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

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(10) If the property in question, being a rope, chain, or tackle,
of whatever material, which is used in a mine, or upon any
way or work appertaining to or used with a mine, is
destroyed; or
(11) If the property in question, being any such rope, chain, 5r
tackle, as last aforesaid, is damaged, and the damage is done
with intent to destroy the thing in question or to render it
useless; or
(12) If the property in question is a well, 51 bore for water, QP
the dam, bank, wall, or floodgate of a millpond or pool;
the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with har
labour for seven years.
VIII.
s. If the property in question is a document
which is deposited or kept in a public office, or which is evidence a%
title to any Band or estate in land, the offender is guilty of a crime, and
is liable to i~~r~sonment with hard labour for seven years, with or without
solitary confinement.
As amended by Act of 1964, No. 14, s. 15.
osivess. Any person who,
r damage any property, puts any
explosive substance in any place whatever, is guilty of a crime, and is
liable to imprisonment with hard labour for fourteen years, with or
without solitary confinement.
osives. Any person who wilfully and
ause or excuse throws, leaves down, or otherwise
deposits any explosive substance in any place whatsoever under such
circumstances that it may cause injury to any person or damage to the
property of any person, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to
imprisonment with hard labour for two years.
The offender may be arrested without warrant.
Inserted by Act of 1943, 7 Geo. 6 No. 14, s. 21.
hes. Any person who, with intent to injure a
e working of a mine-
(1) Unlawfully, and otherwise than by an act done un~er~Qu~
in the course of working an adjoining mine,-
(a) Causes water to mn into the mine or into any subterranean
passage communicating with the mine; or
(b) Obstructs any shaft or passage of the mine; or
(2) Unlawfully obstructs the working of any machine, appliance,
or apparatus, appertaining to or used with the mine, whether
the thing in question is completed or not; or
(3) Unlawfully, and with intent to render it useless, injures or
unfastens a rope, chain, or tackle, of whatever material,
which is used in the mine or upon any way or work apper-
taining to or used with the mine;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour €or
seven years, with or without solitary confinement.
72. ~~~~~~
wi . Any person who wilfully and
unlawfully removes, defaces, or renders invisible, any light, beacon, buoy,
mark, or signal, used for purposes of navigation, or for the guidance of