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

351. Abductb. Any person who-
(1) With intent to marry or carnally know a woman, OK to
cause her to be married or carnally known by any other
person, takes her away, or detains her, against her will; or
(2) From motives of gain, and with any such intent as aforesaid,
takes or entices away, or detains, a woman who is under
the age of eighteen years, and who has any interest,
whether legal or equitable, present or future, absolute, conditional,
or contingent, in any property, or who is a presumptive
heiress or co-heiress, or the presumptive next of kin,
or one of the presumptive next of kin, to any person who
has such an interest, out of the custody or protection of her
father or mother, or other person having the lawful care or
charge of her, and against the will of such father or mother
or other person;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
seven years.
A person convicted of any of the offences defined in this section,
which was committed with respect to a woman who has any such interest
in property, or who is a presumptive heiress or co-heiress, or the presumptive
next of kin, or one of the presumptive next of kin, to any person
who has such an interest as aforesaid, is incapable of taking any estate
or interest, legal or equitable, in any property of such woman, or in which
she has any interest, or which comes to her as such heiress, co-heiress,
or next of kin as aforesaid; and, if he has married the woman, such
property is, upon his conviction, to be settled in such manner as the
Supreme Court may, upon an information at the suit of a Crown Law
Officer, appoint.
As amended by Age of Majority Act 1974, No. 57, s. 8 Sch.
352. A ~ of Girls ~ un r ~ ~eve~te~~. c Any ~ person who ~ unlawfully ~ ~
takes an unmarried girl under the age of seventeen years out of the
custody or protection of her father or mother, or other person having
the lawful care or charge of her, and against the will of such father or
mother or other person, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to
imprisonment with hard labour for two years.
It is immaterial that the offender believed the girl to be of or above
the age of seventeen years.
It is immaterial that the girl was taken with her own consent or at
her own suggestion,
As amended by Act of 1913 (No. 2), 4 Geo. 5 No. 25, s. 2.
elle of Evidenceo Upon a charge of any of the offences defined in
this Chapter, the wife of the accused person is a competent but not a
compellable witness.
CHAPTER XXXIII-OFFENCES AGAINST LIBERTY
. Any person who forcibly takes or detains another with
that other person to work for him against his will is
guilty of a crime, and is liable to ~prisonment with hard labour for
seven years.
~~~~~~ for Ran~onn. Any person who-
(1) 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 any injury or detriment