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

60 ss. 116-648 CRIMINAL CODE
which has been sealed up under the provisions of the laws relating to
elections, is guilty of a misd~meanour, and is liable to imprisonment with
hard labour for two years.
Neither this section nor section one hundred and fourteen hereof
shall apply with respect to a member of the police force acting under
lawful authority in the course of his official duty.
As amended by Elections Acts and Criminal Code Amendment Act of 1952,
1 Eliz. 2 No. 4, s. 25,
est. Any person
an election at which the voting is by post-
(1 ) Knowing that he is not entitled to vote at the election, signs
his name as a voter to a voting-paper; or
(2) Signs the name of another person to a voting-paper; or
(3) Attests the signature to a voting-paper of any person who
is, to his knowledge, not entitled to vote by means of such
voting-paper ;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for one year
or to a fine of four hundred dollars.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.
7. Fa S. Any person who-
(1) Makes in a claim to be inserted in a list of electors any
statement which is, to his knowledge, false in any material
particular; or
(2) Makes, orally or in writing, to a court or tribunal having
jurisdiction to deal with the claims of persons to be
registered as electors or as persons claiming to be electors,
a statement relating to the qualification of any person as an
elector which is, to his knowledge, false in any material
particular;
3s guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
seven years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
A person cannot be convicted of either of the offences defined in
this section upon the uncorroborated t~stimo~y of one witness.
CHAPTER xv - SELLING AND TRAFFICKING IN
lk Service. Any person who-
(1) Corruptly asks, receives, or obtains, or agrees or attempts
to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind
for himself or any other person on account of anything
already done or omitted to be done, or to be afterwards
done or omitted to be done, by him or any other person,
with regard to the appointment or contemplated appointment
of any person to any office or employment in the Public
Service, or with regard to any application by any person for
employment in the Public Service; or