Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Criminal Code Act 1899EndnotesSection 16 the Criminal Code and Another Act Amendment Act 1990 provides—16 Transitional(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who before thecommencement of this Act commits—(a) an offence defined in sections 208 (1) or (3) of TheCriminal Code as it exists immediately before thecommencement; or(b) an offence defined in section 209 or 535 of TheCriminal Code constituted by an attempt to commit anoffence defined in paragraph (a);cannot thereafter be convicted of the offence unless it iscommitted in respect of a person not an adult within themeaning of The Criminal Code(3) A person who, before the commencement of this Act commitsan offence defined in section 211 of The Criminal Code as itexisted immediately before the commencement, cannotthereafter be convicted of the offence.(4) A provision of this section stating that a person cannot beconvicted after the commencement of this Act of an offencedefined in a specified section of The Criminal Codecommitted before the commencement does not have the effectthat such a person cannot be charged convicted and punishedfor an offence defined in some other section of The CriminalCode where the circumstances in question constitute anoffence defined in that other section.© State of Queensland 2014Authorised by the Parliamentary CounselCurrent as at 1 December 2014 Page 581