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

78 ~s.194-199 CRIMINAL CODE
194. Fake Declarations and § ~ ~ Any ~ person ~ who, ~ on n any ~ occasion, ,
on which he is permitted or required by law to make a statement or
declaration before any person authorised by law to permit it to be made
before him, makes a statement or declaration before that person which,
in any material particular, is to his knowledge false, is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for three
years.
195. ~ v ~ ~ A ~ person ~ € e cannot , be convicted of any of the offences
defined in the two last preceding sections upon the uncorroborated testimony
of one witness.
Qehg afi @US$OlllS cers. Any person who-
(1 ) Shoots at a vessel of any kind which is in use by an officer
of Customs while engaged in the execution of his duty as
such officer; or
(2) Shoots at, wounds, or causes any grievous bodily harm to,
an officer of Customs while engaged in the execution of his
duty in the prevention of smuggling, or any person acting in
aid of an officer of Customs while so engaged;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour
for fourteen years.
cers engaged in P r e ~ ling. ~ Any ~ person ~ ~ who ~ ~
with violence assaults, obstructs, or resists, an officer of Customs, or any
person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, while engaged in
the execution of his duty in the prevention of smuggling, or any person
acting in aid of any such ofticer or person while so engaged, is guilty
of a crime, and is liable to im~riso~ent with hard labour for three years.
s Oficers. Any person who-
(1) Assaults or obstructs an officer of Customs, or any person
duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, while engaged
in the execution of his duty under any law relating to the
Customs, or in the seizure of any goods claimed to be liable
to forfeiture under any such law, or any person acting in
aid of any such officer or person while so engaged; or
(2) Rescues or attempts to rescue any goods which have been
seized under any such law; or
(3) Before, at, or after, the seizure of any goods under any
such law, staves, breaks, or destroys, the goods with intent
to prevent the seizure or the securing of the goods, or attempts
to do any such act;
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
Currency Act of 1965.
esbsthg Public Oficers. Any person who in any manner obstructs
or resists any public officer while engaged in the discharge or attempted
discharge of the duties of his office under any Statute, or obstructs or
resists any person while engaged in the discharge or attempted discharge
of any duty imposed on him by any S,tatute, is guilty of a misdemeanour,
and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for two years.