Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Criminal Code Act 1899[s 4]4 Construction of statutes, statutory rules, and otherinstrumentsFrom and after the coming into operation of the Code, thefollowing rules shall apply with respect to the construction ofstatutes, statutory rules, by-laws, and other instruments, that isto say—(a) when in any statute, statutory rule, by-law, or otherinstrument, public or private, the term felony is used, orreference is made to an offence by the name of felony, itshall be taken that reference is intended to an offencewhich is a crime under the provisions of the Code;(b) when in any statute, statutory rule, by-law, or otherinstrument, public or private, the term murder is used, itshall be taken that reference is intended to the crimes ofwilful murder and murder and each of them;(c) when in any statute, statutory rule, by-law, or otherinstrument, public or private, the term larceny is used, itshall be taken that reference is intended to the crime ofstealing;(d) when in any statute, statutory rule, by-law, or otherinstrument, public or private, reference is made to anyoffence by any specific name, it shall be intended thatreference is intended to the offence which, under theprovisions of the Code, is constituted by the act oromission that would heretofore have constituted theoffence referred to;(e) when in any statute, statutory rule, by-law, or otherinstrument, public or private, reference is made to any ofthe statutory provisions hereby repealed, it shall betaken that reference is intended to the correspondingprovisions or substituted provisions of the Code.5 Provisions of Code exclusive with certain exceptionsFrom and after the coming into operation of the Code, noperson shall be liable to be tried or punished in Queensland asfor an indictable offence except under the express provisionsof the Code or some other statute law of Queensland, or underCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 29