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

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CHAPTER XXIV-OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH
. Any person who,
being the master or medical officer g from beyond sea,
neglects or refuses lo give to any officer employed in the Public Service
any information whicln he is required by law to give to him, or gives to
any such officer, either verbally or in writing, any information, touching
any matter as to which he is required by law to give him information,
which information is, to his knowledge, false in any ma~er~al particular,
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for two years, and to a fine of six hundred dollars.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.
. Any person who knowingly
r has in his possession with intent
lo sell it for the food of man, any article which he linows to be unfit
for the food of man, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment
with hard labour for two years.
2 eat. Any person who-
s into a slaughter house used for the slaughter
of any animals intended for the food of man the whole or
any part of the carcass of any animal which has died of any
disease; or
(2) Knowingly sells or exposes for sale the whole or part of the
carcass of any animal which has died of any disease or which
was diseased when slaughtered;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprison~ent with hard
labour for two years.
or, Any person whodeleterious
or poisonous substance into any
spirituous or fermented liquor, or mixes any such substance
with any such liquor; or
(2) Sells or otherwise disposes of, or keeps for sale, any spirituous
or fermented liquor into which any such substance has been
put, or with which any such substance has been mixed;
is guilty of a misde~eano~r, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment
with hard labour for two years, or to a fine of four hundred dollars.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.
es, Any person who, being a public brewer or
maker of any liquor intended to be used as a beverage for man-
(1) Uses in the brewing or making of the liquor any deleterious
or poisonous substance; or
(2) Buts any such substance into, or mixes any such substance
with, the liquor, whether before or after the brewing or
making is complete;
is guilty of an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of
four hundred dollars and to forfeiture of the liquor.
If the offender, before committing the offence, had been previously
convicted of any such offence, he is guilty of a ~sdemeanour~ and is
liable to imprisonment for two years, as well as to forfeiture of the
liquor.
Decimal currency reference substituted pursuant to section 7 of Decimal
Currency Act of 1965.