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

24 6.1 CRIMINAL CODE
The term “criminally responsible” means liable to punishment as
for an offence; and the term “criminal responsibility” means liability to
punishment as for an of€ence;
The term “Crown Law Officer” means the Attorney-General or
Solicitor-General;
The term “dwelling-house” includes any building or structure? or
part of a building or structure, which is for the time being kept by the
owner or occupier for the residence therein of himself, his family, or
servants, or any of them: It is immaterial that it is from time to time
uninhabited;
A building or structure adjacent to, and occupied with, a dwelling-
house is deemed to be part of the dwelling-house if there is a communica-
tion between such building or structure and the dwelling-house, either
immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from
the one to the other, but not otherwise;
The term “explosive substance” includes a gaseous substance in
such a state of compression as to be capable of explosion;
The term “grievous bodily harm” means any bodily injury of such
a nature as to endanger or be likely to endanger life, or to cause or be
likely to cause permanent injury to health;
The term “have in possession’’ includes having under control in
any place whatever, whether for the use or benefit of the person of whom
the term is used or of another person, and although another person has
the actual possession or custody of the thing in question;
The term “indictment” means a written charge preferred against
an accused person in order to his trial before some court other than
justices exercising summary jurisdiction;
The term “liable,” used alone, means liable on conviction upon
indictment;
The term “mail” includes anything sent by post which is in actual
course of transmission from one place to another;
The term “mail conveyance” includes any conveyance of any kind
by which a mail is carried, and also any vessel employed by or under
the Post and Telegraph Department, or the Postal Authority of any other
country, or the Admiralty, for the conveyance of mails, whether under
contract or not, and also a ship of war or other vessel in the service of
Her Majesty in respect of letters conveyed by it;
The term “money” includes bank notes, bank drafts, cheques, and
any other orders, warrants, authorities, or requests, for the payment of
money;
The term “motor vehicle” includes any machine or apparatus
designed for propulsion wholly or partly by gas, motor spirit, oil,
electricity, steam or other mechanical power; the term also includes a
motor cycle, or a caravan, caravan trailer or other trailer designed to be
attached to a motor vehicle.
It is immaterial whether the machine or apparatus is incapable of
use through mechanical defect or whether any part or parts thereof have
been removed for any purpose or by any person;
The term “night” or “night-time” means the interval between nine
o’clock in the evening and six o’clock in the morning;