Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 58A Indictable offences dealt with summarily[s 552B]• section 340;(b) any offence involving an assault, not being of a sexualnature or accompanied by an attempt to commit a crime,if the maximum term of imprisonment for which thedefendant is liable is more than 3 years but not morethan 5 years;(c) the offence of counselling or procuring the commissionof an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);(d) the offence of attempting to commit an offencementioned in paragraph (a);(e) the offence of becoming an accessory after the fact to anoffence mentioned in paragraph (a).(2) A charge to which this section applies must be heard anddecided summarily if the prosecution elects to have the chargeheard and decided summarily.(3) This section is subject to section 552D.552BCharges of indictable offences that must be heard anddecided summarily unless defendant elects for jury trial(1) This section applies to a charge before a Magistrates Court ofany of the following indictable offences—(a) an offence of a sexual nature without a circumstance ofaggravation if—(i) the complainant was 14 years of age or over at thetime of the alleged offence; and(ii) the defendant has pleaded guilty; and(iii) the maximum term of imprisonment for which thedefendant is liable is more than 3 years;(b) an offence against section 339(1);(c) an offence involving an assault, other than an offenceagainst section 339(1), if—(i) the assault is—Current as at 1 December 2014 Page 321