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Criminal Code Correction of Errors Act 1900

LAWS OF QUEENSLAND

CRIMINAL CODE CORRECTION OF ERRORS ACT 1900
(64 Vic. No.7)

An Act to Correct certain Errors in “The Criminal Code Act, 1899.”
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[ASSENTED TO 20TH NOVEMBER, 1900.]

BE it enacted 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:-

Corrections specified in the Schedule.

1. “The Criminal Code Act, 1899,”* shall be and is hereby amended by making therein the corrections set forth in the Schedule to this Act.

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THE SCHEDULE.

SCHEDULE I. –

Section 51. – Amend the section to read as follows:-

(1.) Any person who –

(a) In contravention of the directions of a Proclamation by the Governor in Council in that behalf, trains or drills any other person to the use of arms or the practice of military exercises, movements, or evolution; 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 evolution;

is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for seven years.

(2.) Any person who, at any meeting or assembly held in contravention of the directions of a Proclamation by the Governor in Council in that behalf, 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 two years.

The offender may be arrested without warrant.

(3.) A prosecution for any of the offences defined in this section must be begun within six months after the offence is committed.

Section 58. - In the second placitum of the section, before the word “authorised,” insert the words “or before a Joint Committee of both Houses.”

Section 157. – Amend the first paragraph of the section to read as follows:-

“Any person who –

(1) Makes or begins to make any counterfeit copper coin; or

(2) Without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which lies on him –

(a) Makes or mends, or begins or prepares to make or mend, or has in his possession, or disposes of, any tool, instrument, or machine, which is adapted and intended for making any counterfeit copper coin, knowing the same to be so adapted and intended; or

(b) Buys, sells, receives, pays, or disposes of, any counterfeit copper coin at a lower rate than it imports or was apparently intended to import, or offers to do any such thing;

is guilty of an offence.”

Section 317. - Omit the word “apprehension” and insert the word “arrest.”

Section 347. – After the word “woman,” where it first occurs, insert the words “or girl.”

In the Title of Chapter XL. omit the words “OR CREDIT.”

Section 434. – In the breviate omit the words “Recovery by Owners” and insert the words “Change of Ownership.”

Section 467. – Amend the definition of the offence to read as follows:-

“Any person who unlawfully, and with intent to obstruct the use of a railway or to injure any property upon a railway –

(1) Deals with the railway, or with anything whatever upon or near the railway in such a manner as to affect or endanger the free and safe use of the railway; or

(2) Shows any light or signal, or in any way deals with any existing light or signal, upon or near the railway; or

(3) By any omission to do any act which it is his duty to do causes the free and safe use of the railway to be endangered;

is guilty of a crime,”

Section 495. – In the breviate insert the word “Testamentary” before the word “Instruments.”

Section 539. – After the words “an offence would thereby be committed” insert the words “under the laws of Queensland, or the laws in force in the place where the act or omission is proposed to be done or made.”

Section 540. – After the words “other person” insert the words “by means thereof.”

Section 562. – Before the words “a Judge of the Court” insert the words “or who does not appear to be tried upon the charge set forth in the indictment.”

Section 698. – Omit the words “has, when incurring any debt or liability, obtained credit by a false pretence or by means of any other fraud, or.”

SCHEDULE III.-

In the last paragraph of the third column relating to the repeal of certain provisions of “The Elections Act 1885,” after the number “123,” insert the number “123A.”

In the paragraph of the third column relating to the repeal of part of section 66 of “The Divisional Boards Act 1887,” omit the word “Any” and insert the word “Every.”

Add to the paragraph of the third column relating to the repeal of part of section 14 of “The Suppression of Gambling Act of 1895” the word “or.”

After the reference to “The Land Act, 1897,” insert the following: -

“61 Vic. No. 26 – ‘The Elections Act of 1897’ – section 25.”

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