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

72 SB. 149-174 CRIMINAL CODE
Letters. Any person who wilfully secretes or detains any-
thing sent by post or telegraph which is found by him, or which is wrongly
delivered to him, and which, in either case, ought, to his knowledge, to
have been delivered to another person, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and
is liable to ~mprisonment with hard labour for two years.
$31 N~tes. Ariy person
employed by or
Telegraph Depar trnent,
and king charged by virtue of his employment with any duty in connection
wifj the issue of money orders or postal notes, unlawfully, and with
intent to defraud, issues a money order or postal note, is guilty of a crime,
and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for seven years.
em. Any person who,
being employed by aph Department, and
being charged by v y duty in connection
with money orders, sends to any other person, with intent to defraud,
any false or misleading Better, telegram, or message, concerning a money
order, or concerning any money payable under a money order, is guilty
of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
three years.
orst. Any person who
(a) Anything whi encloses anyth~~g, whether living or
inanimate, of a nature as to be likely to injure any
other thing in course of conveyance, or to injure any
person; or
(b) Anything which encloses an indecent Q~T obscene print,
painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book, card, or
article, OF which has on it, or in it, or on its cover, any
indecent, obscene, or grossly offensive words, marks, or
designs;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to i~pris~n~en~ with hard
labour for one year.
73. c. Any person who-
eing required by law or by virtue of his employment to do
ny act with respect to the receipt, despatch, or delivery, of
anything which is or may be transmitted by post or
telegraph-
(a) Neglects or refuses to do such act; or
(b) Wilfully detains or delays, or permits the detention 01
delay of, any such thing; or
(2) Being employed by or undcr the Post and Telegraph
ment, negligently loses anything sent by post or teleg
negiigently detains or delays, or permits the detention or
delay of, anything sent by post or telegraph;
is guilty of an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of
two hundred dollars.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Cxirrency Act of 1965.
ass. Any person who wilfully obstructs or delays the
conveyance or delivery of a mail is guilty of an offence, and is liabte on
summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.