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

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before the date fixed pursuant to provision (a), such Court
or justices may direct that the offender be called upon to
appear at a nominated place, date and time and to receive
sentence.
When the offender is before the Court or justices to
receive sentence, the Court or justices may have regard to
whether the offender has taken or has caused to be taken
the necessary steps referred to in provision (b) that are
appropriate to the case.
If the offeiider-
(c) fails to appear at the place, date and time is
which the matter of sentence was adjourned; or
(d) where he has been called upon to appear at a
date prior to the date to which the matter of
sentence was adjourned, fah to appear at the
place, date and time as called upon,
the Court or justices or a Court or justices of like jurisdiction
may forfeit the recognizance and issue a warrant directed to
all police officers to arrest the offender and bring him before
such Court or justices.
(10) The Governor in Council with the concurrence of two or
more justices of the Supreme Court, may by Order in Council
from time to time make such rules of court as may be
necessary to give effect to the objects and purposes of this
section. Such rules of court may in particular provide
for-
(a) The prescribing of further terms and conditions in recog-
nizanccs in addition to the terms and conditions therein
as prescribed in subsections seven, eight, and nine of this
section;
(b) The mode of proof of convictions;
(c) The means of proof of a breach of the terms and conditions
of reco~izances;
(d) The penalty and/or imprisonment for a breach of the
terms and conditions of recognizances made under such
rules and the mode of enforcement of such penalty or
imprisonment,
and the provisions of section eleven of The Supreme Court
Act of 1921 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply and extend
accordingly.
As amended by Amendment Act of 1922, 13 Geo. 5 No. 2, s. 3; Act of 1943,
7 Geo. 6 No. 14, s. 2; Act of 1948, 12 Geo. 6 No. 48, s. 4; Act of 1961, 10 Eliz.
2 No. 11, 8. 3; Act of 1971, No. 41, s. 4; Act of 1975, Nu. 27, s. 3.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.
s. When a person who is convicted of an offence is undergoing,
or has been sentenced to undergo, for another offence, a sentence involving
deprivation of liberty, the punishment to be inflicted upon him for the
first-menti~n~~ offence may be directed to take effect from the expiration
of the deprivation of liberty for the last-mentioned offence.
Except as aforesaid, a sentence of imprisonment, with or without
hard labour, upon a conviction on indictment takes effect from the day