Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 60 Indictments[s 567]sustained, so far as regards the allegation of ownership, uponproof that at the time when the offence was committed theproperty belonged to one or other of such persons withoutascertaining which of them.(16) In an indictment for the offence of obtaining or inducing thedelivery of anything dishonestly, or of attempting to commit,or to procure the commission of, any such offence, it is notnecessary to mention the owner of the property in question.(17) In an indictment for an offence which involves any fraud orfraudulent pretence, it is not necessary to set forth the detailsof the fraud or pretence or trick or device.567 Joinder of charges(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, an indictment mustcharge 1 offence only and not 2 or more offences.(2) Charges for more than 1 indictable offence may be joined inthe same indictment against the same person if those chargesare founded on the same facts or are, or form part of, a seriesof offences of the same or similar character or a series ofoffences committed in the prosecution of a single purpose.(3) Where more than 1 offence is charged in the same indictment,each offence charged shall be set out in the indictment in aseparate paragraph called a count and the several statementsof the offences may be made in the same form as in othercases without any allegation of connection between theoffences.(4) Counts shall be numbered consecutively.568 Cases in which several charges may be joined(1) In an indictment against a person for stealing property theperson may be charged and proceeded against on 1 chargeeven though—(a) the property belongs to the same person or to differentpersons; orPage 344 Current as at 1 December 2014