Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 2 Offences against public orderChapter 10 Offences against political liberty[s 78]commits a crime.Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.(2) If the offence is committed in the night the offender is guiltyof a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 5 years.Chapter 10Offences against politicalliberty78 Interfering with political liberty(1) Any person who by violence, or by threats or intimidation ofany kind, hinders or interferes with the free exercise of anypolitical right by another person, is guilty of a misdemeanour,and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years.(2) If the offender is a public officer, and commits the offence inabuse of the offender’s authority as such officer, the offenderis liable to imprisonment for 3 years.Chapter 11Piracy79 Definition of act of piracy(1) A person does an act of piracy if the person, in relation to aship travelling at sea, unlawfully—(a) boards the ship without the master’s consent and withintent—(i) to commit robbery; orPage 76 Current as at 1 December 2014