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

CRIMINAL CODE SS. 525-529 171
(4) Omits or is privy to omitting any material particular from
any statement relating to his affairs;
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.
525. Faillure to QS~S. Any person who omits to keep
proper books of account showing the true state of his affairs, and who
within three years afterwards becomes an insolvent, is guilty of a mis-
demeanour and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for three
years.
It is a defence to a charge of the offence defined in this section
to prove that the accused person had no intention to conceal the state
of his affairs or to defraud.
g Doenments. Any person who, being an insolvent, prevents
the production of any book, document, paper, or writing, affecting or
relating to his property or affairs, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is
liable to imprisonment with hard labour for three years.
It is a defence to a charge of the offence defined in this section to
prove that the accused person had no intent to conceal the state of his
affairs or to defraud.
~~$o~ven~’$ Pro em with Ingent to . Any person
who, with intent to defraud the creditors of an insolvent, receives any
property from the insolvent, or fails to deliver to the trustee of the
property of the insolvent any property which forms part of the estate of
the insolvent, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment
with hard labour for three years.
52 in ~~olv~~ey, Any person who-
(1) Being a creditor of an insolvent, or being a creditor of a
debtor who has taken proceedings for a composition with
his creditors under the provisions of the laws relating to
insolvent debtors, makes in the insolvency, or in the proceedings
for a composition, with intent to defraud, a proof
or declaration of debt or statement of account, which, in any
material particular, is to his knowledge false; or
(2) Not being a creditor of an insolvent, or of a person who has
taken any such proceedings, makes in the insolvency, or in
the proceedings for a composition, with intent to defraud, a
proof or declaration of debt;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for one year.
529. ~~~~~~~~~~
nsolve~ats. Any person who conceals any
part of the property of an insolvent, and does not, within forty-two days
after the appointment of a trustee of the property of the insolvent, discover
such property to the trustee, or to the Registrar of the Supreme Court,
is guilty of an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to Imprisonment
with hard labour for six months.