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

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to anything in or taken from a public office, it is not necessary to allege
that the thing in respect of which the offence is committed is the property
of any person.
(12) In an indictment for an offence relating to a document which
is evidence of title to land or an estate in land, the document may be
described as being evidence of the title of the person or some one of the
persons having an estate in the land to which the document relates, the
land or some part thereof being described in some manner sufficient to
identify it.
(13) In an indictment for stealing a chattel or fixture let to the
offender, the chattel or fixture may be described as the property of the
person who actually let it to hire.
(14) In an indictment against a person employed in the Public
Service for an offence committed with respect to anything which came
into his possession by virtue of his employment, the thing in question
may be described as the property of Her Majesty.
(15) In an indictment for an offence respecting any property if it is
uncertain to which of two or more persons the property belonged at the
time when the offence was committed, the property may be described as
being the property of one or other of such persons, naming each of them,
but without specifying which of them; and the indictment will be sus-
tained, so far as regards the allegation of ownership, upon proof that at
the time when the offence was committed the property belonged to one
or other of such persons without ascertaining which of them.
(16) In an indictment for the offence of obtaining or procuring the
delivery of anything capable of being stolen by a false pretence and with
intent to defraud, or of obtaining any property by means of a fraudulent
trick or device, or of inducing by means of any such trick or device the
payment or delivery of any money or goods, or of attempting to commit,
or to procure the commission of, any such offence, it is not necessary
to mention the owner of the property in question.
(17) In an indictment for an offence which involves any fraud or
fraudulent pretence or trick or device, it is not necessary to set forth the
details of the fraud or pretence or trick or device,
(18) In an indictment for an offence relating to an insolvent it is
not necessary to set forth any debt, act of insolvency, adjudication, or
other proceeding in any Court, or any order, warrant or document, made
or issued by or out of, or by the authority of, any Court.
7. ~o~~~~~ of Charges. (1) Except as otherwise expressly
provided, an indictment must charge one offence only and not two or
more offences.
(2) Charges for more than one indictable offence may be joined
in the same indictment against the same person if those charges are
founded on the same facts or are, or form part of, a series of offences of
the same or similar character or a series of offences committed in the
prosecution of a single purpose.
Where more than one offence is charged in the same indictment,
each offence charged shall be set out in the indictment in a separate
paragraph called a count and the several statements of the offences may
be made in the same form as in other cases without any allegation of
cwnection between the offences.
Counts shall be numbered consecutively.
Substituted by Act of 1946, No. 25, s. 13.