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

112 ss. 355-354 CRIMINAL CODE
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
(2) 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.
Any person who commits the crime of kidnapping for ransom is
liable to imprisonment with hard labour for fourteen years.
If the person kidnapped has been set at liberty in any manner what-
soever without such person having suffered any grievous bodily ham,
the offender is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for ten years.
Any person who attempts to commit the crime of kidnapping for
ransom is guilty of a crime and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour
for seven years.
The wife of the accused person is a competent but not a compellable
witness.
Inserted by Act of 1961, 10 Eliz. 2 No. 11, s. 11.
er$. Any person who unlawfully confines or
lace against his will, or otherwise unlawfully
deprives another of his personal liberty, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and"
Is liable to i~priso~ment with hard labour for three years.
356. False ~~~~~~~~e~ by nties
Any person who-
(1) 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 his knowledge false; or
(2) Not being a person authorised by law to give such a certificate
as aforesaid, gives such a certificate, and represents himself
to be a person authorised to give the same;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for three years.
icting ~~~~~~y~ Any person who-
(1) 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 his knowledge
false; or
(2) 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-
(a) Refuses or neglects to give such information, or to show
such person or place, to any person to whom he is so
required to give the information or show the person or
place; or
(b) Gives to any person to whom he is so required to give it,
i~o~mation touching any such matter which, in any
material particular, is to his knowledge false;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprison~ent for three years.