Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Criminal Code Act 1899
Contents
12 Application of Code as to offences wholly or partially
committed in Queensland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
13 Offences enabled, aided, procured or counselled by persons
out of Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
14 Offences procured in Queensland to be committed out of
Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
15 Defence Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
16 Person not to be twice punished for same offence. . . . . . . . . . . . 52
17 Former conviction or acquittal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 4 Royal prerogative of mercy
18 Royal prerogative of mercy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 5 Criminal responsibility
22 Ignorance of the law—bona fide claim of right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
23 Intention—motive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
24 Mistake of fact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
25 Extraordinary emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
26 Presumption of sanity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
27 Insanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
28 Intoxication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
29 Immature age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
30 Judicial officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
31 Justification and excuse—compulsion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
34 Offences by partners and members of companies with respect
to partnership or corporate property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
36 Application of rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Part 2 Offences against public order
Chapter 7 Sedition
44 Definition of seditious intention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
45 Innocent intentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
46 Definition of seditious enterprises etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
51 Unlawful drilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
52 Sedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 8 Offences against the executive and legislative power
53 Evidence of proceedings in the Assembly allowed for prosecution 61
54 Interference with Governor or Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
54A Demands with menaces upon agencies of government. . . . . . . . 62
55 Interference with the Legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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