Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 60 Indictments[s 566](9) In an indictment for an offence relating to any property whichby any statute is to be deemed to be the property of any officerof any institution, the property in question may be alleged tobe the property of the officer of the institution for the timebeing by the officer’s name of office.(10) In an indictment for an offence relating to a testamentaryinstrument, it is not necessary to allege that the instrument isthe property of any person.(11) In an indictment for an offence relating to anything fixed in asquare, street or cemetery or at a crematorium, or in a placededicated to public use or ornament, or to anything in or takenfrom a public office, it is not necessary to allege that the thingin respect of which the offence is committed is the property ofany person.(12) In an indictment for an offence relating to a document whichis evidence of title to land or an estate in land, the documentmay be described as being evidence of the title of the personor some 1 of the persons having an estate in the land to whichthe document relates, the land or some part thereof beingdescribed in some manner sufficient to identify it.(13) In an indictment for stealing a chattel or fixture let to theoffender, the chattel or fixture may be described as theproperty of the person who actually let it to hire.(14) In an indictment against a person employed in the publicservice for an offence committed with respect to anythingwhich came into the person’s possession by virtue of theperson’s employment, the thing in question may be describedas the property of Her Majesty.(15) In an indictment for an offence respecting any property(whether within the meaning of section 1 or section 408C), ifit is uncertain to which of 2 or more persons the propertybelonged at the time when the offence was committed, theproperty may be described as being the property of one orother of such persons, naming each of them, but withoutspecifying which of them; and the indictment will beCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 343