Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 6 Offences relating to property and contractsChapter 37 Offences analogous to stealing[s 408D](c)(d)(e)(f)a person’s act or omission in relation to property is nottaken to be dishonest, if when the person does the act ormakes the omission, he or she does not know to whomthe property belongs and believes on reasonable groundsthat the owner can not be discovered by takingreasonable steps, unless the property came into his orher possession or control as trustee or personalrepresentative; andpersons to whom property belongs include the owner,any joint or part owner or owner in common, any personhaving a legal or equitable interest in or claim to theproperty and any person who, immediately before theoffender’s application of the property, had control of it;andobtain includes to get, gain, receive or acquire in anyway; andif a person obtains property from any person or inducesany person to deliver property to any person it isimmaterial in either case whether the owner passes orintends to pass ownership in the property or whether heor she intends to pass ownership in the property to anyperson.408DObtaining or dealing with identification information(1) A person who obtains or deals with another entity’sidentification information for the purpose of committing, orfacilitating the commission of, an indictable offence commitsa misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.(1AA) If the person obtaining or dealing with the identificationinformation supplies it to a participant in a criminalorganisation, the person is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.(1AB) For an offence defined in subsection (1) alleged to have beencommitted with the circumstance of aggravation mentioned insubsection (1AA), it is a defence to the circumstance ofCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 247