The Criminal Code Act 1899 - Ozcase Queensland Historical Legal ...

106 SS. 329-332 CRXMINAL CODE
be so disqualified for such period as the Court shall specify in its order
and a copy of such order shall be transmitted by the registrar of the Court
to the Commissioner of Police.
For the purposes of this section the term “driver’s license” also
includes any driving license or driving permit deemed to be ’equivalent
in Queensland to and accepted in lieu of a driver’s license 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 said driving license or driving
permit is applicable.
Substituted by Act of 1948, 12 Geo. 6 No. 48, s. 9; Amended by Act of 1961,
10 Elk 2 No. 11, s. 8.
il.tl~~R’hlg Safe$. Qf PWSQDS TrlV way. Any person
who by any unlawful act, or by any omission to do any act which it is
his 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
with hard labour for two years.
ps t~ Sea. Any person who-
(1) Sends or attempts to send a ship to sea in such an unsea-
worthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby
endangered; or
(2) 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 with hard labour for
fourteen years.
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.
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.
ry. Any person
who, being a person having actual control over a steam vessel, or over
any part of the machinery of a steam vessel, does any act or makes any
omission or is privy to any act or omission with respect to the machinery
of the vessel, whereby to his knowledge, the safety of any person on
board the vessel is, or is likely to be endangered) is guilty of a mis-
demeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for three
years.
332. The like by E ~ ~ ~ Any n ~ person ~ s who . is engineer, or one of the
engineers, in charge of the machinery of a steam vessel at any time when
any act is done or omitted to be done by any other person with respect
to the machinery of the vessel, whereby the safety of any person on board
the vessel is, or is likely to be, endangered, is guilty of an offence, and
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars.
It is a defence to a charge of the offence defined in this section to
prove that the act or omission was done or made without the knowledge
of the accused person, and without any neglect or default on his part.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.