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

236 SS. 702-707 CRIMINAL CODE
seduction or prostitution or incest of a girl under the age of eighteen
has been caused, encouraged, or favoured, by her father, mother,
guardian, master, or mistress, the Court may make ,an order divesting
such father, mother, guardian, master, or mistress, of all authority over
her, and may appoint any person or persons who is or are willing to take
charge of the girl to be her guardian or guarhans until she has attained
the age of eighteen years, or any such age under eighteen years as
tho Court may direct.
The Supreme Court, or a Judge thereof, may from time to time
rescind or vary any such order by the appointment of any other person
or persons as such guardian or guardians, or in any other respect.
As amended by Act of 1913 (No. 2), 4 Geo. 5 No. 25, s. 2 (vi), and Act af
1943, 7 Geo. 6 No. 14, s. 29; Awt of 1974, No. 57, s. 8 Sch.
702. Saving of Civil ernedies. Except when expressly so provided, the
prosecution or conviction of a person for an offence does not affect any
civil remedy which any person aggrieved by the offence may have against
the offender.
3. (Repealed. )
Repeaded by Act of 1974, Not, 75, s. 4 Sch.
704. Ha, hal Cases. No fees can be taken in any
Court of criminal jurisdiction or before any justice from any person
who is charged with an indictable offence for any proceeding had or
taken in the Court or before the justice with respect to the charge.
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who is committed for trial or held to
able offence is entitled to have on demand from the person who
has the lawful custody thereof copies of the depositions of the witnesses
on whose depositions he has been so committed or held to bail.
Provided that, if the demand is not made before the day appointed
for the commencement of the Sittings of the Court at which the trial of
the person on whose behalf the demand is made is to take place, he is
not entitled to have any such copy unless the Judge is of opinion that the
copy may be made and delivered without delay or inconvenience to the
trial.
The Court may postpone a trial on account of the accused person
not having previously had a copy of the depositions.
6. ~~~~~~~Q~ of om at Trial. Any person who is tried for any
offence is entitled at the time of his trial to inspect without fee all
depositions, or copies of depositions, which have been taken against him
and returned into the Court before which the trial is had.
707. (1) s of Q= s. The Judges of the Supreme
Court may make General Rules prescribing forms of complaints, sum-
monses, depositions, indictments, judgments, records, convictions,
warrants, recognizances, and other proceedings, to be used in any Court
or before justices in respect of any offences; and every form so prescribed
is to be deemed sufficient for the purpose, and sufficiently to state the
offence or matter for or in respect of which it is prescribed to be used,
The Judges may also make General Rules, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Code, regulating the proceedings upon the trial of
persons charged with indictable offences, and the proceedings upon
informations presented by leave of the Court.