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

CRIMINAL CODE SS. 218-220 83
A person cannot bo convicted of any of the offences defined in this
section upon the uncorroborated testimony of one witness.
The husband or wife of the accused person is a competent but not a
compellable witness.
As amended by Age of Majority Act 1974, No. 57, s. 8 Sch.
Procuring defilement of Woman by Threats, or Fraud, or A
Drugs. Any person who-
(1) By threats or intimidation of any kind procures a woman or
girl to have unlawful carnal connection with a man, either
in Queensland or elsewhere; or
(2) By any false pretence procures a woman or girl, who is not
a common prostitute or of known immoral character, to
have unlawful carnal connection with a man, either in
Queensland or elsewhere; or
(3) Administers to a woman or girl, or causes a woman or girl
to lake, any drug or other thing with intent to stupefy or
overpower her in order to enable any man, whether a
particular man or not, to have unlawful carnal knowledge
of her;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for two years.
A person cannot be convicted of any of the offences defined in this
section upon the uncorroborated testimony of one witness.
The husband or wife of the accused person is a competent but not
a compellable witness.
Ab~~c~~on of Girl under E i ~ with ~ ~ intent ~ ~ to n have Carnal
ledge. Any person who, with intent that an unmarried girl under
the age of eighteen years may be unlawfully carnally known by any
man, whether a particular man or not, takes her or causes her to be
taken out of the custody or protection of her father or mother, or other
person having the lawlul care or charge of her, and against the will of
such father or mother 01: other person, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and
is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for two years.
It is a defence to a charge of any of the offences defined in this section
to prove that the accused person believed, on reasonable grounds, that
the girl was of or above the age of eighteen years.
The husband or wife of the accused person is a competent but not a
compellable witness.
220. ~~~W~~ etentisn with Intent to rothel. Any person
Who-
(1) Detains a woman or girl against her will in or upon any
premises in order to her being unlawfully carnally known by
any man, whether a particular man or not; or
(2) Detains a woman or girl against her will in a brothel;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for two years.
The husband or wife of the accused person is a competent but not a
compellable witness.
When a woman or girl is in or upon any premises in order to her
being ~nlawfully carnally known by any man, whether a particular man
or not, or is in a brothel, a person is deemed to detain such woman or