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

CRIMINAL CODE ss* 468,469 151
s, Any person who wilfully and unlawfully kills,
any animal capable of being stolen is guilty of an
indicfa~~e offence.
PP the animal in question is a horse, mare, gelding, ass, mule, camel,
bull, cow, ox, ram, ewe, or wether, or the young of any such animal, the
offender is gllrilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with bard
labour for seven years, with or without solitary confinement.
In any other case the oftender is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
lia Imprisonment with hard labour for two years, or, if the offence
IS itfed by night, to imprisonment with hard labour for three years,
~~~~~~~ in ~~~~~~~~ Any person who wilfully and unlawestsoys
or damages any property is guilty of an offence which,
otherwise stated, is a misdemeanour, and he is liable, if no other
men$ is provided, to imprisonment with hard labour for two years,
or, i.1 the offence is committed by night, to imprisonment with hard
labour for three years.
PUNISHMENT IN SPECIAL CASES
tion is a ~wel~~g-~o
ircraft, and the injury is caused by the explosion of any
explosive substance, and if-
(a) Any person is in the dwelling-house or vessel or aircraft; or
(b) The destruction or damage actually endangers the life of
any person;
the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
r for He, with or without solitary confinement, and with or without
11. Sea
(1) I
k or wall of the sea or
of a river, canal, aqueduct, reservoir, or inland water, or a
work which appertains to a port, harbour, dock, reservoir,
or inland water, and the injury causes actual danger of
inundation or damage to any land or building; or
(2) If the property in question is a railway, or is a bridge, viaduct,
or aqueduct, which is constructed over a highway, railway,
or canal, or over which a highway, railway, or canal, passes,
and the property is destroyed; or
(3) If the property in question, being a railway or being any
such bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct, is damaged, and the
damage is done with intent to render the railway, bridge,
viaduct, or aqueduct, or the highway, railway, or canal,
passing over or under the same, or any part thereof,
dangerous or impassable, and the same or any part thereof
is thereby rendered dangerous or impassable;
the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for life, with or without solitary confinement.
griaters. If the property in question is a testamentary
he testator is living or dead, or a register which is
r required by law to be kept for authenticating or recording
the title to any property, or for recording births, baptisms, marriages,
deaths, or burials, or a copy of any part of any such register which is