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

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an offence of the same kind, and is liable to the same punishment, as
if that act or omission had occurred in Queensland, and he had been in
Queensland when it occurred:
But in any such case it is a defence to the charge to prove that
the accused person did not intend that the act or omission should have
effect in Queensland.
This section does not extend to a case in which the only material
event that occurs in Queensland is the death in Queensland of a person
whose death is caused by an act done or omitted to be done at a place
not in Queensland, and at a time when he was not in Queensland.
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, having while out of Queensland procured another to
do or omit to do in Queensland an act of such a nature that, if he had
himself done the act or made the omission in Queensland, he would have
been guilty of an offence, afterwards comes into Queensland, is by such
coming into Queensland guilty of an offence of the same kind, and is
liable to the same punishment, as if he had himself done the act or made
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procured the commission of an offence which is actually committed in
Queensland, afterwards comes into Queensland, is by such coming into
Queensland guilty of an ofEence of the same kind, and is liable to the
same punishment, as if he had been in Queensland when the offence
was comm~tted.
make an omission at a place not in ~ueensland of such a nature that,
if he had himself done the act or made the omission in Queensland,
he would have been guilty of an offence, and that, if he had himself
done the act or made the omission, he would have been guilty of an
offence under the laws in force in the place where the act or omission is
done or made, is guilty of an offence of the same kind, and is liable to
the same punishment, as if the act had been done or the omission had
been made in Queensland, but so that the punishment does not exceed
that which he would have incurred under the laws in force in the place
where the act was done or the omission was made, if he had himself
done the: act or made the omission.
A prosecution cannot be instituted under the provisions of this
section except at the request of the Government of the State having
juri~di~~~n in the place where the act or lolmissioln o'ccurs,
Seas. (1) Any person con-
nected with Queensland who, while in on under or over the high seas
within two hundred miles of Queensland, does any act or makes any
omission of such a nature that if he had done the Act or made the
omission in Queensland he would have been guilty of an offence against
the Statute Law of Queensland is guilty of an offence and shall be liable
to arrest, prosecution and punishment in all respects as if such act or
omission had occurred in Queensland and the courts of Queensland shall
have jurisdiction accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person connected with
Queensland includes a person who-
(a) is or is normally resident or is domiciled in Queensland; or
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