Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 63 Evidence—presumptions of fact[s 642]matter of the charge may be laid in the indictment in the nameof any one or other of the persons (the beneficiaries) of whosemoney the person charged is the trustee as aforesaidspecifying any one of the beneficiaries by name with theaddition of the words ‘and others’, and it is immaterialwhether or not the evidence establishes that the said moneywas the property of any specific one of the beneficiaries, orthat the right, title, use or benefit in, to or of the said moneywas in any specific one of the beneficiaries and the indictmentwill be sustained so far as regards that allegation upon proofthat the property in, or the right, title, use or benefit in, to or ofthe money was in one or other of the beneficiaries withoutascertaining which of them.(4) For subsection (1) or (3), the reference to a trustee within themeaning of the Trust Accounts Act 1973 includes a legalpractitioner associate of a law practice, within the meaning ofthe Legal Profession Act 2007, if part 3.3 of the LegalProfession Act 2007 applies to the law practice.642 Evidence on charges relating to seals and stampsOn the trial of a person charged with any offence relating toany seal or stamp used for the purposes of the public revenue,or of the post office, in any part of Her Majesty’s dominionsor in any foreign state, a dispatch from 1 of Her Majesty’sPrincipal Secretaries of State, transmitting to the Governorany stamp, mark, or impression, and stating it to be a genuinestamp, mark, or impression, of a die, plate, or otherinstrument, provided, made, or used, by or under the directionof the proper authority of the country in question for thepurpose of expressing or denoting any stamp duty or postalcharge, is admissible as evidence of the facts stated in thedispatch; and the stamp, mark, or impression, so transmittedmay be used by the court and jury and by witnesses for thepurposes of comparison.Current as at 1 December 2014 Page 419