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

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(2) In this section the term “hollding” means any run, station, farm,
freehold, leasehold or place where any animals or their young referred to
herein are kept or depastured, and any premises or saleyard, but does not
include any premises being a dwelling house oil: other building or place
used for human habitation.
Inserted by Act of 1973, No. 88, s. 12.
6 ender5 on Arrest. When, on the arrest of any
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offence relating to property, the property in
respect of which the offence is alleged to be committed is found in his
possession, the person arresting him may take such property before a
justice to be dealt with according to law.
A. pOWt!Z Of SWXC on Arrest. On the arrest of any person on a
charge of an offence committed within or without Queensland relating to
property it shall be lawful for a police officer to search, without warrant,
in addition to the person of such person, any vehicle or other means of
conveyance used by such person, and to take possession of any property
reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained.
The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in
derogation from any other provision of this Code.
Inserted by Act of 1943, 7 Geo. 6 No. 14, s. 28.
for Cshing, etc, If any person
finds in any place whatever, or in the possession of any person who has
the same without lawful authority or excuse-
(a) Any counterfeit gold, silver, or copper, coin; or
(b) Any tool, instrument, or machine, adapted and intended for
making any such counterfeit coin; or
(c) Any filings or clippings of gold or silver, or any gold or
silver in bullion, dust, solution, or any other state, which
are or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been
obtained by dealing with any current gold or silver coin in.
such a manner as to diminish its weight;
the person who so finds the same may seize the thing or things found,
and to take the same forthwith before a justice to be dealt with according
to law.
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When anything is seized or taken under
the provisions of this Code, the person seizing or taking it is required
forthwith to carry it before a justice.
The justice may cause the thing so seized or taken to be detained
in such custody as he may direct, taking reasonable care for its preserva-
tion, until the conclusion of any investigation that may be held with
respect to it; and, if any person is committed for trial for any offence
committed with respect to the thing so seized or taken, or committed
under such circumstances that the thing so seized or taken is likely to
afford evidence at the trial, he may cause it to be further detained in like
manner for the purpose of being produced in evidence at such trial.
If no person is so committed, the justice is required to direct that
the thing be returned to the person from whom it was taken, unless he is
authorised or required by law to dispose of it otherwise.
If the thing so seized or taken is anything forged or counterfeit,
or is of such a nature that a person who has it in his possession without
lawful authority or excuse is guilty of an offence, then, if any person
is committed for trial for any offence committed with respect to it or