Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 6 Offences relating to property and contractsChapter 38 Stealing with violence—extortion by threats[s 417A](b)(c)the threat does not specify the detriment to be caused; orthe threat does not specify the person to whom thedetriment is to be caused or specifies this in a generalway; orExample—a threat to cause a detriment to the public or any members of thepublic(d) the detriment is to be caused by someone other than thedemander.(3) A reference to making a demand includes causing someone toreceive a demand.(4) A reference to a threat to cause a detriment to any personother than the demander includes a statement that gives rise toa threat of detriment to the other person.(5) A prosecution for an offence in which it is intended to rely ona circumstance of aggravation mentioned in paragraph (a) or(b) of the penalty can not be commenced without the consentof the Attorney-General.(6) In this section—threat includes a statement that may reasonably be interpretedas a threat.417A Taking control of aircraft(1) Any person who unlawfully either directly or indirectly takesor exercises control of any aircraft is guilty of a crime and isliable to imprisonment for 7 years.(2) If another person not being an accomplice of the offender ison board the aircraft the offender is liable to imprisonment for14 years.(3) If the offender at or immediately before or immediately afterthe time of taking or exercising such control uses or threatensto use actual violence to any person or property in order totake or exercise control of the aircraft or to prevent orPage 254 Current as at 1 December 2014