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

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d, Any woman who, with intent to
procure her own miscarriage, whether she is or is not with child,
unlawfully administers to herself any poison or other noxious thing, or
uses any force of any kind, or uses any other means whatever, or permits
any such thing or means to be administered or used to her, is guilty of a
crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for seven years.
QBP. Any person
who unlawfully supplies to or procures for any person any thing whatever,
knowing that it is intended to be unlawfully used to procure the mis-
carriage of a woman, whether she is or is not with child, is guilty of a
misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for three
years.
cts. Any person who-
(1) Wilfully and without lawful excuse does any indecent act
in any place to which the public are permitted to have
access, whether on payment of a charge for admission or not;
or
(2) Wilful~y d ~es any indecent act in any place with intent to
insult or offend any person;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for two years.
The offender may be arrested without warrant.
As amended by Act of 1943, 7 Geo. 6 No. 14, s. 7.
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Any person who knowingly,
ation or excuse-
(I) Publicly sells or exposes for sale any obscene book or other
obscene printed or written matter, or any obscene picture,
photograph, drawing, or model, or any other object tending
to corrupt morals; or
(2) Exposes to view in any place to which the public are permitted
to have access, whether on payment of a charge for
a~mission or not, any obscene picture, photograph, drawing,
or model, or any other object tending to corrupt morals; or
ublicly exhibits any indecent show or performance, whether
on payment of a charge for admission to see the show or
performance or not;
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 it was for the public benefit that the act compl~ned
of should be done.
Whether the doing of any such act is or is not for the public benefit
is a question of fact,
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it is immaterial, in the case of any of the offences defined in this Chapter
committed with respect to a woman or girl under a specified age, that the
accused person did not know that the woman or girl was under that age,
or believed that she was not under that age.