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

170 SS. 522-524 CRIMINAL CODE
It is a defence to a charge of any of the offences defined in this
section to prove that the accused person had no intent to defraud.
Decimal currency references substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.
522. Falsification of Books by Insolven~, Any person who-
(1 ) Being an insolvent-
(a) Conceals, destroys, alters, mutilates, or falsifies, any book,
document, valuable security, or account, relating to his
property or affairs, or any entry in any such book, docu-
ment, or account, or is privy to any such act; or
(b) Makes or is privy to making any false entry in any such
book, document, or account; or
(2) Does or is privy to any such act as aforesaid, and within
four months afterwards becomes an insolvent;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for three years.
It is a defence to a charge of any of the offences defined in this
section to prove that the accused person had no intent to conceal the
state of his affairs or to defraud.
523. F r ~ by ~ ~ Insolvents s in CQU~S~ of Insolvency Procee
person whose affairs are in course of administration under the provisions
of the laws relating to insolvent debtors who-
(1) Knowing or believing that a false debt has been proved by
any person in the course of such administration, fails for the
period of a month to give information thereof to the trustee
of his property; or
(2) Makes any false representation or commits any other fraud
for the purpose of obtaining the consent of his creditors or
any of them to any agreement with reference to his affairs
or to any proceedings taken under or by virtue of such
administration;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for three years.
524. Faure by Insolvents to Discover Property. Any person whose
affairs are in course of administration under the provisions of the laws
relating to insolvent debtors who-
(1) Fails to fully and truly discover to the trustee of his property,
to the best of his knowledge and belief, all his property, real
and personal, and how, and to whom, and for what considera-
tion, and when, he disposed of every part thereof, except
such part as has been disposed of in the ordinary way of his
trade, if any, or laid out in the ordinary expense of his
family; or
(2) Fails to deliver to the trustee, or as he directs, any part
of his real and personal property which is in his custody or
under his control, and which he is required by law to deliver;
or
(3) Fails to deliver to the trustee, or as he directs, any book,
document, paper, or writing, which is in his custody or under
his control, and which relates to his property or affairs; or