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

230 ss. 683,684 CRIMINAL CODE
committed under such circumstances as aforesaid and is convicted, the
Court before which he is convicted, or, in any other case, any justice,
may cause it to be defaced or destroyed.
If the thing so seized or taken is of such a nature that a person who
has it in his possession, knowing its nature and without lawful authority
or excuse, is guilty of an offence, then, as soon as it appears that it will
not be required, or further required, in evidence against the person who
had it in his possession, it is to be delivered to the Treasurer, or same
person authorised by him to receive it,
xpl~sives. If the thing seized or taken is an explosive substance
found in a vessel or vehicle, the person acting in the execution of the
warrant may for twenty-four hours after seizure, and for such longer time
as is necessary €or the purpose of removal to a safe place of deposit, use
the vessel or the vehicle, with the tackle and furniture thereof, or the
beasts, and accoutrements belonging thereto, as the case may be, paying
afterwards to the owner of the vessel or vehicle a sufficient recompense
for its use, which is to be assessed by the justice or justices before whom
the suspected offender is brought, and, in case of non-payment immediately
after such assessment, may be recovered before two justices in a summary
way.
4, ~~~~~ De oses. If it appears to a justice,
on complaint made on oath by a parent, relative, or guardian of a woman
or girl, or any other person who, in the opinion of the justice, is acting
in good faith in the interests of a woman or girl, that there is reasonable
cause to suspect that such woman or girl is unla~ully detained for
immoral purposes by any person in any place within his jurisdiction, he
may issue a warrant, directed to a police officer, and authorising him
to search for such woman or girl, and, when found, to take her to and
detain her in a place of safety until she can be brought before a justice;
and the justice before whom she is brought may cause her to be delivered
up to her parents or guardians, or otherwise dealt with as the circumstances
may permit and requke.
The justice issuing the warrant may, by the same or any other
warrant, direct any person accused of so unlawfully detaining the woman
or girl to be arrested and brought before a justice, and may direct pro-
ceedings to be taken for punishing him according to law.
A woman or girl is deemed to be unlawfully detained for immoral
purposes if she-
(a) Is under the age of sixteen years; os
(b) Being of or over the age of sixteen years, and under the age
of eighteen years, is so detained against her will, or against
the will of her father or mother or of any other person who
has the lawful care or charge of her; or
(c) Being of or above the age of eighteen years, is so detained
against her will;
and, in either case, is detained by any person in order to her being
unlawfully carnally known by any man, whether a particular man or not.
A person authorised by warrant under this section to search for a
woman or girl may enter, and if need be by force, any house or other
place, specified in the warrant, and may remove the woman or girl
therefrom.