Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 70 Informations by private persons for indictable offences—ex officio indictments[s 685B]furniture thereof, or the beasts, and accoutrements belongingthereto as the case may be, paying afterwards to the owner ofthe vessel or vehicle a sufficient recompense for its use, whichis to be assessed by the justice or justices before whom thesuspected offender is brought, and, in case of non-paymentimmediately after such assessment, may be recovered before 2justices in a summary way.685B Orders for delivery of certain property(1) Where any property has come into the custody or possessionof a court or justices in connection with any charge, the courtor justices, on the conclusion of the trial and on theapplication of the prosecutor, may make an order for thedelivery of the property to the person appearing to the court orjustices to be the person lawfully entitled thereto or, if thatperson can not be ascertained, may make such order withrespect to the property as to the court or justices seems just.(2) An order so made shall not be a bar to the right of any personto recover the property by action from the person to whom itis delivered by virtue of the order.Chapter 70Informations by privatepersons for indictableoffences—ex officioindictments686 Information by leave of the court by private prosecutors(1) Any person may by leave of the Supreme Court present aninformation against any other person for any indictableoffence, alleged to have been committed by such other person.(2) An information presented by leave of the court is to be signedby the person on whose application the leave is granted, orCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 459