embarrassed in the person’s defence by
reason of the person’s being charged
with more
than 1
offence in
the same indictment or
that for any other reason it is desirable to direct
that
the person should be tried separately for any 1 or more
than
1 offence charged in an indictment the court may order a
separate trial of any count or counts in the
indictment. (1AA) In
considering potential
prejudice, embarrassment or
other reason
for ordering separate
trials under
this provision
in relation to alleged offences of a
sexual nature, the court must not have regard
to the possibility that similar fact evidence, the
probative value
of which outweighs
its potentially prejudicial
effect, may be the result of collusion or suggestion.
(1A) The court may
discharge a jury sworn from giving a verdict on the count or
counts directed to be tried separately. (2)
The procedure on
the separate trial
of a count
shall be
the same in
all respects as
if the count
had been set
out in a
separate indictment. (3)
The
court may adjourn a separate trial, remand the accused
person and make such orders as to bail and
otherwise as the court thinks fit. (4)
For
the purposes of this section— adjourn a
separate trial includes postpone a separate trial in
a case where
the accused person
has not been called
upon to
plead to a count in an indictment.
597B Separate trials When 2 or more
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any time during the trial, on the application of
any
of the accused persons, direct that the trial of the accused
persons or any of them shall be had
separately from the trial of the other or
others of them, and for that purpose may, if a jury
has
been sworn, discharge the jury from giving a verdict as to
any
of the accused persons. Chapter division 9 Pleas
597C Accused person to be called on to
plead to indictment (1) On the presentation of the indictment
or at any later time, the accused person is to be informed in
open court of the offence with which he or she is charged, as
set forth in the indictment, and is to be
called upon to plead to the indictment, and to say
whether he or she is guilty or not guilty of
the charge. (2) If the indictment contains more than
one count, a plea to any number of
counts may,
with the
consent of
the accused person, be taken
at one and the same time on the basis that the plea to one
count will be treated as a plea to any number of
similar counts on the same
indictment. (3) The trial is deemed to begin and the
accused person is deemed to be brought to trial when the person
is so called upon. (4) The court may allow anything that must
or may be done in relation to the arraignment of the accused
person to be done over an audiovisual link or audio link, if
the court considers use of the link is in the interests of
justice. (4A) However, the
court may not allow the use of an audiovisual link or audio
link under subsection (4) if facilities mentioned
in
subsection (5A)(a) are not available at the court or the
place where the accused person is present.
(4B) For subsection
(4), in deciding whether use of an audio link is
in
the interests of justice, the court must have regard to the
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an audiovisual link,
rather than
an audio link,
if an audiovisual link
is available. (5) For subsection
(4), anything done,
for the accused
person’s arraignment,
over an audiovisual link or audio link between the person and
the court sitting in open court is taken to be done in open
court. (5A) If
an accused person’s
arraignment is
done over
an audiovisual link or audio link and the
person’s representative in the proceeding is at the place
where the court is sitting— (a)
the
court and the place where the person is present must
make facilities available
for private communication between the
person and the person’s representative; and (b)
a
communication between the person and the person’s
representative is as confidential and
inadmissible in any proceeding as it would be if it took place
between the person and
the person’s representative while
in each other’s
presence. (5B) Subsection
(5A)(b) does not
limit any
other protection applying to the
communication. (6) The provisions of the
Evidence Act 1977 relating to the
use of an audiovisual link
or audio link
in criminal proceedings apply for, and
are not limited by, subsection (4). 598
Pleas (1)
If
the accused person does not apply to quash the indictment
or move for
a separate trial
of any count
or counts of
the indictment, the person must either
plead to it, or demur to it on the ground that
it does not disclose any offence cognisable by the
court. (2) If the accused person pleads, the
person may plead either— (a) that
the person is
guilty of
the offence charged
in the indictment, or,
with the
consent of
the Crown, of
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that
the person is not guilty; or (c)
that the
person has
already been
convicted upon
an indictment on
which the
person might
have been
convicted of
the offence with
which the
person is
charged, or has already been convicted of an
offence of which the
person might
be convicted upon
the indictment; or (d)
that the
person has
already been
acquitted upon
an indictment on
which the
person might
have been
convicted of
the offence with
which the
person is
charged, or has already been acquitted upon
indictment of an offence of which the person might be
convicted upon the indictment; or (e)
that
the person has already been tried and convicted or
acquitted of
an offence committed
or alleged to
be committed under such circumstances
that the person can not under the
provisions of
this Code
be tried for
the offence charged in the indictment;
or (f) that the
person has
received the
Royal pardon
for the offence charged
in the indictment; or (g) that the court
has no jurisdiction to try the person for the offence.
(3) Two or more pleas may be pleaded
together, except that the plea of guilty can not be pleaded with
any other plea to the same charge. (4)
An
accused person may plead and demur together. 599
Defence of justification for defamation to
be specially pleaded A
person charged
with the
offence defined
in section 365, who
sets up
as a defence
the modified statutory
defence of
justification within
the meaning of
that section,
must plead
that
defence specially, and may plead it with any other plea,
except the plea of guilty.
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Persons committed for sentence
(1) When a person has been committed by a
justice for sentence for an offence, the person is to be
called upon to plead to the indictment in
the same manner
as other persons,
and may plead either
that the person is guilty of the offence charged in
the
indictment or, with the consent of the Crown, of any other
offence of
which the
person might
be convicted upon
the indictment. (2)
If
the person pleads not guilty, the court, upon being
satisfied that the person duly admitted before the
justice that the person was guilty of the offence charged in
the indictment, is to direct a
plea of
guilty to
be entered, notwithstanding the
person’s plea of not
guilty. (3) A plea so entered has the same effect
as if it had been actually pleaded. (4)
If
the court is not so satisfied, or if, notwithstanding that
the accused person
pleads guilty,
it appears to
the court upon
examination of
the depositions of
the witnesses that
the person has not in fact committed the
offence charged in the indictment or any other offence of
which the person might be convicted upon the indictment, the
plea of not guilty is to be entered, and the
trial is to proceed as in other cases when that plea is
pleaded. (5) A person who has been committed for
sentence may plead any of the other pleas mentioned in
section 598. 601 Standing mute (1)
If an accused
person, on
being called
upon to
plead to
an indictment, will not plead or answer
directly to the indictment, the court may,
if it thinks fit, order a plea of not guilty to be
entered on behalf of the accused
person. (2) A plea so entered has the same effect
as if it had been actually pleaded. Page 426
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Plea
of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit In a plea that
the accused person has already been convicted or acquitted, it
is sufficient to state that the accused person has
been
lawfully convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of
the
offence charged in the indictment, or of the other offence
of
which the person alleges that the person has been convicted
or
acquitted, and, in the latter case, to describe the offence
by any term by which it is commonly
known. 603 Trial on plea to the
jurisdiction Upon a
plea to
the jurisdiction of
the court, the
court is
to proceed to
satisfy itself
in such manner
and upon such
evidence as it thinks fit, whether it has
jurisdiction or not, and may ascertain the fact by the verdict
of a jury or otherwise. 604 Trial by
jury (1) Subject to
chapter division
9A and subsection
(2), if the accused person
pleads any plea or pleas other than the plea of guilty, a plea
of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict or a plea
to the jurisdiction of
the court, the
person is
by such plea,
without any further form, deemed to have
demanded that the issues raised by such plea or pleas shall be
tried by a jury, and is entitled to have them tried
accordingly. (2) Issues raised by a plea of autrefois
acquit or autrefois convict must be tried by
the court. 605 Demurrer (1)
When
an accused person demurs only and does not plead any
plea, the court is to proceed to hear and
determine the matter forthwith. (2)
If
the demurrer is overruled, the accused person is to be
called upon to plead to the indictment.
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When
an accused person pleads and demurs together, it is in
the
discretion of the court whether the plea or demurrer shall
be
first disposed of. (4) No joinder in demurrer is
necessary. Not authorised —indicative
only 613 Want of
understanding of accused person (1)
If, when the
accused person
is called upon
to plead to
the indictment, it appears to be
uncertain, for any reason, whether the person is
capable of understanding the proceedings at the trial, so as to
be able to make a proper defence, a jury of 12 persons,
to be chosen
from the
panel of
jurors, are
to be empanelled
forthwith, who are to be sworn to find whether the
person is so capable or no.
(2) If the
jury find
that the
accused person
is capable of
understanding the
proceedings, the
trial is
to proceed as
in other cases. (3)
If
the jury find that the person is not so capable they are to
say whether the person is so found by them for
the reason that the accused person is of unsound mind or for
some other reason which they shall specify, and the finding is
to be recorded, and the court may order the accused person to be
discharged, or may order the person to be admitted to an
authorised mental health service to be dealt with under
the Mental Health
Act 2016 .
(4) A person
so found to
be incapable of
understanding the
proceedings at the trial may be again
indicted and tried for the offence. Chapter division
9A Trial by judge alone 614
Application for order (1)
If
an accused person is committed for trial on a charge of an
offence or charged on indictment of an
offence, the prosecutor or the accused person may apply to the
court for an order ( no Page 428
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order ) that the accused person be tried by a
judge sitting without a jury. (2)
The application must
be made under
section 590AA before
the
trial begins. (3) If the identity of the trial judge is
known to the parties when the application is decided, a no jury
order may be made only if the court is satisfied there are
special reasons for making it. (4)
Subsection (3) does
not limit section
615 or any other
restriction on making a no jury order
imposed by this chapter division. (5)
The court may
inform itself
in any way
it considers appropriate in
relation to the application. (6)
For
subsection (2), the trial begins when the jury panel attends
before the court. 615
Making a no jury order (1)
The
court may make a no jury order if it considers it is in the
interests of justice to do so.
(2) However, if the prosecutor applies for
the no jury order, the court may only make the no jury order
if the accused person consents to it. (3)
If
the accused person is not represented by a lawyer, the court
must
be satisfied that the accused person properly understands
the
nature of the application. (4) Without
limiting subsection
(1), (2) or (3),
the court may
make
a no jury order if it considers that any of the following
apply— (a)
the
trial, because of its complexity or length or both, is
likely to be unreasonably burdensome to a
jury; (b) there is a real possibility that acts
that may constitute an offence under
section 119B would
be committed in
relation to a member of a jury;
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there has
been significant pre-trial
publicity that
may affect jury deliberations.
(5) Without limiting subsection (1), the
court may refuse to make a no jury order if it considers the
trial will involve a factual issue
that requires
the application of
objective community
standards including, for example, an issue
of reasonableness, negligence, indecency, obscenity or
dangerousness. 615A More than 1 charge or accused
person (1) If an accused person is charged with 2
or more charges that are to
be tried together,
the court must
not make a
no jury order
in relation to
1 of the
charges unless
the court also
makes a no jury order in relation to each
other charge. (2) If 2 or more accused persons are to be
tried together, the court must not make a no jury order in
relation to 1 of the accused persons unless
the court also makes a no jury order in relation
to
each other accused person. (3) To remove any
doubt, it is declared that— (a)
each
of the accused persons must consent to the making
of
the no jury order; and (b) the
making of
an order for
a separate trial
under section
597A or the giving
of a direction
about the
separate trial of an accused person under
section 597B does not prevent the making of a no jury
order. 615B Law and procedure to be applied
(1) In a
trial by
a judge sitting
without a
jury, the
judge must
apply, so far as is practicable, the same
principles of law and procedure as would be applied in a
trial before a jury. (2) In a trial by a
judge sitting without a jury, the judge may view
a
place or thing. (3) If an Act or the common law—
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requires information or
a warning or
instruction to
be given to the jury in particular
circumstances; or (b) prohibits a
warning from
being given
to a jury
in particular circumstances;
the
judge in a trial by a judge sitting without a jury must take
the requirement or
prohibition into
account if
the circumstances arise in the course of
the trial. 615C Judge’s verdict and judgment
(1) In a trial by a judge sitting without
a jury— (a) the judge may make any findings and
give any verdict that a jury could have made or given if the
trial had been before a jury; and (b)
any
finding or verdict of the judge has, for all purposes,
the
same effect as a finding or verdict of a jury. (2)
Without limiting
subsection (1), chapter
67 applies with
all necessary changes
in relation to
a person to
be tried, being
tried, or tried by a judge sitting without a
jury in the same way as it applies to persons tried by a
judge sitting with a jury. (3) The judgment of
the judge in a trial by a judge sitting without a jury must
include the principles of law that he or she has
applied and the findings of fact on which he
or she has relied. (4) The validity of the proceeding is not
affected by a trial judge’s failure to
comply with subsection (3). 615D Particular
proceedings excluded from application This chapter
division does not apply to— (a)
a
trial on indictment before a Childrens Court judge; or
Note— See also
Youth Justice Act 1992 , part 6.
(b) a trial on indictment of any offence
against a law of the Commonwealth. Current as at
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References to trial by jury
(1) In an Act, a reference to the trial of
a person by jury, however expressed, includes, unless the
contrary intention appears, a reference to the
trial of the person by a judge sitting without a
jury
under this chapter division. (2)
In
an Act, a reference to a jury in the trial of a person,
however expressed, includes, unless the contrary
intention appears, a reference to a judge sitting without a
jury under this chapter division. Chapter division
10 Appearances and fair conduct
616 Defence by counsel (1)
Every person charged with an offence is
entitled to make the person’s defence at the person’s trial
and to have the witnesses examined and cross-examined by the
person’s counsel. (2) In this section— counsel
includes any
person entitled
to audience as
an advocate. 617
Presence of accused (1)
Subject to this section the trial must take
place in the presence of the accused person.
(2) If an
accused person
so conducts himself
or herself as
to render the
continuance of
the proceedings in
the person’s presence
impracticable, the court may order the person to be
removed and may direct the trial to proceed
in the person’s absence. (3)
Where 2
or more accused
persons are
charged in
the 1 indictment, if
it is made to appear to the court that any of them
is unable to
be present by
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part of the trial if it is satisfied— (a)
that the
interests of
the accused person
will not
be prejudiced by
the trial proceeding in
the person’s absence;
and (b) that the interests of justice require
that the trial should proceed in the person’s
absence. (4) The court
may in any
case permit
a person charged
with a
misdemeanour to be absent during the whole
or any part of the trial on such conditions as it thinks
fit. (5) If an accused person absents himself
or herself during the trial without leave,
the court may direct a warrant to be issued to arrest
the person and
bring the
person before
the court forthwith. 617A
Juries The
law respecting the
qualifications of
jurors and
the summoning of jurors to attend for the
trial of persons charged with indictable offences, and the
challenges allowed to such persons, is set forth in the laws
relating to juries and jurors. Chapter division
11 Trial of issues 618
Evidence in defence At
the close of
the evidence for
the prosecution the
proper officer of the
court shall ask the accused person whether the person intends
to adduce evidence in the person’s defence. 619
Speeches by counsel (1)
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opening the evidence intended to be adduced for the
prosecution. (2) If the accused person or any of the
accused persons, if more than 1, is defended by counsel, and if
such counsel or any of such counsel says that the accused
person does not intend to adduce evidence,
the counsel for
the Crown is
entitled to
address the jury a second time for the
purpose of summing up the evidence
already given
against such
accused person
or persons for whom evidence is not
intended to be adduced. (3) At the close of
the evidence for the prosecution the accused person, and each
of the accused persons, if more than 1, may by himself,
herself or the person’s counsel address the jury for
the
purpose of opening the evidence (if any) intended to be
adduced for the defence, and after the whole
of the evidence is given may again address the jury upon the
whole case. (4) If evidence is adduced for an accused
person, the counsel for the Crown is entitled to reply.
(5) If evidence
is adduced for
1 or more
of several accused
persons, but not for all of them, the
counsel for the Crown is entitled to
reply with
respect to
the person or
persons by
whom evidence
is so adduced,
but not with
respect to
the other or others of them.
(6) However, a Crown Law Officer is
entitled to reply in all cases, whether evidence
is adduced by any accused person or not. 620
Summing up (1)
After the
evidence is
concluded and
the counsel or
the accused person or persons, as the case
may be, have addressed the jury, it is the duty of the court
to instruct the jury as to the law applicable
to the case, with such observations upon the evidence as the
court thinks fit to make. (2) After
the court has
instructed the
jury they
are to consider
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Special verdict In any case in
which it appears to the court that the question whether an
accused person ought or ought not to be convicted
of
an offence may depend upon some specific fact, or that the
proper punishment to
be awarded upon
conviction may
depend upon some specific fact, the court
may require the jury to find that fact specially.
625 General verdict on charge of
defamation Notwithstanding the provisions of section
624, the jury, on the trial of
a person charged
with the
offence defined
in section 365, may give a general
verdict of guilty or not guilty upon
the whole matter
in issue, in
like manner
as in other
cases. Chapter division
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Procedure on charge of an offence committed
after previous conviction (1)
The proceedings upon
an indictment for
committing an
offence after a previous conviction or
convictions are required to be as follows, that is to
say— (a) the accused person is in the first
instance to be called upon to
plead to
so much only
of the indictment as
charges the subsequent offence;
(b) if the
accused person
pleads any
plea which
raises an
issue to be tried by a jury, the jury are to
be charged in the first instance to inquire concerning the
subsequent offence only; (c)
if
the accused person pleads guilty, or if upon trial the
accused person is convicted of the
subsequent offence, the person is then, and not before, to be
asked whether the person had been previously convicted as
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if
the accused person answers that the person had been
so
previously convicted, the court may proceed to pass
sentence upon the person accordingly;
(e) if the accused person denies that the
person had been so previously convicted, or will not answer
directly to the question, the
jury are
then to
be charged to
inquire concerning the
previous conviction or convictions; and in that case it
is not necessary that the jury should be sworn
afresh, but
the oath already
taken by
them is
deemed to extend to such last mentioned
inquiry. (2) However, if on the trial of a person
charged with a subsequent offence, the
person offers
evidence of
the person’s good
character, the Crown may, in answer thereto,
and before any verdict is given, offer evidence of the
person’s conviction of the previous offence or offences, and
in that case the jury are required to
inquire concerning the
previous conviction or
convictions at the same time that they
inquire concerning the subsequent offence.
631 Further pleas (1)
When
the issues raised by any plea or pleas, except the plea of
not
guilty, have been found against an accused person who has
not
pleaded the plea of not guilty, the person is to be called
upon
to plead afresh, and, if those issues have been tried by a
jury, the court may direct the issues raised
by any fresh plea to be tried by the same jury or by
another jury. (2) If the court directs them to be tried
by the same jury, it is not necessary that
the jury should be sworn afresh, but the oath already taken by
them is to be deemed to extend to the trial of such fresh
issues. 631A Plea of guilty during trial
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wishes to
change his
or her plea
to one of
guilty of the offence charged in the
indictment; or (b) he or she wishes to plead guilty to
any other offence of which he or she might be convicted
upon the indictment; the court— (c)
in
the case referred to in paragraph (a)—may direct that
the
accused person be again called upon in open court to
plead to the indictment, and to say whether
he or she is guilty or not guilty of the offence charged;
or (d) in the
case referred
to in paragraph
(b)—may direct,
with
the consent of the Crown, that the accused person
be called upon
in open court
to plead to
any other offence of which
he or she might be convicted upon the indictment, and
to say whether he or she is guilty or not guilty of that
offence. (1A) It
is not necessary
for the plea
to be taken
in the jury’s
presence. (2)
If the accused
person does
not plead guilty
to the offence
charged in the indictment or, in the
circumstances described in subsection (1)(d), to another offence,
the trial shall proceed. (3) If the accused
person pleads guilty to the offence charged in the
indictment or,
in the circumstances described
in subsection (1)(d), to
another offence,
the jury shall
be discharged from giving their verdict
in respect of the offence charged in the indictment.
(4) A plea of guilty to an offence made by
the accused person in the circumstances described in this
section shall have effect as if made by him
or her when called upon at the beginning of a trial to plead
to an indictment charging him or her with that offence.
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632 Corroboration (1)
A person may
be convicted of
an offence on
the uncorroborated testimony
of 1 witness,
unless this
Code expressly
provides to the contrary. Note— See sections 52
(Sedition), 125 (Evidence on charge of perjury) and
195
(Evidence). (2) On the trial of a person for an
offence, a judge is not required by any rule of
law or practice to warn the jury that it is unsafe
to
convict the accused on the uncorroborated testimony of 1
witness. (3)
Subsection (1) or (2) does not prevent a
judge from making a comment on
the evidence given
in the trial
that it
is appropriate to make in the interests
of justice, but the judge must not warn or suggest in any way to
the jury that the law regards any class of persons as
unreliable witnesses. 634 Evidence on
trials for perjury and subornation On the trial of
a person charged with an offence of which the giving of false
testimony by any person at the trial of a person
charged with an offence is an element, a
certificate setting out the substance and effect only, without
the formal parts, of the indictment or complaint, and the
proceedings at the trial, and purporting to be
signed by the officer having the custody of the
records of
the court where
the indictment or
complaint was tried, or by
the officer’s deputy, is sufficient evidence of the trial,
without proof of the signature or official character of
the
person who appears to have signed the certificate.
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Evidence of previous conviction
(1) On the trial of a person
charged with an
offence alleged
to have been committed after a previous
conviction, a certificate setting out the substance and effect
only, without the formal parts, of
the indictment, verdict,
and judgment, or
of the complaint
and conviction, purporting to
be signed by
the officer having the custody of the
records of the court where the accused
person was
first convicted, or
by the officer’s
deputy is,
upon proof
of the identity
of the person
of the offender,
sufficient evidence of the conviction, without proof
of
the signature or official character of the person who
appears to have signed the certificate.
(2) If the
previous conviction was
a summary conviction, the
conviction is presumed not to have been
appealed against until the contrary is shown.
636 Evidence of blood relationship
(1) In this section— blood
relationship means
the blood relationship existing
between a person charged with a prescribed
offence and the person in respect of whom or, as the case
may be, with whom a prescribed offence is alleged to have been
committed. prescribed offence means an
offence— (a) defined in section 222; or
(b) defined in section 210 or 216(2) where
it is alleged as a circumstance of
aggravation that
the offence was
committed in respect of a child under the
age of 16 years who is the lineal descendant of the person
charged. (2) On the trial of a person charged with
a prescribed offence— (a) blood
relationship is
sufficiently proved
by proof that
the
relationship is reputed to exist and it is not necessary
to
prove that the person charged or the person in respect
of
whom or with whom the prescribed offence is alleged
to
have been committed or any person (living or dead)
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blood relationship depends was born in lawful wedlock;
and (b) the person
charged is,
until the
contrary is
proved, presumed
to have had
knowledge at
the time the
prescribed offence is alleged to have been
committed of the blood relationship. 638
Evidence of authority The
averment in
an indictment that
the prosecution is
instituted by the direction of or with the
consent of a Crown Law Officer, or with the consent of the
Attorney-General, or with the consent of the director of
public prosecutions, or at the request
of the Government of
any State, is
sufficient evidence of the
fact, until the contrary is shown. 639
Averments about public officers and public
service officers or employees On the trial of
a person charged with any offence of which the fact
that some
person was
at some particular time
a public officer or
public service officer or employee is an element, the
averment in
the indictment or
complaint that
any person therein
mentioned was
a public officer
or public service
officer or
employee at
any time therein
stated is
sufficient evidence of the
fact, until the contrary is shown. 641
Evidence on certain charges of stealing
money (1) On the trial of a person charged with
stealing, while employed in the public service, money which was
the property of Her Majesty, or which came into the person’s
possession by virtue of the person’s employment, or charged
with stealing, while a clerk or
servant, money
which was
the property of
the person’s employer or which came into
the person’s possession on account of the person’s employer or
being a trustee within the meaning
of the Trust
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1973 charged
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person, an entry in any book of account kept by the
accused person, or kept in, under, or
subject to, the person’s charge or supervision, purporting to
be an entry of the receipt of any
money, is
evidence that
the money so
purporting to
have
been received was so received by the person. (2)
On
the trial of a person charged with any such offence, it is
not
necessary to prove the stealing by the accused person of
any
specific sum of money, if, on examination of the books of
account or entries kept or made by the
person, or kept or made in, under, or subject to, the person’s
charge or supervision, or by any other evidence, there is proof
of a general deficiency, and if the jury are satisfied that the
accused person stole the deficient money or any part of
it. (3) And on the trial of a person charged
with any offence as a trustee referred to in subsection (1),
the ownership of or the right, title, use or benefit in, to or
of the money the subject matter of the charge may be laid in
the indictment in the name of any one or other of the persons
(the beneficiaries ) of
whose money the
person charged
is the trustee
as aforesaid specifying any
one of the
beneficiaries by
name with
the addition of
the words ‘and
others’, and
it is immaterial whether or not
the evidence establishes that the said money was the property
of any specific one of the beneficiaries, or that the right,
title, use or benefit in, to or of the said money
was
in any specific one of the beneficiaries and the indictment
will
be sustained so far as regards that allegation upon proof
that
the property in, or the right, title, use or benefit in, to or
of the money was
in one or
other of
the beneficiaries without
ascertaining which of them.
(4) For subsection (1) or (3), the
reference to a trustee within the meaning
of the Trust
Accounts Act
1973 includes
a legal practitioner
associate of a law practice, within the meaning of
the Legal Profession Act
2007 ,
if part 3.3
of the Legal
Profession Act 2007 applies to the
law practice. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Evidence on charges relating to seals and
stamps On the trial of a person charged with any
offence relating to any seal or stamp used for the purposes of
the public revenue, or of the post office, in any part of Her
Majesty’s dominions or in any foreign state, a
dispatch from
1 of Her
Majesty’s Principal
Secretaries of
State, transmitting to
the Governor any stamp, mark,
or impression, and stating it to be a genuine stamp,
mark, or
impression, of
a die, plate,
or other instrument,
provided, made, or used, by or under the direction
of the proper
authority of
the country in
question for
the purpose of expressing or denoting any
stamp duty or postal charge, is
admissible as
evidence of
the facts stated
in the dispatch; and
the stamp, mark, or impression, so transmitted may be used by
the court and jury and by witnesses for the purposes of
comparison. 643 Intention to injure, deceive or
defraud On the trial of a person charged with any
offence of which an intent to injure or deceive or defraud, or
an intent to enable another person to deceive or defraud, is an
element, it is not necessary to prove an intent to injure or
deceive or defraud any particular person,
or an intent
to enable any
particular person to
deceive or defraud any particular person. 644
Admissions (1)
An accused person
may by himself,
herself or
the person’s counsel admit on
the trial any fact alleged against the person, and such
admission is sufficient proof of the fact without other
evidence. (2)
The
Crown may by its counsel admit on the trial of an accused
any
fact relevant to the trial where the accused is in agreement
with
this being done, and such admission is sufficient proof of
the
fact without other evidence. (3)
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644A] trial also includes,
and it is hereby declared to have always included,
proceedings before justices dealing summarily with
an
indictable offence. 644A Witness giving incriminating
answers (1) A person who is called as a witness in
any proceeding for an offence against section 59, 60, 87,
98C, 101, 118, 120, 121, 122, 127
or 133, must
not be excused
from answering
any question relating to the offence on
the ground that the answer to the question may incriminate or
tend to incriminate himself or
herself. (2) An answer to a question in a
proceeding to which this section applies is not
admissible in evidence against the person giving
the
answer other than in the proceeding or in a prosecution for
perjury in respect of the answer.
Chapter 63A Nonattendance of
witness 644B Nonattendance of individual
(1) This section
applies if
an individual fails
to comply with
a subpoena or
order of
a court requiring
attendance to
give evidence
or produce a
document or
thing to
the court or
a person having authority to take
evidence for the court. (2) The court may
make an order for the issue of a warrant for— (a)
the
arrest of the individual; and (b)
the production of
the individual as
required by
the subpoena or
order for
the purpose of
the proceeding; and
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644C] (3) The court
may order an
individual who
did not attend
as required by
the subpoena or
order to
pay the costs
and expenses wasted
by, or resulting from,
noncompliance with
the
subpoena or order. 644C Nonattendance of corporation
(1) This section
applies if
a corporation or
an officer of
the corporation fails
to comply with
a subpoena or
order of
a court requiring
attendance to
give evidence
or produce a
document or thing to the court or a person
having authority to take evidence for the court.
(2) The court may make an order for the
issue of a warrant for— (a) the arrest of
the officer of the corporation to whom the subpoena or
order was directed; and (b) the production
of the officer as required by the subpoena or order for the
purpose of the proceeding; and (c)
the
detention in custody of the officer until released by
the
court. (3) However, if the subpoena or order was
directed to the ‘proper officer’ of the corporation, the court
may make an order for the issue of a warrant for the arrest
of a particular officer only if it is proved
the officer had received the subpoena or order, or otherwise had
actual knowledge of it. (4) The
court may
order a
corporation that
did not attend
as required by
the subpoena or
order to
pay the costs
and expenses wasted
by, or resulting from,
noncompliance with
the
subpoena or order. 644D Noncompliance is contempt of
court (1) Failure to comply with a subpoena
without lawful excuse is contempt of court and a person who
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Accused person insane during trial
(1) If on the trial of any person charged
with an indictable offence it is alleged or appears that the
person is not of sound mind, the jury are to
be required to consider the matter, and if the jury find that
the person is not of sound mind, the finding is to
be
recorded, and thereupon the court is required to order the
person to be admitted to an authorised
mental health service to be dealt with under the
Mental Health Act 2016 .
(2) A person
so found to
be not of
sound mind
may be again
indicted and tried for the offence.
646 Discharge of persons acquitted
If
the jury find that the accused person is not guilty, or give
any
other verdict which shows that the person is not liable to
punishment, the person is entitled to be
discharged from the charge of which the person is so
acquitted. 647 Acquittal on ground of insanity
(1) However, if,
on the trial
of a person
charged with
any indictable offence, it is alleged or
appears that the person was not
of sound mind
at the time
when the
act or omission
alleged to constitute the offence occurred,
the jury are to be required to find specially, if they find
that the person is not guilty, whether the person was of
unsound mind at the time when such act or omission took place,
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place, and say that the person is
acquitted by
them on
account of
such unsoundness of
mind, the court is required to order the person to
be admitted to
an authorised mental
health service
to be dealt with under
the Mental Health Act 2016 .
(2) In any such case the Governor, in the
name of Her Majesty, may give
such order
for the safe
custody of
such person
during the Governor’s pleasure, in such
place of confinement, and in such manner, as the Governor in
Council may think fit. 648 Convicted person
to be called on to show cause When an accused
person pleads that the person is guilty of any
offence, and
when, upon
trial, an
accused person
is convicted of any offence, the proper
officer is required to ask the person
whether the
person has
anything to
say why sentence
should not
be passed upon
the person, but
an omission to do so does not invalidate
the judgment. 649 Arrest of judgment (1)
A
person convicted of an indictable offence, whether on the
person’s plea of guilty or otherwise, may at
any time before sentence move that judgment be arrested on
the ground that the indictment does not disclose any
offence. (2) Upon the hearing of the motion the
court may allow any such amendments of the indictment as it
might have allowed before verdict. (3)
The
court may either hear and determine the motion forthwith
or
may reserve the question of law for the consideration of the
Court of Appeal as hereinafter
provided. 650 Sentence If a motion to
arrest the judgment is not made or is dismissed,
the
court may pass sentence upon the offender forthwith or
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651] make any other order it may make by law
instead of passing sentence. 651
Court
may decide summary offences if a person is charged on
indictment (1) If an indictment has been presented
against a person before a court, the court may also, subject to
section 652(2) to (4) and subsection (2), hear
and decide summarily
any charge of
a summary offence that has been laid
against the person. (2) The court
must not
hear and
decide the
summary offence
unless— (a)
the
court considers it appropriate to do so; and (b)
the
accused person is represented by a legal practitioner;
and (c) the
Crown and
the accused consent
to the court
so doing; and (d)
the
accused person states his or her intention of entering
a
plea of guilty to the charge; and (e)
the
complaint or bench charge sheet for the offence, or a
copy, is
before the
court, whether
or not returnable before another
court. (3) Subject to
this section,
the practices of
the court and
the express provisions of this Code
relating to taking a plea on an indictment apply
to the taking
of a plea
to the charge
in a complaint or
bench charge sheet. (4) On convicting the person of the
summary offence, the court may make
any orders in
relation to
the conviction a
Magistrates Court may make.
(5) The power to make rules for the court
extends to the making of rules in relation to the practice
and procedure to be applied in the hearing
and decision summarily of summary offences by the
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652] (6) If the court hears and decides a
charge summarily, the court has jurisdiction
despite the time that has elapsed from the time when the matter
of complaint of the charge arose. (7)
In
this section— summary offence means—
(a) a simple or regulatory offence;
or (b) an offence for which—
(i) proceedings for
a charge of
the offence may
be taken summarily
under the
Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ; and
(ii) the
prosecution has
made an
election under
section 118 of that Act; or
(c) an indictable offence
against this
Code if,
under section
552A, the prosecution has
elected to
have a
charge for the offence heard and decided
summarily; or (d) an indictable offence
against this
Code if,
under section 552BA,
the charge for the offence must be heard and decided
summarily. 652 Proceedings to transmit charge for
summary offence (1) A charge
for a summary
offence may
be transmitted to
the registry of a court for the purpose of
the charge being dealt with under section 651 at any time
despite any limitation in any Act
as to the
time for
commencing proceedings for
a summary offence. (2)
If a person
charged with
committing a
summary offence
wishes to
have the
offence heard
and decided under
section 651, he or she must make written
application to the clerk of the relevant court of summary
jurisdiction to take any necessary steps
to transmit the
relevant complaint
or bench charge sheet to
the registrar of the court that is to deal with the
charge under section 651 (the
receiving court ).
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653] (3) An application under
subsection (2) must
be a written
statement signed by the applicant containing
at least— (a) a declaration by that person under
the Oaths Act 1867 ;
and (b) the following
information— (i) the charge to be transmitted;
(ii) the
defendant’s intention
to plead guilty
to the offence
charged; (iii) that
the defendant wishes
to have the
charge transferred for
no other reason than to plead guilty to the charge
before the receiving court. (4)
On
being satisfied that the application fulfils the
requirements of this section
the clerk of
the relevant court
of summary jurisdiction must
transmit, by
any secure and
expeditious means,
the relevant complaint
or bench charge
sheet, or
a copy, to the registrar of the
receiving court. (5) On the
final decision
of the transmitted charge
by the receiving
court, the
registrar of
the court must,
within 1
calendar month, notify the result of the
decision to the clerk of the relevant
court of
summary jurisdiction from
which the
charge was transmitted and no further
appearance is required in that court by any party to the
proceeding. 653 Remission of proceedings to court
exercising summary jurisdiction (1)
This section
applies if
a charge against
a person for
a summary offence
has been transmitted to
the registry of
a court for
the purpose of
the charge being
dealt with
under section
651. (2) If— (a)
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(b) any of
the conditions mentioned
in section 651(2) are
not
satisfied; or (c) the person
has been dealt
with on
the indictment mentioned
in section 651(1) before
the charge for
the summary offence is brought before the
court; or (d) for any other reason the court decides
not to deal with the charge; the court must
direct that the charge must be heard by a court exercising
summary jurisdiction and order the court registrar
to
send the relevant court record to the registrar of the court
exercising summary jurisdiction.
659 Effect of summary conviction for
indictable offences When a person has been summarily convicted
of an indictable offence, the
conviction is
to be deemed
a conviction of
a simple offence only, and not of an
indictable offence. Chapter 65 Costs
660 Costs of prosecution in certain
cases (1) When a person is convicted on
indictment of any indictable offence relating
to the person of any person, the court, on the application of
the
person aggrieved by the offence, may, in addition to any
sentence which is passed upon the offender, adjudge
the offender to
pay to the
person aggrieved
the person’s costs of prosecution,
together with a sum by way of compensation for
any loss of time suffered by the person by reason of the
offence of which the offender is convicted. (2)
An order for
the payment of
such costs,
or of any
sum so awarded
by way of
compensation, may
be enforced in
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(3) If any money was found on the person
of the offender on the offender’s arrest, the court may order
it to be applied towards the payment
of any money
so ordered to
be paid by
the offender. (4)
When
an order is made under the provisions of this section for
the payment of
money by
way of compensation to
an aggrieved person,
the offender is
not liable to
any civil proceedings for
the same cause at the suit of that person. 662
Taxation (1)
Costs of a prosecution or defence must be
taxed by the proper officer of the court in which the indictment
is presented. (2) In this section— costs of
defence includes costs incurred by the accused
person both before and after the person’s
committal. costs of
prosecution includes
costs incurred
by the person
aggrieved in order to the committal of the
offender, and costs incurred by the person with the consent of
the Crown for the purposes of the trial. Chapter 67
Appeal—pardon 668
Definitions (1)
In
this chapter— appellant includes
a person who
has been convicted
and desires to appeal under this
chapter. Court means the Court
of Appeal. court of trial means any court
from whose finding, sentence, or
other determination a
person is
by this Act
entitled to
appeal or to apply for leave to
appeal. Current as at [Not applicable]
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registrar means the
registrar of the Court. sentence includes
any order made
by the court
of trial on
conviction of a person with reference to the
person’s person or property whether
or not the
person is
adversely affected
thereby and
whether or
not the order
is made instead
of passing sentence. (2)
The
power of the Court to pass any sentence includes a power
to
make any such order. (3) For
the purposes of
this chapter
a person acquitted
on the ground of
insanity, where such insanity was not set up as a
defence by
the person, shall
be deemed to
be a person
convicted, and any order to keep the person
in custody shall be deemed to be a sentence.
668A Reference by Attorney-General of
pre-trial direction or ruling (1)
The Attorney-General may
refer to
the Court for
its consideration and
opinion a
point of
law that has
arisen in
relation to a direction or ruling under
section 590AA given by another court as to the conduct of a
trial or pre-trial hearing. (2)
If a
reference is made— (a) the Attorney-General must give notice
of the reference to the other court and the accused person;
and (b) the other court— (i)
must
adjourn the trial until the Court has given its opinion on the
point; and (ii) may make the
other orders it considers appropriate, including
an order about
remanding the
accused person;
and (c) the Court must hear argument on the
reference— (i) by the Attorney-General; and
(ii) by
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(d) after hearing argument on the
reference, the Court— (i) must
consider the
point referred
and give the
Attorney-General its opinion on the point;
and (ii) may
make the
orders it
considers appropriate, including
the directions or
rulings it
considers appropriate to
give effect to its opinion. (3)
In
this section— adjourn ,
for a trial
where the
accused person
has not been
called on
to plead to
the indictment, includes
postpone the
trial. 668B
Reservation of points of law
(1) When any person is indicted for any
indictable offence, the court of
trial must,
on the application of
counsel for
the accused person made before verdict,
and may in its discretion, either before
or after judgment,
without such
application, reserve any
question of law which arises on the trial for the
consideration of the Court.
(2) If the accused person is convicted,
and a question of law has been so reserved before judgment, the
court of trial may either pronounce judgment on the conviction
and respite execution of the judgment, or postpone the
judgment until the question has been
considered and decided, and may either commit the
person convicted
to prison or
grant bail
to the person
conditioned to appear at such time and place
as the court of trial may direct, and to render himself or
herself in execution, or to receive judgment, as the case
may be. (3) The judge of the court of trial is
thereupon required to state, in a case signed by
the judge, the question of law so reserved, with the special
circumstances upon which it arose; and the case is to be
transmitted to the Court. (4) Any question so
reserved is to be heard and determined as an appeal by the
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(5) The Court may send the case back to be
amended or restated if it thinks it necessary so to
do. Not authorised —indicative
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arrest of judgment (1) When the court of trial before which a
person is convicted on indictment arrests
judgment, the
court is
required, on
the application of counsel for the
prosecution, to reserve a case for the
consideration of the Court as hereinbefore provided.
(2) On the hearing of the case the Court
may affirm or reverse the order arresting judgment.
(3) If the order is reversed, the Court is
to direct that judgment be pronounced upon
the offender, and
the offender is
to be ordered
to appear at
such time
and place as
the Court may
direct to
receive judgment,
and any justice
may issue a
warrant for the arrest of the
offender. (4) An offender so arrested may be granted
bail by order of the Court or a judge thereof, which may be
made at the time when the order
directing judgment
to be pronounced is
made, or
afterwards. 668D
Right
of appeal (1) A person convicted on indictment, or a
person convicted of a summary offence by a court under
section 651, may appeal to the Court— (a)
against the
person’s conviction on
any ground which
involves a question of law alone; and
(b) with the leave of the Court, or upon
the certificate of the judge of the court of trial that it is
a fit case for appeal, against the person’s conviction on any
ground of appeal which involves a question of fact alone, or
question of mixed law and fact, or any other ground
which appears to the Court to be a sufficient ground of
appeal; and (c) with the leave of the Court, against
the sentence passed on the person’s conviction.
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(2) A person summarily convicted under
section 651 may appeal to the court, with the leave of the
court, against the sentence passed
on conviction, including
any order made
under that
section. Not
authorised —indicative only
668E Determination of appeal in ordinary
cases (1) The Court on any such appeal against
conviction shall allow the appeal if it is of opinion that
the verdict of the jury should be set aside on
the ground that it is unreasonable, or can not be
supported having regard to the evidence, or
that the judgment of the court of trial should be set aside on
the ground of the wrong decision of any question of law, or
that on any ground whatsoever there
was a miscarriage of
justice, and
in any other case shall
dismiss the appeal. (1A) However,
the Court may,
notwithstanding that
it is of
the opinion that the point or points
raised by the appeal might be decided
in favour of
the appellant, dismiss
the appeal if
it considers that
no substantial miscarriage of
justice has
actually occurred. (2)
Subject to
the special provisions of
this chapter,
the Court shall,
if it allows
an appeal against
conviction, quash
the conviction and direct a judgment and
verdict of acquittal to be entered. (3)
On
an appeal against a sentence, the Court, if it is of opinion
that some
other sentence,
whether more
or less severe,
is warranted in law and should have been
passed, shall quash the sentence and pass such other sentence
in substitution therefor, and in any other case shall dismiss
the appeal. 668F Powers of Court in special
cases (1) If it
appears to
the Court that
an appellant, though
not properly convicted on some count or
part of the indictment, has been properly convicted on some
other count or part of the indictment, the Court may either
affirm the sentence passed at the trial or
pass such sentence, whether more or less severe, in
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substitution therefor,
as it thinks
proper, and
as may be
warranted in law by the conviction on the
count or part of the indictment on
which it
considers the
appellant has
been properly
convicted. (2) Where an appellant has been convicted
of an offence, and the jury could on the indictment have
found the appellant guilty of some other offence, and on the
finding of the jury it appears to
the Court that
the jury must
have been
satisfied of
facts which
proved the
appellant guilty of
that other
offence, the
Court may,
instead of
allowing or
dismissing the
appeal, substitute for
the verdict found by the jury a verdict of guilty
of
that other offence, and pass such sentence in substitution
for
the sentence passed at the trial as may be warranted in law
for
that other offence, not being a sentence of greater
severity. (3) Where, on the conviction of the
appellant, the jury have found a
special verdict,
and the Court
considers that
a wrong conclusion has
been arrived
at by the
court of
trial on
the effect of that verdict, the Court may,
instead of allowing the appeal, order such conclusion to be
recorded as appears to the Court to
be in law
required by
the verdict, and
pass such
sentence, whether more or less severe, in
substitution for the sentence passed at the trial, as may
be warranted in law. (4) If
on any appeal
it appears to
the Court that,
although the
appellant committed
the act or
made the
omission charged
against the appellant, the appellant was not
of sound mind at the time when
the act or
omission alleged
to constitute the
offence occurred,
so as not
to be responsible therefor
according to law, the Court may quash the
sentence passed at the trial, and
order the
appellant to
be admitted to
an authorised mental
health service
to be dealt
with under
the Mental Health Act 2016
in
the same manner as if a jury had found that fact
specially under section 647. 669
Power
to grant new trial (1) On an
appeal against
a conviction on
indictment, the
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appellant, order a new trial in such manner
as it thinks fit, if the Court considers that a miscarriage
of justice has occurred, and that,
having regard
to all the
circumstances, such
miscarriage of justice can be more
adequately remedied by an order for a new trial than by any
other order which the Court is empowered to
make. (2) If the Court makes an order for a new
trial and the appellant is not granted
bail, the
order is
taken to
be a warrant
for the appellant’s
detention under the Corrective Services Act 2006
, section 9(1)(a). 669A
Appeal by Attorney-General
(1) The Attorney-General may
appeal to
the Court against
any sentence pronounced by—
(a) the court of trial; or
(b) a court
of summary jurisdiction in
a case where
an indictable offence is dealt with
summarily by that court; and the
Court may
in its unfettered discretion vary
the sentence and
impose such
sentence as
to the Court
seems proper.
(1A) The
Attorney-General may
appeal to
the Court against
an order staying
proceedings or
further proceedings on
an indictment. (2)
The Attorney-General may
refer any
point of
law that has
arisen at the trial upon indictment of a
person in relation to any charge contained therein to the
Court for its consideration and opinion
thereon if the person charged has been— (a)
acquitted of the charge; or
(b) discharged in respect of that charge
after counsel for the Crown, as a result of a determination
of the court of trial on that point of law, has duly
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following a determination of the court of trial on that point of
law— (i) of a charge other than
the
charge that was under consideration when the point of law
arose; or (ii) of the same
charge with or without a circumstance of
aggravation. (2A) The
Attorney-General may
refer to
the Court for
its consideration and opinion a point of
law that has arisen at the summary trial
of a charge
of an indictable offence,
if the person charged
has been— (a) acquitted of the charge at the summary
trial; or (b) discharged on the charge after the
prosecution, because of a decision on the point of law by
the court of trial, indicates to the court that it will not
further proceed on the charge in the proceeding before the
court; or (c) convicted, following a determination
of the court of trial on that point of law—
(i) of a charge other than
the
charge that was under consideration when the point of law
arose; or (ii) of the same
charge with or without a circumstance of
aggravation. (3) Notice of the reference shall be given
to the person acquitted or, as the case may be,
discharged. (4) Upon the reference the Court shall
hear argument— (a) by the
Attorney-General or
by counsel on
the Attorney-General’s behalf; and
(b) if the
person so
desires, by
the person acquitted
or discharged or by counsel on his or her
behalf; and thereupon shall consider the point
referred and furnish to the Attorney-General its opinion
thereon. (5) Where the
reference relates
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not affect the
trial of
nor the acquittal
or conviction of
the person. (6)
If a person
convicted summarily
of an indictable offence
appeals to a District Court judge under
the Justices Act 1886 ,
section 222 or the Youth Justice
Act 1992 , part 6, division 9, subdivision 3,
and, in
relation to
the same conviction, the
Attorney-General appeals under this
section— (a) the convicted person’s appeal is, by
force of this section, removed to the Court of Appeal;
and (b) both appeals
must be
heard together
by the Court
of Appeal. (7)
In
this section— discharged includes the
dismissal or striking out of a charge at a summary
trial. 670 Revesting and restitution of property
on conviction (1) Subject to
section 134 of
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
the operation of
any order for
the restitution of
any property, or for the payment of
compensation to an aggrieved person, made by
the court of trial, and the operation of the provisions of
section 26(1) of the Sale of Goods Act 1896
as to the revesting of the property in
stolen goods on conviction, shall (unless
such court directs to the contrary in any case in
which in its opinion the title to the
property is not in dispute) be
suspended— (a) until the expiration of the time
provided for appealing to the Court; and (b)
where notice
of appeal or
of application for
leave to
appeal is
given within
the time provided,
until the
determination of the appeal or refusal of
the application or, where the appeal is by the
Attorney-General against sentence within
the time provided,
until the
determination of that appeal;
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and in cases
where the
operation of
any such order
or the operation
of the said
provisions is
suspended until
the determination of
the appeal, the
order or
provisions, as
the case may be, shall not take effect as
to the property in question if the
conviction is quashed on appeal, except by the special
order of the Court. (2)
The Court may
annul or
vary any
such order,
although the
conviction is not quashed.
(3) Where any
matter arises
before the
Court in
relation to
the operation or suspension of the
operation of any such order as aforesaid or the
operation or suspension of the operation of such provisions
as aforesaid, the person in whose favour the order is made or
the person benefiting from the operation of the
said provisions, as
the case may
be, may by
himself, herself or the
person’s counsel or solicitor appear before the Court
and there make
submissions in
connection with
such matter.
671 Time for appealing (1)
Any
person convicted desiring to appeal to the Court, or to
obtain the leave of the Court to appeal from
any conviction or sentence, shall give notice of appeal or
notice of application for leave
to appeal, in
the prescribed manner,
within 1
calendar month of the date of such
conviction or sentence. (2) An
appeal to
the Court by
the Attorney-General against
sentence shall be made within 1 calendar
month of the date of such sentence. (3)
The time within
which notice
of appeal, or
notice of
an application for leave to appeal, may
be given or within which the Attorney-General may
appeal against
sentence may
be extended at any time by the
Court. 671A Judge’s notes and report to be
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judge’s notes of the trial, and also a
report giving the judge’s opinion upon the case or upon any
point arising in the case. (2) However,
where shorthand
notes have
been taken
in accordance with this chapter, a
transcript of such notes may be furnished in
lieu of such judge’s notes. Not authorised
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671B Supplemental powers
(1) The Court may, if it thinks it
necessary or expedient in the interests of
justice— (a) order the production of any document,
exhibit, or other thing connected with the proceedings;
and (b) order any
persons who
would have
been compellable witnesses at the
trial to attend and be examined before the Court,
whether they were or were not called at the trial, or order
any such persons to be examined before any
judge of
the Court, or
before any
officer of
the Court, or justice, or other person
appointed by the Court for the purpose, and admit any
depositions so taken as evidence; and (c)
receive the
evidence, if
tendered, of
any witness (including the
appellant) who is a competent, but not a compellable,
witness; and (d) where any
question arising
on the appeal
involves prolonged
examination of
documents or
accounts, or
any
scientific or local investigation, which can not, in
the opinion of
the Court, be
conveniently conducted
before the
Court, refer
the question for
inquiry and
report to
a commissioner appointed
by the Court,
and act upon the report of such
commissioner so far as the Court thinks fit; and
(e) appoint any person with special expert
knowledge to act as assessor to the Court in any case in
which it appears to the Court that such special knowledge is
required for the determination of the case;
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and
exercise in relation to the proceedings of the Court any
other powers which may for the time being be
exercised by the Supreme Court on appeals or applications
in civil matters, and issue any warrant or other process
necessary for enforcing the orders or sentences of the
Court. (2) However, in no case shall any sentence
be increased by reason of or in consideration of any evidence
that was not given at the trial. (3)
Subject to this chapter, the general rules
may provide that any application under
subsection (1)(a), (b),
(d), or
(e) may be
heard and determined by a judge of the
Court. 671D Right of appellant to be
present (1) An appellant, notwithstanding that the
appellant is in custody, shall be entitled to be present if the
appellant desires it, on the hearing of the
appellant’s appeal, except where the appeal is on some ground
involving a question of law alone. (1A)
On
an appeal on such ground, and on an application for leave
to
appeal, and on any proceedings preliminary or incidental to
an appeal, the
appellant shall
not be entitled
to be present,
except by leave of the Court.
(2) The power of the Court to pass any
sentence may be exercised notwithstanding that the appellant is
not present. 671E Appeals permitted in writing
An
appellant shall be entitled to present the appellant’s case
and argument to
the Court in
writing if
the appellant so
desires. 671F
Costs
of appeal (1) On the
hearing or
determination of
an appeal, or
any proceedings preliminary or incidental
thereto, no costs shall be allowed on either side.
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(2) The expenses of any assessor
appointed, and of any witnesses attending on the
order of the Court or examined, and of and incidental to
any examination or
reference, and
of the appearance of an
appellant on the hearing of the appeal or on any proceedings
preliminary or incidental to the appeal, shall be
defrayed out
of the Consolidated Fund
up to an
amount allowed by the
registrar; but, subject to any regulations as to
rates of
payment made
by the Crown
Law Officer, the
decision of the registrar may be reviewed by
the Court or a judge thereof. 671G
Grant
of bail to appellant and custody when attending Court
(1) An appellant
who is not
granted bail
shall, pending
the determination of the appeal, be
treated in such manner as may be directed
under the laws relating to prisons. (2)
The period the
appellant is
in custody pending
the determination of
the appeal counts
as part of
any term of
imprisonment under the appellant’s
sentence. (3) If an appellant is released on bail
pending the determination of the
appeal— (a) the period
the appellant is
released on
bail does
not count as
part of
any term of
imprisonment under
the appellant’s sentence, whether passed
by the court of trial or the Court; and (b)
the appellant’s imprisonment under
the appellant’s sentence resumes
or begins to run, as the case requires, on the day the
appellant is received into prison under the appellant’s
sentence. (4) Provision shall be made under the laws
relating to prisons for the manner in which an appellant, when
in custody, is to be brought to
any place where
the appellant is
entitled to
be present, or
ordered to
be taken, for
the purposes of
this chapter,
and for the
manner in
which the
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an
appellant whilst in custody in accordance with those laws
shall be deemed to be in legal
custody. (5) Where pursuant
to an appeal
to the Court
by the Attorney-General against
sentence the
Court varies
the sentence— (a)
by
imposing a term of imprisonment; or (b)
in a case
where the
court of
trial imposed
a term of
imprisonment—by increasing the term of
imprisonment imposed; then, subject to
any order the Court may make or any direction it may give to
the contrary in the circumstances— (c)
the term of
imprisonment referred
to in paragraph
(a) shall commence from the time the
person in question is received into
prison pursuant
to the decision
of the Court
or, where that
person is
already in
prison in
respect of imprisonment arising out of
another matter, from the date of the decision of the
Court; (d) in the
service of
the increased term
of imprisonment referred to in
paragraph (b) by the person in question, any
part of
the sentence already
served by
the person shall be taken
into account. 671H Duties of registrar
(1) The registrar
shall take
all necessary steps
for obtaining a
hearing of
any appeals or
applications, notice
of which is
given to the registrar, and shall obtain and
lay before the Court in proper
form all
documents, exhibits,
and other things
relating to the proceedings in the court of
trial which appear necessary for
the proper determination of
the appeal or
application. (2)
If it appears
to
the registrar that any
notice of
appeal or
of application for
leave to
appeal against
a conviction or
sentence does not show any substantial
ground of appeal, the registrar may
refer the
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the Court for
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the Court may
thereupon, if
it considers that the appeal
is frivolous or vexatious, dismiss the appeal summarily
without calling
upon any
person to
attend the
hearing. (3)
The registrar shall
furnish the
necessary forms
and instructions in
relation to
notices of
appeals or
notices of
application to
any person who
demands the
same, and
to officers of
courts, the
chief executive
(corrective services), and to such
other officers or persons as the registrar thinks fit,
and
the chief executive (corrective services) shall cause such
forms and instructions to be placed at the
disposal of prisoners desiring to appeal or to make any
application, and shall cause any
such notice
given by
a prisoner for
whom the
chief executive
(corrective services)
has responsibility to
be forwarded on behalf of the prisoner to
the registrar. 671J Documents, exhibits etc.
Any
documents, exhibits, or other things connected with any
proceedings before
a court of
trial, in
respect of
which any
person is entitled or may be authorised to
appeal, shall be kept in the custody of the court of trial
for such time as may be prescribed, subject to such power as
may be prescribed for the conditional release of any such
documents, exhibits, or other things from that
custody. 671K Recording of trial proceedings
(1) The Recording of
Evidence Act 1962 , section 5 provides for recording the
proceedings at a trial of a person on indictment.
(2) On any notice of appeal or application
for leave to appeal, a record of the proceedings or any part
thereof shall, if directed by the registrar, be furnished to the
registrar for the use of the Court or any
judge thereof. (3) A copy of a record of proceedings or
of any part thereof may be furnished
to any party
interested in
accordance with
provisions of
the Criminal Practice
Rules 1999
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,
without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, may
prescribe, in
respect of
a trial or
in respect of
an appeal or
in respect of
both a
trial and
an appeal— (a)
charges for the copy of the record or part
thereof; or (b) circumstances in which such charges
may be varied or waived and on whose or by what authority
they may be varied or waived; or (c)
who is a
‘party interested’ for
the purpose of
having furnished
to the person
a copy of
the record or
part thereof;
or (d) the authorisation of the furnishing of
a copy of a record of proceedings or of any part thereof to any
other person on the ground that such person has a
sufficient interest therein, and
by whom any
such authorisation may
be made. (4)
In
addition to the foregoing, the Attorney-General may cause
a
copy of a record of proceedings or of any part thereof to be
furnished to any person in such
circumstances and subject to such conditions
as the Attorney-General thinks fit. (5)
The Crown is
entitled to
receive a
copy of
any record of
proceedings or
of any part
thereof without
payment of
any charge. (6)
The furnishing in
accordance with
this section
and, in
an appropriate case, the
Criminal Practice Rules 1999
of a
copy of any record of proceedings or of any part
thereof shall not render the
Crown, a
Crown Law
Officer, the
registrar, a
recorder under the Recording of
Evidence Act 1962 or other person
responsible for or associated with that furnishing liable
in
any way in law in respect thereof. 671L
Powers exercisable by a judge
The
powers of the Court to give leave to appeal, to extend the
time
in which notice of appeal or of an application for leave to
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appeal may be given and to allow the
appellant to be present at any proceedings in cases where the
appellant is not entitled to be present
without leave may be exercised by any judge of the
Court in the same manner as they may be
exercised by the Court, and
subject to
the same provisions; but
if the judge
refuses an application on the part of the
appellant to exercise any such power in the appellant’s
favour, the appellant shall be entitled to have
the application determined by the Court. 672
Appeals from the decisions of the
Court (1) Where an appeal to the Court is
upheld, and the appellant is entitled to have
the conviction against the appellant quashed by
order of
the Court, the
Court may,
upon application on
behalf of the Crown, at any time before the
release of such appellant, either by the same or by a
separate order, direct that execution of the
order quashing the appellant’s conviction be stayed
for such time
(not exceeding
7 days) as
the Court thinks
fit; and
the Court or
a judge thereof
shall thereupon
make such
order for
the detention of
the appellant or
the appellant’s return to any former
custody, or for granting bail to the
appellant, as
the Court or
judge thinks
fit, for
the time during which
such stay has been directed. (2)
The
Court or a judge thereof may, upon application by or on
behalf of
the Crown Law
Officer, make
such order
for the detention of the
appellant or for granting bail to the appellant pending
the hearing of
an appeal to
the High Court
of Australia as the Court or a judge may
think fit, and may at any time vary or rescind such
order. (3) On the
application of
any appellant deeming
himself or
herself wronged
by any failure
to diligently prosecute
such appeal, the
Court or a judge thereof may order the immediate
execution of
the original order
of the Court
quashing the
conviction, and may order the appellant’s
immediate release, and the Court may further, if it thinks fit,
award the appellant such compensation as appears just.
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672A Pardoning power preserved
Nothing in
sections 668 to
672 shall affect
the pardoning power
of the Governor
on behalf of
Her Majesty, but
the Crown Law Officer, on the
consideration of any petition for the exercise of
the pardoning power having reference to the conviction of
any person or
to any sentence
passed on
a convicted person, may—
(a) refer the whole case to the Court, and
the case shall be heard and determined by the Court as in the
case of an appeal by a person convicted; or
(b) if the Crown Law Officer desires the
assistance of the Court on any point arising in the case with
a view to the determination of
the petition, refer
that point
to the Court
for its opinion
thereon, and
the Court shall
consider the
point so
referred and
furnish the
Crown Law Officer with
its opinion thereon accordingly. 675
Conditional remission of sentence by
Governor (1) In any case in which the Governor is
authorised, on behalf of Her Majesty, to extend the Royal mercy
to an offender under sentence of
imprisonment, the
Governor may
extend mercy
upon
condition of the offender entering into a recognisance
conditioned as
in the case
of offenders discharged by
the Court upon suspension of the execution
of a sentence. (2) The offender is thereupon liable to
the same obligations, and is liable to be dealt with in all
respects in the same manner, as a person
discharged by the Court on recognisance upon such
suspension. 676
Pardon in case of imprisonment for
non-payment of money The
Governor may
extend the
Royal mercy
to any person
imprisoned upon conviction of any of the
offences defined in chapter 44,
although the
person is
imprisoned for
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money which
is payable to
some private
person. 677
Effect of pardon A pardon by the
Governor, on behalf of Her Majesty, has the effect
of discharging the
convicted person
from the
consequences of the conviction.
Chapter 68 Exceptions to
double jeopardy rules 678
Definitions (1)
In
this chapter— 25 year offence
means an
offence punishable by
imprisonment for life or for a period of 25
years or more. acquittal —
(a) includes— (i)
an
acquittal in appeal proceedings in relation to an
offence; and (ii)
an
acquittal at the direction of a court; and (iii)
a dismissal under
section 700 or
the Justices Act
1886 , section 149;
but (b) does not include— (i)
an acquittal on
account of
unsoundness of
mind under section
647; or (ii) a discontinuance
of proceedings under the Mental Health Act
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justice offence
means an
offence under
chapter 16. Court
means the Court of Appeal.
fresh and compelling evidence
see
section 678D. interests of justice see section
678F. tainted acquittal see section
678E. (2) For the
purposes of
this chapter,
the retrial of
an acquitted person for an
offence includes a trial if the offence is not the
same
as the offence of which the person was acquitted.
(3) In this
chapter, a
reference to
the proceedings in
which a
person was
acquitted includes,
if they were
appeal proceedings, a
reference to the earlier proceedings to which the appeal
related. 678A Application of ch 68
(1) This chapter
applies if
a person has
been acquitted
of an offence, whether
before, on or after the commencement of this section.
(2) However, this chapter does not apply
if, in relation to a charge of an offence,
although a person was acquitted of the offence as
charged, the
person was
convicted instead
of a lesser
offence. Examples where
this chapter does not apply— •
in
relation to a charge of the offence of murder, a person was
acquitted of murder and convicted instead of
manslaughter • in relation to a charge of an offence
committed with circumstances of aggravation,
a person was acquitted of the offence committed with
circumstances of aggravation and convicted instead of the
offence without any of the circumstances of
aggravation (3) This section
extends to
a person acquitted
in proceedings outside
this State
of an offence
under the
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However, this
section does
not extend as
mentioned in
subsection (3) if the law of the place where
the proceedings were held
does not
permit the
person to
be retried and
the application of this chapter to the
retrial is inconsistent with the Commonwealth
Constitution or a law of the Commonwealth. 678B
Court
may order retrial for murder—fresh and compelling
evidence (1)
The
Court may, on the application of the director of public
prosecutions, order an acquitted person to
be retried for the offence of murder if satisfied that—
(a) there is
fresh and
compelling evidence
against the
acquitted person in relation to the offence;
and (b) in all the circumstances it is in the
interests of justice for the order to be made.
(2) The Court may order a person to be
retried for the offence of murder under this section even if the
person had been charged with and acquitted of a lesser
offence. (3) If the Court orders an acquitted
person to be retried for the offence of
murder, the Court must quash the person’s acquittal
or
remove the acquittal as a bar to the person being retried.
(4) On the
retrial, section
17 does not
apply in
relation to
the charge of the offence of
murder. 678C Court may order retrial for 25 year
offence—tainted acquittal (1)
The
Court may, on the application of the director of public
prosecutions, order an acquitted person to
be retried for a 25 year offence if satisfied that—
(a) the acquittal is a tainted acquittal;
and (b) in all the circumstances it is in the
interests of justice for the order to be made.
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The Court may
order a
person to
be retried for
a 25 year
offence under this section even if the
person had been charged with and acquitted of a lesser
offence. (3) If the Court orders an acquitted
person to be retried for a 25 year offence,
the Court must quash the person’s acquittal or remove the
acquittal as a bar to the person being retried. (4)
On the retrial,
section 17 does
not apply in
relation to
the charge of the 25 year offence.
678D Fresh and compelling
evidence—meaning (1) This section
applies for
the purpose of
deciding under
this chapter
whether there
is fresh and
compelling evidence
against an
acquitted person
in relation to
the offence of
murder. (2)
Evidence is fresh
if— (a) it
was not adduced
in the proceedings in
which the
person was acquitted; and
(b) it could
not have been
adduced in
those proceedings with the
exercise of reasonable diligence. (3)
Evidence is compelling if—
(a) it is reliable; and
(b) it is substantial; and
(c) in the context of the issues in
dispute in the proceedings in which the person was acquitted, it
is highly probative of the case against the acquitted
person. (4) Evidence that
would be
admissible on
a retrial under
this chapter
is not precluded
from being
fresh and
compelling evidence merely
because it would have been inadmissible in the earlier
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678E Tainted acquittal—meaning
(1) This section
applies for
the purpose of
deciding under
this chapter whether
the acquittal of an accused person is a tainted acquittal. (2)
An
acquittal is tainted if—
(a) the accused person or another person
has been convicted in this State or elsewhere of an
administration of justice offence in
relation to
the proceedings in
which the
accused person was acquitted; and
(b) it is more likely than not that, but
for the commission of the administration of justice offence,
the accused person would have been convicted.
(3) An acquittal
is not a
tainted acquittal
during any
of the following
periods— (a) the period provided under section
671(1) for the person convicted of
the administration of
justice offence
(the convicted
person ) to appeal, or obtain leave to
appeal, from the conviction; (b)
if, within the
period mentioned
in paragraph (a),
the convicted person gives notice of an
appeal—the period ending when the appeal is decided;
(c) if, within
the period mentioned
in paragraph (a),
the convicted person gives notice of an
application for leave to appeal, the period ending—
(i) if the
application is
refused—when the
decision refusing the
application is made; or (ii) if
the application is
granted—when the
appeal is
decided. Note—
Section 668D provides the right of
appeal. (4) If the conviction for the
administration of justice offence is, on appeal,
quashed after the Court has ordered the acquitted
person to
be retried under
this chapter
because of
the Current as at [Not applicable]
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person may apply to the Court to set aside the order
and— (a) restore the acquittal that was
quashed; or (b) restore the acquittal as a bar to the
person being retried for the offence. Not
authorised —indicative
only 678F Interests of
justice—matters for consideration (1)
This section
applies for
the purpose of
deciding under
this chapter whether
it is in the interests of justice for an order to
be
made for the retrial of an acquitted person. (2)
It is not
in the interests
of justice to
make an
order for
the retrial of an acquitted person unless
the Court is satisfied that a fair retrial
is likely in the circumstances. (3)
The
Court must have regard in particular to— (a)
the
length of time since the acquitted person allegedly
committed the offence; and
(b) whether any police officer or
prosecutor has failed to act with reasonable
diligence or expedition in relation to— (i)
the
investigation of the commission of the offence of
which the
person was
acquitted and
the prosecution of the proceedings in
which the person was acquitted; and (ii)
the application for
the retrial of
the acquitted person.
678G Application for
retrial—procedure (1) If a person has been acquitted, not
more than 1 application for the retrial of
the person may be made under this chapter in relation to the
acquittal. (2) If the acquittal results from a
retrial under this chapter— (a)
an application may
not be made
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an application may
be made for
an order under
section 678C in relation to the
acquittal. (3) An application for the retrial of an
acquitted person may not be made under this chapter
unless— (a) the person has been charged with the
offence for which the retrial is sought (the
relevant offence ); or
(b) a warrant
has been issued
for the person’s
arrest in
relation to the relevant offence.
(4) The application must be made not later
than 28 days after the person is charged with the relevant
offence or the warrant is issued for
the person’s arrest
in relation to
the relevant offence.
(5) The Court may extend the period
mentioned in subsection (4) for good
cause. (6) The Court must consider the
application at a hearing. (7) The person to
whom the application relates is entitled to be present and
heard at the hearing, whether or not the person is
in
custody. (8) However, if
the person has
been given
a reasonable opportunity to
be present, the
application may
be decided even if the
person is not present. (9) The powers of
the Court mentioned in section 671B(1) may be exercised in
relation to the hearing of the application. (10)
The
Court may at 1 hearing consider more than 1 application
under this chapter for a retrial (whether or
not relating to the same person), but only if the offences
concerned may be tried on the same indictment.
(11) If the Court
decides in proceedings on an application under this chapter
that the acquittal is not a bar to the person being
retried for the offence concerned, it must
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Retrial (1)
An
indictment for the retrial of a person that has been ordered
under this chapter may not, without the
leave of the Court, be presented after
the end of
the period of
2 months after
the order was made. (2)
The
Court may give leave only if it is satisfied that—
(a) the prosecutor has acted with
reasonable expedition; and (b) there is good
and sufficient reason for the retrial despite the lapse of
time since the order was made. (3)
If,
after the end of the period of 2 months after an order for
the retrial of an accused person was made under
this chapter, an indictment for the retrial of the person has
not been presented or has been withdrawn or quashed, the person
may apply to the Court to set aside the order for the
retrial and— (a) restore the acquittal that was
quashed; or (b) restore the acquittal as a bar to the
person being tried for the offence. (4)
If
the order is set aside, a further application may not be
made under this
chapter for
the retrial of
the accused person
in relation to the offence
concerned. (5) At the
retrial of
an accused person,
the prosecution is
not entitled to
refer to
the fact that
the Court has
found that
it appears that— (a)
there is
fresh and
compelling evidence
against the
acquitted person; or (b)
more likely
than not,
but for the
commission of
the administration of
justice offence,
the accused person
would have been convicted.
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investigations (1) This section
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of the person
for the offence
under this
chapter. (2)
For
the purposes of this section, a police investigation is an
investigation that
involves, whether
with or
without the
consent of the acquitted person—
(a) any arrest, questioning or search of
the acquitted person, or the issue of a warrant for the
arrest of the person; or (b) any forensic
procedure carried out on the person or any search or
seizure of premises or property of or occupied by the
person. (3) A police
officer may
carry out
or authorise a
police investigation to
which this section applies only if the director of public
prosecutions— (a) has advised that, in the opinion of
the director of public prosecutions, the
acquittal would
not be a
bar to the
retrial of
the acquitted person
in this State
for the offence;
or (b) has given written consent to the
police investigation on the application in
writing of
the commissioner, or
a deputy commissioner, of the police
service. (4) The commissioner, or a deputy
commissioner, of the police service may make
an application for the police investigation only if
satisfied that relevant evidence for the purposes of an
application for a retrial under this
chapter— (a) has been obtained; or
(b) is likely to be obtained as a result
of the investigation. (5) The director of
public prosecutions may give consent to the police
investigation only if satisfied that— (a)
there is, or there is likely as a result of
the investigation to be, sufficient new evidence to warrant
the conduct of the investigation; and (b)
it is in
the public interest
for the investigation to
proceed. Current as at
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Despite the
Police Service
Administration Act
1990 ,
section 4.10, the commissioner of the police
service may not delegate powers of the commissioner under
this section to a police officer or staff member.
678J Bail (1)
This
section has effect despite anything to the contrary in the
Bail
Act 1980 . (2) There is a
presumption in favour of bail for a person who is
charged with an offence for which a retrial
is sought under this chapter until the application for the
retrial is dealt with. 678K Restrictions on
publication (1) A person
must not
publish any
matter for
the purpose of
identifying or
having the
effect of
identifying an
acquitted person who is
being retried under this chapter or who is the subject
of— (a) a police
investigation, or
an application for
a police investigation,
mentioned in section 678I; or (b)
an
application for a retrial, or an order for retrial, under
this
chapter. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the
publication is authorised by order
of the Court
or of the
court before
which the
acquitted person is being retried.
(3) The relevant court may make an order
authorising publication only if the court is satisfied that it
is in the interests of justice to make the
order. (4) Before making an order under this
section, the relevant court must give the
acquitted person a reasonable opportunity to be heard on the
application for the order. (5) The relevant
court may at any time vary or revoke an order under this
section. Page 478 Current as at
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unlawfully acquired [s 679A] (6)
The prohibition on
publication under
this section
ceases to
have
effect, subject to any order under this section, when the
first of the following paragraphs
apply— (a) there is
no longer any
step that
could be
taken which
would lead to the acquitted person being
retried under this chapter; (b)
if
the acquitted person is retried under this chapter—the
trial ends. (7)
Nothing in
this section
affects any
prohibition of
the publication of any matter under any
other Act or law. (8) A contravention of
a prohibition on
publication under
this section is
punishable as contempt of the Supreme Court. Chapter 69
Seizure and detention of property
connected with offences—restitution of property
unlawfully acquired 679A Search of aircraft (1)
If
it appears to the person in command of an aircraft that
there are reasonable grounds
for suspecting that
any offence involving the
safety of the aircraft has been, is being, is about
to be, or
may be, committed
on board or
in relation to
the aircraft it shall be lawful for the
person and for any person acting by the person’s authority with
such assistance as the person or such person may think
necessary to search or cause to be
searched— (a) the aircraft and any person luggage
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any
person who is about to board the aircraft and any
luggage or freight that is about to be
placed on board the aircraft; and
seize— (c) anything whether
animate or
inanimate and
whether living or dead
as to which there are reasonable grounds for believing
that it will of itself or by or on scientific examination, afford
evidence as
to the commission of
any
offence; or (d) anything as to which there are
reasonable grounds for believing that it is intended to be
used for the purpose of committing any offence;
and
take it before a justice to be dealt with according to law.
(2) A female shall not be searched under
this section except by a female. 680
Property found on offenders on arrest
When, on the arrest of any person on a
charge of an offence relating to
property, the
property in
respect of
which the
offence is alleged to be committed is found
in the person’s possession, the
person arresting
the person may
take such
property before a justice to be dealt with
according to law. 682 Disposal of property seized
(1) When anything is seized or taken under
the provisions of this Code, the person seizing or taking it
is required forthwith to carry it before a justice.
(2) The justice
may cause the
thing so
seized or
taken to
be detained in
such custody
as the justice
may direct, taking
reasonable care
for its preservation, until
the conclusion of
any
investigation that may be held with respect to it; and, if
any
person is committed for trial for any offence committed
with respect
to the thing
so seized or
taken, or
committed under such
circumstances that the thing so seized or taken is
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unlawfully acquired [s 683] likely to afford
evidence at the trial, the justice may cause it to
be
further detained in like manner for the purpose of being
produced in evidence at such trial.
(3) If no person is so committed, the
justice is required to direct that
the thing be
returned to
the person from
whom it
was taken, unless the justice is
authorised or required by law to dispose of it
otherwise. (4) If the
thing so
seized or
taken is
anything forged
or counterfeit, or is of such a nature
that a person who has it in the person’s
possession without lawful authority or excuse is
guilty of an offence, then, if any person is
committed for trial for any offence
committed with
respect to
it or committed
under such circumstances as aforesaid and is
convicted, the court before which the person is convicted,
or, in any other case, any justice, may cause it to be
defaced or destroyed. (5) If the thing so
seized or taken is of such a nature that a person
who
has it in his or her possession, knowing its nature and
without lawful
authority or
excuse, is
guilty of
an offence, then,
as soon as
it appears that
it will not
be required, or
further required, in evidence against the
person who had it in his or her possession, it is to be
delivered to the Treasurer, or some person
authorised by the Treasurer to receive it. 683
Explosives If the thing
seized or taken is an explosive substance found in
a
vessel or vehicle, the person acting in the execution of the
warrant may for 24 hours after seizure, and
for such longer time as is necessary for the purpose of
removal to a safe place of deposit, use the vessel or the
vehicle, with the tackle and furniture
thereof, or the beasts, and accoutrements belonging
thereto as the case may be, paying
afterwards to the owner of the vessel or vehicle a sufficient
recompense for its use, which is to be
assessed by the justice or justices before whom the
suspected offender
is brought, and,
in case of
non-payment immediately
after such assessment, may be recovered before 2
justices in a summary way.
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685B Orders for delivery of certain
property (1) Where any property has come into the
custody or possession of a court or justices in connection
with any charge, the court or justices,
on the conclusion of
the trial and
on the application of
the prosecutor, may
make an
order for
the delivery of the property to the person
appearing to the court or justices to
be the person
lawfully entitled
thereto or,
if that person
can not be
ascertained, may
make such
order with
respect to the property as to the court or
justices seems just. (2) An order so made
shall not be a bar to the right of any person to recover the
property by action from the person to whom it is delivered by
virtue of the order. Chapter 70 Informations by
private persons for indictable offences—ex
officio indictments 686
Information by leave of the court by private
prosecutors (1) Any person may by leave of the Supreme
Court present an information against
any other person
for any indictable offence, alleged
to have been committed by such other person. (2)
An
information presented by leave of the court is to be signed
by
the person on whose application the leave is granted, or
some
other person appointed by the court in that behalf, and
filed in the Supreme Court.
(3) The person who signs the information
is called the prosecutor. (4) The
information is
to be intituled
‘The Queen
on the prosecution of
the prosecutor (naming the person) against the accused person
(naming the person)’, and must state that the prosecutor
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(5) Except as otherwise expressly
provided, the information and the
proceedings upon
it are subject
to the same
rules and
incidents in
all respects as
an indictment presented
by a Crown
Law Officer and
the proceedings upon
such an
indictment as hereinbefore set forth.
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687 Security to be given by prosecutor for
costs of defence Before the
information is
presented the
prosecutor is
to be required to give
security, in such amount and in such manner as the court on
giving leave to present the information may direct,
that the
prosecutor will
prosecute the
information without delay,
and will pay to the accused person such costs incurred
by the accused
person in
respect of
the person’s defence to the
charge as the court may order the prosecutor to pay.
688 Service of information
An office copy
of the information is
to be served
upon the
accused person, upon which copy there must
be endorsed a summons, under the hand of the registrar and
seal of the court, requiring the person to appear and plead to
the information within the
same time
after service
within which
the person would be
required to enter an appearance after service of a
writ
in a civil action. 689 Plea The accused
person is required within the time so limited to
enter an appearance and file the person’s
plea in writing in the Supreme Court, and to deliver a copy
thereof forthwith to the prosecutor. 690
Default of plea (1)
If the accused
person does
not plead to
the information according
to the exigency
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copy served
on the person,
the prosecutor may
serve the
accused person
with a
notice to
the effect that
unless the
person pleads or demurs within 8 days a plea
of not guilty will be filed in the person’s name.
(2) Upon filing
an affidavit setting
forth the
service of
the information and of such notice, and of
default of pleading in accordance with
the exigency of
the notice, the
prosecutor may
cause a
plea of
not guilty to
be filed for
the accused person, and
thereupon the same proceedings may be had as if the accused
person had filed a plea of not guilty. (3)
Or, in the
case of
a misdemeanour, judgment
of conviction may, by leave of
the court or a judge, be entered against the accused person
for want of a plea. (4) But the court or a judge may, either
before or after the time so prescribed,
allow further time for the accused person to plead
or
demur to the information. 691 Time and place of
trial When the accused person pleads any plea, or
when a plea of not guilty is filed for the person by the
prosecutor, either party may apply to a judge to appoint the
time and place of trial, of which notice is
to be given to the accused person. 692
Effect of judgment for prosecutor on
demurrer (1) If the
accused person
demurs only,
and does not
plead any
plea, and judgment is given against the
person on demurrer, the person is required to plead to the
information within such time as the court or a judge may
allow. (2) If the
accused person
makes default
in doing so,
the same proceedings may
be taken as if the person had made default in pleading in the
first instance. Page 484 Current as at
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693 Effect of judgment by default
(1) If judgment
of conviction is
entered against
the accused person for want
of a plea, the person is required to attend to receive the
judgment of the court at a time and place to be appointed by a
judge. (2) If the accused person does not so
attend, any justice may issue a warrant to
arrest the person and bring him or her before the
court to receive judgment.
694 Costs of defence In any of the
following cases, that is to say— (a)
if an application for
leave to
present an
information against a person
(the accused person ) ends without
the application being granted;
(b) if the accused person pleads to the
information, and is not brought to trial within a year after
filing the person’s plea; (c)
if a
Crown Law Officer informs the court that the Crown
Law
Officer will not further proceed on the information;
(d) if the accused person is acquitted
upon trial; the court, or the judge before whom the
trial (if any) is had, may award costs to the accused
person. 695 Practice to be applied on ex officio
indictment When an indictment is presented in the
Supreme Court by a Crown Law
Officer against
any person who
has not been
committed for trial for the offence charged
in the indictment, the Crown may proceed thereon in the manner
prescribed in this chapter
with respect
to informations filed
by private prosecutors,
except that no security shall be required. Current as at
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695A] Chapter 71 Miscellaneous
provisions 695A Power to protect victim of violence by
prohibiting publication of information about
proceedings (1) This section applies to—
(a) a judge of a court—
(i) to which someone has been committed
for trial or sentence for
an indictable offence
involving personal
violence; or (ii) before which an
indictment has been presented for an offence
involving personal violence; or (iii)
hearing and
deciding a
proceeding for
a COVA application relating
to an offence
involving personal
violence; and (b) a magistrate summarily
hearing and
deciding a
proceeding for an indictable offence
involving personal violence, including a committal
proceeding. (2) The judge
or magistrate may
make an
order prohibiting, indefinitely or
for a specified
time, the
publication of
information about the address of a person
against whom the violence is alleged to have been
committed. (3) The order may be made on application
by the person, or by the prosecution acting in the person’s
interests. (4) The order may be made only if the
information is not relevant to the guilt or
innocence of the charged person. (5)
An application for
an order under
this division
may be made—
(a) in chambers; and (b)
only
in the presence of persons the judge or magistrate
allows. Page 486
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[s
696] (6) On the hearing of the application the
judge or magistrate may receive and
act on information the
judge or
magistrate considers
appropriate. (7) In this section— address
, of a
person, means
the address of
the person’s residence,
school, place of employment or other address. COVA
application means an application under the
repealed Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995
,
part 3, as applying under the Victims of Crime
Assistance Act 2009 , chapter 6, part 2. 696
Warrant for release of person detained in
custody (1) This section applies if—
(a) a person
(the accused
) is detained
in custody on
a charge of an indictable offence;
and (b) a decision
has been made
not to proceed
with the
charge. (2)
The
Attorney-General may issue a warrant for the accused’s
release from custody in relation to the
charge. (3) The warrant must be—
(a) signed by the Attorney-General;
and (b) addressed to the person having custody
of the accused. (4) The warrant
authorises the
person having
custody of
the accused to release the accused from
custody immediately in relation to the charge stated in the
warrant. (5) However, the accused must not be
released from custody if the accused is
otherwise lawfully detained. 697
Court
may direct certain persons to be prosecuted for perjury
(1) If it appears to any court that any
person has been guilty of perjury in
any testimony given
before it,
the court may
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699] commit the person to take the person’s trial
for such perjury before any court of competent jurisdiction
in the same manner as if the
person had
been charged
before a
justice with
the same perjury, and sufficient evidence
had been given against the person. (2)
A person so
committed may
be granted bail
in the same
manner as
if the person
had been committed
for trial by
a justice. (3)
The court may
order that
any person be
given a
notice to
appear and give evidence at the trial of a
person so directed to be prosecuted. (4)
In
this section— court includes any
person before whom a writ of inquiry is executed, but
does not include a Magistrates Court. 699
Staying prosecution for publication of
parliamentary paper (1)
A
person prosecuted on a charge of the unlawful publication
of defamatory matter
which is
contained in
any paper published by the
person, or by the person’s servant, by order or under the
authority of the Legislative Assembly, may, at any stage of the
proceedings, apply to the Supreme Court or a judge
thereof or
to the court
in which the
proceedings are
pending, for an order staying the
prosecution, first giving 24 hours notice of
intention so to do to the prosecutor; and upon production to
the court or judge of a certificate under the hand
of the Speaker
of the Legislative Assembly
or clerk of
the Parliament stating
that the
paper in
respect of
which the
prosecution is instituted was published by
the defendant, or by the defendant’s servant, by order or
under the authority of the Assembly, together with an affidavit
verifying such certificate, the
court or
judge is
required immediately to
stay the
prosecution, and
may order the
prosecutor to
pay to the
defendant the defendant’s costs of
defence. Page 488 Current as at
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[s
700] (2) A person prosecuted on a charge of the
unlawful publication of defamatory matter which is
contained in a copy of, or an extract from or
abstract of, any such paper, may, at any stage of
the proceedings, apply
to the Supreme
Court or
a judge thereof, or to
the court in which the proceedings are pending, for an order
staying the prosecution; and upon production to the court or
judge of an original of such paper, together with
such
a certificate as aforesaid, and an affidavit verifying the
same, the court or judge may stay the
prosecution, and may order the prosecutor to pay to the
defendant the defendant’s costs of defence. 700
Certificate of dismissal by justices
(1) When justices dismiss a complaint of
an offence punishable on summary conviction, whether an
indictable offence or not, they may, if required and if they
think fit, give the accused person a
certificate of dismissal. (2) Such
a certificate is
a bar to any
further prosecution of
the accused person for the same
cause. 702 Saving of civil remedies
Except when
expressly so
provided, the
prosecution or
conviction of a person for an offence does
not affect any civil remedy which any person aggrieved by
the offence may have against the offender.
704 No court fees in criminal cases
(1) No fees can be taken in any court of
criminal jurisdiction or before any justice from any person who
is charged with an indictable offence for any proceeding had or
taken in the court or before the justice with respect to the
charge. (2) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that
the offender levy
imposed under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 179C is not a fee mentioned in
subsection (1). Current as at [Not applicable]
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[s
705] 705 Copies of depositions to be allowed to
persons committed for trial (1)
Any
person who is committed for trial or granted bail for any
indictable offence
is entitled to
have on
demand from
the person who
has the lawful
custody thereof
copies of
the depositions of the witnesses on whose
depositions the person has been so committed or granted
bail. (2) However, if the demand is not made
before the day appointed for the commencement of the sittings
of the court at which the trial of the person on whose behalf
the demand is made is to take place, the person is not entitled
to have any such copy unless the judge is of opinion that
the copy may be made and delivered without delay or
inconvenience to the trial. (3)
The court may
postpone a
trial on
account of
the accused person not
having previously had a copy of the depositions.
706 Inspection of depositions at
trial Any person who is tried for any offence is
entitled at the time of the person’s trial to inspect
without fee all depositions, or copies
of depositions, which
have been
taken against
the person and
returned into
the court before
which the
trial is
had. 706A Development of
administrative arrangements (1)
An
administrative arrangement can not affect— (a)
any
power of a court, including any inherent power, to
give
a direction or make an order in a particular case, or
generally; or (b)
the
judicial independence of any court or judicial officer.
(2) However, a practice direction may be
made to give effect to an administrative arrangement.
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706A] administrative arrangement means
an arrangement entered
into
between 2 or more relevant agencies for the development
of compatible business
and operating processes
to facilitate the
efficient and
timely resolution of
proceedings under
relevant laws. relevant
agency means any of the following—
(a) the chief executive;
(b) the chief executive (corrective
services); (c) the chief executive of the department
in which the Youth Justice Act
1992 is administered; (d)
the
commissioner of the police service; (e)
the
director of public prosecutions; (f)
the
Chief Magistrate under the Magistrates Act 1991
; (g) the
Chief Judge
of the District
Court of
Queensland under the
District Court of Queensland Act 1967
; (h) the Chief
Justice of Queensland; (i) the chief
executive officer, Legal Aid Queensland; (j)
the president of
the Queensland Law
Society Incorporated; (k)
the
president of the Bar Association of Queensland; (l)
if
nominated by the chief executive—the chief executive
officer of
a publicly funded,
non-profit corporation whose
primary purpose
as a corporation is
to provide legal
services to
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander people.
relevant law means any of the
following— (a) any law
that includes
provisions relating
to criminal procedure, including
in particular this
Code and
the Justices Act 1886 ;
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[s
707] (b) any other
law that operates
in conjunction with,
or whose operation
is otherwise associated with,
the operation of a law mentioned in
paragraph (a); (c) practice directions relating
to criminal practice
and procedure for
the purposes of
the operation of
a law mentioned in
paragraph (a). 707 Forms of criminal proceedings
A form prescribed under
a rule of
court for
a criminal proceeding is
taken to be— (a) sufficient for the purpose for which
it is to be used; and (b) if used, a
sufficient statement of the relevant offence or matter.
708 Regulation-making power
The Governor in
Council may
make regulations under
this Code.
Editor’s note— The omission of
section 708A is an uncommenced amendment—see 2016 Act No. 62
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Transitional provision for Act No. 18 of 1999 [s 709]
Transitional and validation
provisions Chapter 72
Transitional provision for Act
No.
18 of 1999 709 Transitional provision for Act No. 18
of 1999 On a charge
of unlawful stalking
committed after
the commencement of the
Criminal Code (Stalking) Amendment
Act
1999 (the commencement ), evidence of
an act described in section 359B(c) done
before the
commencement may
be admitted for the purpose of deciding
whether an act done after the commencement constituted unlawful
stalking. Chapter 73 Transitional
provision for Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999 710
Transitional provision for Justice
Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2)
1999 (1) This section applies if, after the
commencement of the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
(No. 2)
1999 ,
section 11— (a)
a
charge of an offence against section 339(1) is before
the
Supreme or District Court; and (b)
the
person charged with the offence informs the court
that
he or she does not want to be tried by jury; and
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[s
711] (c) the prosecutor agrees
to the charge
being dealt
with summarily. (2)
The
court may order that— (a) the matter be
remitted to a court of summary jurisdiction for the charge
to be dealt with summarily; and (b)
the
court registrar send the relevant court record to the
registrar of the relevant court of summary
jurisdiction. (3) The court
may not make
an order under
subsection (2) if
satisfied that
because of
the nature or
seriousness of
the offence or any other relevant
consideration the defendant, if convicted, may
not be adequately punished
on summary conviction. Chapter 74
Transitional provision for
Criminal Law Amendment Act
2000 711 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law Amendment Act 2000
(1) In relation to an indictment mentioned
in section 578(1), (1A) or (4) charging a person with an
offence that was committed before the
commencement of
this section,
the reference in
those provisions to section 352 is a
reference to section 337 as in force at any
time before the commencement of this section. (2)
In relation to
an indictment presented
before the
commencement of
this section,
the person charged
in the indictment may
be convicted of
an offence because
of section 578 only if the person could
have been convicted of the offence
because of
section 578 as
in force immediately before the
commencement of this section. Page 494
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[s
712] Chapter 75 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law Amendment Act
2002 712 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law Amendment Act 2002
Section 568(6) to
(8), as
in force at
any time before
the commencement of this section,
continues to apply in relation to
an indictment under
section 568(6) presented
before the
commencement of
this section
as if the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act 2002 , section 29 had
not been enacted. Chapter 76 Transitional
provision for Sexual Offences (Protection of
Children) Amendment Act 2003
713 Transitional provision for Sexual
Offences (Protection of Children) Amendment Act 2003—unlawful
sexual relationship On
a charge of
an offence as
defined in
section 229B, evidence
of an unlawful
sexual act
or acts done
before the
commencement of
this section
may be admitted
for the purpose of
deciding whether unlawful sexual acts done after
the
commencement of this section establish the existence of
an
unlawful sexual relationship. Current as at
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2002 [s 714] Chapter 77
Validation provision for Criminal
Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 714
Validation provision for Criminal Proceeds
Confiscation Act 2002—presentation of indictment
(1) This section
applies to
an indictment presented
before the
commencement of
this section
by a person,
appointed or
employed in,
or engaged by,
the Office of
the Director of
Public Prosecutions, who was not authorised
under an Act to present the indictment. (2)
The
indictment is taken to have been presented by the director
of
public prosecutions. (3) Any proceedings
taken, or other thing done, in relation to the indictment is
taken to be as valid as if the proceedings were taken,
or other thing
done, in
relation to
an indictment presented by the
director of public prosecutions. Chapter 78
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Evidence (Protection of Children)
Amendment Act 2003 715 Transitional provision for disclosure
by the prosecution Chapter 62, chapter division 3 applies to
the following types of relevant proceeding, even
if the offence
concerned was
committed before the commencement of this
section— (a) a relevant proceeding started in
relation to an offence if the charge
against the
accused person
for the offence
was
brought after the commencement of this section; Page 496
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(b) a relevant
proceeding in
relation to
an indictment presented after
the commencement of this section; (c)
a
relevant proceeding that is a new trial ordered by the
court if the order is made after the
commencement of this section. Not
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provision for Defamation Act 2005 716
Defence of truth of defamatory matter still
to be specially pleaded Section 599, as
in force at any time before the commencement of
this section,
continues to
apply in
relation to
a person charged with the
unlawful publication of defamatory matter under the
Defamation Act 1889 as if the
Defamation Act 2005 ,
schedule 4, amendments of the Criminal Code,
item 2 had not been enacted. Chapter 80
Transitional provision for
Criminal Code Amendment Act
2006 717 Effect of repeal
of ss 56, 57 and 58 (1) After the commencement of the
Criminal Code
Amendment Act 2006
, a
person can not be charged with, prosecuted for or
further prosecuted for,
or convicted of,
an offence against
section 56, 57 or 58 or punished for doing
or omitting to do an act that constituted that
offence. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2007 [s 718] (2)
However, subsection
(1) does not
prevent a
person being
punished by
the Legislative Assembly
for contempt of
the Legislative Assembly
as defined under
the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001 .
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Amendment Act 2007 718
Appointment of animal valuers
A
person appointed as an animal valuer under section 450F, as
in force immediately before
the commencement of
this section,
continues to
hold the
appointment after
the commencement, as if the appointment
had been made by the chief executive. Chapter 82
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Criminal Code and Other Acts
Amendment Act 2008 719
References to particular offences
(1) The following provisions apply as if a
reference to section 208 included a
reference to
section 209 as
in force at
any time before its
repeal by the amending Act— •
section 229B(10), definitions
offence of a sexual nature
and prescribed age •
section 578(1), (1A) and (4)
• section 636(1), definition
prescribed offence .
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Amendment Act 2008 [s 720]
(2) Section 568(2) applies
as if it
included a
reference to
an indictment against a trustee to whom
the Trust Accounts Act 1973
applies for an offence under section 436 as
in force at any time before its repeal by the amending
Act. (3) Section 641(1) applies as if it
included a reference to a trustee within the
meaning of the Trust Accounts Act 1973 charged
with an
offence under
section 436 as
in force at
any time before its
repeal by the amending Act and, for that purpose,
section 641(2), as
in force immediately before
the commencement of this section,
continues to apply. (4) Section 644A applies
as if the
reference to
section 101 included
a reference to
section 103 as
in force at
any time before its
repeal by the amending Act. (5)
In
this section— amending Act
means the
Criminal Code
and Other Acts
Amendment Act 2008 .
Chapter 83 Transitional
provision for Criminal Code and Jury and
Another Act Amendment Act
2008 720 Trial by judge
alone (1) Chapter 62, chapter division 9A
applies in relation to a trial begun
after the
commencement whether
the offence was
committed before or after the
commencement. (2) For subsection
(1), the trial has
begun when
the jury panel
attends before the court.
(3) In this section— Current as at
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Act 2008, part 8 [s 721]
commencement means
the commencement of
the Criminal Code and Jury
and Another Act Amendment Act 2008 , part 2.
Chapter 84 Transitional
provision for Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2008, part 8
721 Notices to witnesses
(1) This section
applies if,
before the
commencement of
this section, a
witness is given a notice to witness in relation to the
trial of a person. (2)
Sections 559,
590AA, 593A
and 597A, as
in force immediately before
the commencement of
this section,
continue to
have effect
in relation to
the notice to
witness until—
(a) the trial of the person is concluded;
or (b) the court otherwise directs; or
(c) 3 years after the commencement of this
section; whichever happens first. Page 500
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Transitional provision for the Criminal Code (Medical Treatment)
Amendment Act 2009 [s 722]
Chapter 85 Transitional
provision for the Criminal Code (Medical Treatment)
Amendment Act 2009 722 Retrospective
application of amendment (1) This
Code as
amended by
the Criminal Code
(Medical Treatment) Amendment
Act 2009 ,
section 3 applies
to proceedings for an offence—
(a) started but not finished before 19
August 2009; or (b) started after
19 August 2009,
whether the
act or omission
constituting the
offence happened
before or
after 19 August 2009. (2)
Subsection (1) does
not apply to
proceedings for
an appeal against
a conviction or
sentence that
happened before
19 August 2009. Chapter 86
Transitional provisions for
Criminal Code (Abusive Domestic
Relationship Defence and Another Matter)
Amendment Act 2010 723
Retrospective application of
amendment (1) This Code,
as amended by
the Criminal Code
(Abusive Domestic
Relationship Defence
and Another Matter)
Amendment Act 2010 , section 3,
applies to proceedings for an offence—
(a) started but not finished before the
commencement; or Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) started after
the commencement, whether
the act or
omission constituting the
offence happened
before or
after the commencement. (2)
Subsection (1) does
not apply to
proceedings for
an appeal from
a conviction or
sentence that
happened before
the commencement. (3)
In
this section— commencement means
the commencement of
the Criminal Code
(Abusive Domestic
Relationship Defence
and Another Matter)
Amendment Act 2010 , section 3. Chapter 87
Transitional provision for
members of QR Group 724
Employees of members of QR Group taken to be
persons employed in public service during interim
period (1) During the interim period, the chief
executive officer of QR Limited and persons employed by a
member of QR Group are taken to be persons employed in the
public service. (2) In this section— change of
ownership means the beginning of the day
notified by the Treasurer by gazette notice for this
chapter. commencement means the
commencement of this chapter. interim
period means the period from the commencement
to the change of ownership. member of QR
Group means QR Limited or a related body
corporate of QR Limited. QR
Limited means QR Limited ACN 124 649 967.
related body
corporate has
the meaning given
in the Corporations
Act. Page 502 Current as at
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9 Transitional and validation provisions Chapter 88
Transitional provisions for Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform
and Modernisation Amendment Act 2010
[s
725] Treasurer means the
Minister who administers the Financial
Accountability Act 2009 .
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Chapter 88 Transitional
provisions for Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction
Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act
2010 725 Definitions for ch 88
In
this chapter— amending Act
means the
Civil and
Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and
Modernisation Amendment Act 2010 .
originating step , for a
proceeding, means— (a) the arrest of the defendant in the
proceeding; or (b) the making of a complaint under
the Justices Act 1886 ,
section 42 in relation to the defendant in
the proceeding; or (c) the serving of a
notice to appear on the defendant in the proceeding under
the Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act
2000 , section 382. 726
New
disclosure provisions apply only to prosecutions
commenced after commencement
(1) Chapter 62, chapter divisions 2, 3, 4
and 4A, as amended or inserted by the amending Act, apply to
a proceeding for an offence only if an originating step for the
proceeding is taken on or after the commencement of this
section. (2) For subsection (1), it does not matter
when the offence was committed. Current as at
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and Modernisation Amendment Act 2010
[s
727] 727 New summary disposition provisions
apply only to prosecutions commenced after
commencement (1) Chapter 58A,
as amended by
the amending Act,
applies in
relation to a charge for an offence only if
an originating step for the proceeding for
the charge is
taken on
or after the
commencement of this section.
(2) For subsection (1), it does not matter
when the offence was committed. (3)
Subsection (4) applies if—
(a) an originating step for a proceeding
for a charge for an old offence is
taken against
a person on
or after the
commencement of
this section
in relation to
circumstances that
happened before
the repeal of
the provision providing for the old
offence; and (b) the proceeding for the old offence is
not prevented under section 11(1). (4)
The
issue of whether the charge for the old offence must be
heard and decided summarily must, to the
greatest practicable extent, be decided according to
whether a charge for the new offence
could be,
or would be
required to
be, heard and
decided summarily. (5)
In
this section— new offence means
the offence that,
for the purposes
of section 11(1), is the offence under
the law in force at the time when the person
is charged with the old offence. old
offence means an offence against a provision of this
Code that was repealed at any time
before the commencement of
this
section. Page 504 Current as at
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Transitional provision for Criminal Code and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2011 [s 728]
Chapter 89 Transitional
provision for Criminal Code and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2011 728 Application of
amendment Act (1) This Code, as amended by the amendment
Act, sections 4 and 6, applies to
proceedings for
an offence started
after the
commencement of the sections, whether the
act or omission constituting the
offence happened
before or
after the
commencement of the sections.
(2) Subsection (1) does
not apply to
proceedings for
an appeal from
a conviction or
sentence that
happened before
the commencement of the amendment Act,
sections 4 and 6. (3) This Code, as amended by the amendment
Act, sections 5, 7 and 8, applies to proceedings for an offence
only if the act or omission constituting the
offence happened
after the
commencement of the sections.
(4) In this section— amendment
Act means the
Criminal Code
and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2011 . Chapter 90 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law Amendment Act
2012 729 Application of
amendment Act (1) Section 305, as amended by the
amendment Act, section 3, to the extent the
amendment Act increases the minimum number of years of
imprisonment to be served, applies only if— Current as at
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[s
729] (a) for section 305(2)(a), at least 1
conviction of murder is for an offence committed after the
commencement, even if the other offence or offences were
committed before the commencement; or (b)
for
section 305(2)(b), either the conviction of murder is
for,
or the other offence of murder taken into account is
for, an
offence committed
after the
commencement, even if one of
those offences was committed before the commencement;
or (c) for section 305(2)(c), either the
conviction of murder is for, or the other offence of murder
for which the person has previously been
sentenced is
for, an
offence committed
after the
commencement, even
if one of
those offences
was committed before
the commencement; or (d)
for section 305(4),
the conviction of
murder is
for an offence
committed after the commencement. (2)
For an offence
mentioned in
subsection (1) as
having been
committed before the commencement, for which
there was a conviction, it
does not
matter whether
the conviction was
recorded before or after the
commencement. (3) This section
applies despite
section 11 and
the Acts Interpretation
Act 1954 , section 20C(3). (4)
In
this section— amendment Act
means the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2012 .
commencement means the
commencement of the amendment Act, section
3. minimum number
of years of
imprisonment to
be served means
the minimum number
of years of
imprisonment a
person must
serve before
the person may
be released from
imprisonment under an order made under
section 305 by the court sentencing the person.
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Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Act 2013
[s
730] Chapter 91 Transitional
provisions for Criminal Law (Child Exploitation and
Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Act 2013
730 Indictments for offences
This Code,
as amended by
the Criminal Law
(Child Exploitation and
Dangerous Drugs)
Amendment Act
2013 ,
section 26, applies
to an indictment against
a person for
an offence against section 228A, 228B,
228C or 228D whether the act or omission constituting the
offence happened before, on or after the commencement of this
section. Chapter 92 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations
Disruption) and Other Legislation Amendment
Act
2013 731 Application of amended s 597C
Section 597C as
amended by
the Criminal Law
(Criminal Organisations
Disruption) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013
applies to the arraignment of an accused
person in a proceeding for an offence, whether the
proceeding was started before, on or after the commencement
of this section. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Amendment Act 2014 [s 732]
Chapter 93 Transitional
provision for Criminal Code and Another Act
(Stock) Amendment Act 2014
732 Tendering, return or disposal of
stock (1) If an undertaking under former section
450E was given for an animal before
the commencement, the
section continues
to apply to
the animal as
if the amendment
Act had not
been enacted.
(2) If an undertaking under former section
450G was given for an animal before
the commencement, the
section continues
to apply to
the animal as
if the amendment
Act had not
been enacted.
(3) The prescribed provisions apply
to an animal
seized before
the commencement, other
than an
animal for
which an
undertaking mentioned
in subsection (1) or
(2) was given
before the commencement. (4)
In
this section— amendment Act means the
Criminal Code
and Another Act
(Stock) Amendment Act 2014
. animal see section
450D. commencement means the
commencement of this section. former
, in
relation to a provision, means the provision as in
force before the commencement.
prescribed provisions means the
following— (a) chapter 44A, chapter division
1; (b) sections 450E(1)(b) and 450EA;
(c) chapter 44A, chapter division
3; (d) sections 450EI and 450EJ.
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[s
733] Chapter 94 Transitional
provisions for Criminal Law Amendment Act
2014 733 Extended
application of ch 68 Chapter 68 applies to a person
acquitted of an offence— (a) whether
the person has
been acquitted
of the offence
before, on or after the commencement
of— (i) chapter 68 on 25 October 2007;
or (ii) the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2014 ,
section 35; and (b)
whether the
circumstances supporting an
order for
a retrial of
the person arose
before, on
or after the
commencement of a provision mentioned in
paragraph (a)(i) or (ii). 734
Application of s 564 Section 564(2A)
applies to the sentencing of an offender for an offence
whether the proceeding for the offence was started
before, on or after the commencement of this
section. Chapter 95 Transitional
provision for Health and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2016 735
References to particular offences
(1) An amended provision applies as if a
reference to section 215 in the amended provision included a
reference to— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Legislation Amendment Act 2016 [s 736]
(a) the Criminal Code, section 208 as in
force at any time before its
repeal by
the Health and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2016 ; and (b)
the
Criminal Code, section 209 as in force at any time
before its repeal by the Criminal Code
and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 .
(2) The definition prescribed
offence in section 636(1) applies as
if
it included a reference to an offence defined in a provision
mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or
(b). (3) In this section— amended
provision means any of the following provisions
as in force on or after the
commencement— (a) section 229B(10), definition
offence of a sexual nature
; (b) section 578(1)
and (4). Chapter 96 Transitional
provisions for Serious and Organised Crime
Legislation Amendment Act
2016 736 Review of
consorting provisions (1) The Minister
must, as soon as practicable after the day that is
5
years after the commencement of the consorting provisions,
appoint a retired judge (the
reviewer ) to—
(a) review the operation of the consorting
provisions; and (b) prepare, and give the Minister, a
written report on the outcome of the review.
(2) The terms of reference for the review
are the terms decided by the Minister. Page 510
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(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the
terms of reference for the review must state the following
matters— (a) the object
of the review
is for the
reviewer to
decide whether the
consorting provisions have been effective in disrupting
serious and organised crime; (b)
if
the reviewer decides the consorting provisions have
not been effective
in disrupting serious
and organised crime, the
reviewer must recommend any amendments of
the provisions the
reviewer considers
necessary to
improve the effectiveness of the
provisions; (c) in conducting the
review, the
reviewer must
consider whether
any demographic has
been disproportionately or adversely
affected by the consorting provisions. Examples of a
demographic— Aboriginal people,
Torres Strait
Islanders, homeless
people, drug dependent
people (4) The Minister must, within 14 sitting
days after receiving the reviewer’s report for the review,
table a copy of the report in the Legislative
Assembly. (5) In this section— consorting
provisions means— (a)
part
2, chapter 9A; and (b) the following
provisions of
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000
— • section
30(i) • section 32(2)(b) •
section 41(p) •
section 41A •
section 43B •
chapter 2, part 6A •
section 60(3)(k). Current as at
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Legislation Amendment Act 2016 [s 737]
retired judge means—
(a) a retired Supreme Court judge;
or (b) a retired District Court judge.
737 Regulation made by the Serious and
Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2016
(1) This section applies to the regulation
made by the Serious and Organised
Crime Legislation Amendment
Act 2016 ,
section 494 and schedule
2. (2) The regulation is subordinate
legislation. (3) The Statutory
Instruments Act 1992 , part 6 does not apply to
the
regulation. 738 Offences against ss 60A and 60B
charged before repeal (1) This section
applies if— (a) a person
was charged with
an offence against
section 60A or 60B
before the section was repealed; and (b)
at
the time of the repeal, the proceeding for the offence
had
not been finally decided. (2) The
proceeding for
the offence may
be continued, and
the person may be punished for the
offence, as if the section had not been
repealed. (3) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that section 11 does not limit subsection (2).
Editor’s note— Section 738 is
an uncommenced amendment—see 2016 Act No. 62 s 146.
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[s
739] Chapter 97 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law Amendment Act
2017 739 Application of
amendment Act (1) This Code,
as amended by
the amendment Act,
section 10,
applies to a proceeding for an offence only
if the offence was committed after the commencement of that
section. (2) In this section— amendment
Act means the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2017 .
Chapter 98 Transitional
provision for Victims of Crime Assistance
and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 740
Protected counselling communications
(1) Section 590APA applies to a proceeding
for an offence only if an originating step for the proceeding
is taken on or after the commencement, whether the act or
omission constituting the offence happened before or after the
commencement. (2) In this section— originating
step , for a proceeding, means—
(a) the arrest of the defendant in the
proceeding; or (b) the making of a complaint under
the Justices Act 1886 ,
section 42 in relation to the defendant in
the proceeding; or Current as at [Not applicable]
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Alcohol Treatment Orders) and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2017 [s 741] (c)
the
serving of a notice to appear on the defendant in the
proceeding under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section
382. Chapter 99 Transitional
provision for Penalties and Sentences (Drug
and
Alcohol Treatment Orders) and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2017 741
Application of s 552H A
court may
impose the
penalty mentioned
in section 552H(1)(a) for
an offence committed
before the
commencement. Page 514
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