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

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(2) Corruptly gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers
to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, to,
upon, or for, any person any property or benefit of any kind
on account of any such act or omission;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for three years, and to be fined at the discretion of the Court.
CHAPTER XVI-OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION
OF JUSTICE
1 of ~~~~~~~~ . In this Chapter the term “judicial
P ludes any had or taken in or before any
Court, tribunal, or person, in which evidence may be taken on oath.
on. Any person who-
(1 ) Being the holder of a judicial office, 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 any thing already done or omitted to
be done, or to be afterwards done or omitted to be done, by
him in his judicial capacity; or
(2) Corruptly gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers
to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, to,
upon, ~r for, any person holding a judicial office, or to, upon,
or for any other person, any property or benefit of any kind
on account of any such act or omission on the part of the
person holding the judicial office;
is guilty of a crinae, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
fourteen years, and to be fined at the discretion of the Court.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
The term “holder of a judicial office” in this section includes an
arbitrator or umpire; but in the case of an offence co~mitted by or with
respect to any such person the longest term of i~prisonment is seven
years.
A prosecution for any of the offences firstly defined in this section
cannot be begun except by the direction of a Crown Law officer.
who-
ces. h y person
(1) Being a justice not acting judicially, or being a person
employed in the Public Service in any capacity not judicial
for the prosecution or detention or punishme~t of offendersS
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, with a view to corrupt or
improper interference with the due administration of
justice, or the procurement or facilitation of the commission
of any offence, or the protection of any offender or intending
offender from detection or punishment; or
(2) Corruptly gives, confers, or procures, or promises or offers
to give or confer, or to procure or attempt to procure, to,
upon, or for, any such person, or to, upon, or for, any other