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

CRIMINAL CODE SS. 148-151 67
148. Obstructing Officers of Courts of Justice. Any person who wilfully
obstructs or resists any person lawfully charged with the execution of an
order or warrant of any court of justice is guilty of a misdemeanour,
and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for one year, or to a fine
of two hundred dollars.
Or he may be summarily convicted before two justices, in which
case he is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for six months, or to
a fine of one hundred dollars.
Decimal currency references substituted pursuant to section 7 of DeGimal
Currency Act of 1965.
CHAPTER XVIII-OFFENCES RELATING TO THE COIN
efimitions. In this Chapter-
The term “current,” applied to coin, includes coin of any of the
kinds or denominations of coin which are coined in any of Her Majesty’s
mints, or are lawfully current by virtue of any Proclamation or otherwise
in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions whether within the United
Kingdom or elsewhere;
The term “metal” includes any mixture or alloy of metals;
The term “copper,” applied to coin, includes any metal of less
value than the silver or alloy of silver used in the silver coin of the
country in question;
The term “counterfeit,” applied to coin, means coin not genuine
but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for genuine
coin, and includes genuine coin which has been prepared or altered so
as to resemble or be apparently intended to resemble or pass for coin of
a higher denomination, and also genuine coin which has been clipped
or filed, or the size or weight of which has been otherwise diminished,
and which has been prepared or altered so as to conceal such clipping,
filing, or diminution: it includes any such coin whether it is or is not in a
fit state to be uttered, and whether the process of preparation or alteration
is or is not complete;
The terms “gild” and “silver,” applied to coin, include producing
the appearance of gold or silver respectively by any means whatever;
The term “utter” means and includes using, dealing with, or acting
upon, and attempting to use, deal with, or act upon, and attempting to
induce any person to use, deal with, or act upon, the thing in question
as if it were genuine.
150. C Q ~ Gold ~ and ~ §aver e Coin. ~ Any ~ person ~ who ~ makes ~ or
begins to make any counterfeit gold or silver coin is guilty of a crime.
If the crime is committed with respect to current coin, he is liable
to imprisonment with hard labour for life, with or without solitary confinement.
If the crime is committed with respect to coin of a Foreign Prince
or State, he is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for seven years,
with or without solitary confinement.
151. ti^^ for Coining Gold and Silver Coin. Any person who-
(1) Gilds or silvers any piece of metal of a fit size or figure
to be coined, with intent that it shall be coined into counter-
feit gold or silver coin; or