Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 6 Offences relating to property and contractsChapter 46 Offences[s 459]459 Acts done with intent to defraud(1) When an act which causes injury to property, and whichwould be otherwise lawful, is done with intent to defraud anyperson, it is unlawful.(2) When an act which causes injury to property is done withintent to defraud any person, it is immaterial that the propertyin question is the property of the offender.Chapter 46Offences461 Arson(1) Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to any of thethings following, that is to say—(a) a building or structure;(b) a motor vehicle, train, aircraft or vessel;(c) any stack of cultivated vegetable produce, or of mineralor vegetable fuel;(d) a mine, or the workings, fittings, or appliances of amine;is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for life.(2) It is immaterial whether or not a thing mentioned insubsection (1)(a) or (b) is complete.462 Endangering particular property by fireA person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to anythingsituated so that a thing mentioned in section 461(1)(a) to (d) islikely to catch fire from it commits a crime.Maximum penalty—14 years imprisonment.Current as at 1 December 2014 Page 293