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

174 SS. 535-537 CRIMINAL CODE
A person cannot refuse to give evidence upon a charge of any of
the offences defined in this section on the ground that he is liable to
punishment under the provisions thereof, but every person who gives
evidence on any such charge is indemnified against any prosecution
against himself for having offended in the matter with respect to which
he gives evidence.
The action of persons who merely agree together to fix the rate
of wages or prices which they will pay or accept for any work or article,
or to fix the hours during which they will work in, or carry on, any
manufacture, trade, or business, in which they are engaged, or who
merely meet together and consult for the purpose of making any such
agreement, is not deemed to be a physical act for the purposes of this
section.
As amended by Trade Union Act of 1915, 6 Geo. 5 No. 31, s. 36; Industrial
Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1929, 20 Geo. 5 No. 28, s. 119; Industrial
Conciliation and Arbitration Act d 1932, 23 Geo. 5 No. 36, s. 85 (1).
PART VII-PREPARATION TO ~O~~~~ OFFENCES
CONSPIRt?aCY: ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT.
CHAPTER LV-ATTEMPTS AND ]PREPARATION TO COMMIT OFFENCES
cas. Any person who attempts to commit
of an indictable offence, which, unless
otherwise stated, is a misdemeanour,
When a person who commits an indictable offence is punishable
on summary conviction, a person who attempts to commit such an
offence may also be summarily convicted.
ts to Commit Crimes. Any person who
attempts to commit a crime of such a kind that a person convicted of it
is liable to the punishment of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment
with hard labour for a term of fourteen years or upwards, with or without
any other punishment, is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to
imprisonment with hard labour for seven years.
Any person who attempts to commit a crime of any kind is liable,
if no other punishment is provided, to a punishment equal to one-half
of the greatest punishment to which an offender convicted of the crime
which he attempted to commit is liable.
As amended by Act of 1922, 13 Geo. 5 No. 2, s. 3 (xvi).
erneanours. Any person
who attempts to commit a misdemeanour is liable, if no other punishment
is provided, to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punish-
ment to which an offender convicted of the offence which he attempted
to commit is liable.