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

182 s.566 CRIMINAL CODE
(2) In an indictment for an offence which relates to taking or
administering an oath or engagement, or to giving false testimony or to
making a false statement on solemn declaration or otherwise, or to
procuring the giving of false testimony or the making of .a false state-
ment, it is not necessary to set forth the words of the oath or engagement
or testimony or statement, but it is sufficient to set forth the purport
thereof, or so much of the purport as is material.
(3) In an indictment for an offence which relates to giving false
testimony, or procuring or attempting to procure the giving of false
testimony, it is not necessary to allege the jurisdiction of the court or
tribunal before which the false testimony was given, or intended or
proposed to be given.
(4) In an indictment for an offence committed with respect to the
Bost and Telegraph Department, or to the revenue of that department,
or to anything sent by post or telegraph, or to anything under the control
of the Postmaster-General, any property of which the ownership must be
alleged may be alleged to be the property of the Postmaster-General:
And in any such case the Postmaster-General may be described by
that term alone, without mentioning his name or using any other addition
or description.
(5) In an indictment in which it is necessary to mention money,
such money may be described simply as money, without specifying any
particular form of money.
Such an averment, so far as regards the description of the property,
will be sustained by proof that the offender obtained or dealt with any
coin or anything which is included in the term “money,” or any portion
of the value of either, in such a manner as to constitute the offence,
although such coin or thing was delivered to him in order that some part
of the value thereof should be returned to the person who delivered the
same or to some other person, and has been returned accordingly.
(6) In an indictment in which it is necessary to mention any co-
owners of property it is sufficient to name one of such persons, adding
the words “and another” or “and others,” as the case may be, and to
state that the property belonged to the person so named and another
or others, as the case may be.
(7) In an indictment against a man for an offence committed by
him with respect to his wife’s separate property, the property may be
alleged to be the property of the wife.
(8) In an indictment for an offence relating to any property of a
company which is authorised to sue and be sued in the name of a public
officer, the property may be alleged to be the property of the public
officer.
(9) In an indictment for an offence relating to any property
which by any Statute is to be deemed to be the property of any oficer
of any institution, the property in question may be alleged to be the
property of the officer of the institution for the time being by his name
of office.
(10) In an indictment for an offence relating to a testamentary
instrument, it is not necessary to allege that the instrument is the property
of any person.
(11) In an indictment for an offence relating to anything fixed in
a square or street, or in a place dedicated to public use or ornament, or