Queensland CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1997 Act No. 3 of 1997 Queensland CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE ACT 1899 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 Amendment of s 6 (Civil remedies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 5 Code amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 Amendment of s 1 (Construction of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 Replacement of s 6 (Carnal knowledge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6 Carnal knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8 Amendment of s 10 (Accessories after the fact) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9 Insertion of new s 10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10A Interpretation of ch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10 Amendment of s 23 (Intention—motive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11 Amendment of s 28 (Intoxication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 Amendment of s 29 (Immature age) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 13 Amendment of s 31 (Justification and excuse—compulsion) . . . . . . . . . . . 17 14 Amendment of s 47 (Unlawful oaths to commit certain crimes) . . . . . . . . . 17 15 Amendment of s 75 (Threatening violence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 Replacement of s 85 (Obtaining disclosure of secrets relating to defences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 85 Disclosure of official secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 16A Amendment of s 87 (Official corruption) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2 Criminal Law Amendment No. 3, 1997 17 Insertion of new s 123A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 123A Perjury—contradictory statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 Amendment of s 148 (Obstructing officers of courts of justice) . . . . . . . . . 19 19 Replacement of s 194 (False declarations and statements) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 194 False declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 20 Insertion of new s 195A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 195A Contradictory statements—false statements or declarations . . . . . . 19 21 Replacement of s 208 (Unlawful anal intercourse) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 208 Unlawful sodomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 22 Amendment of s 209 (Attempt to have unlawful anal intercourse) . . . . . . . 21 23 Amendment of s 210 (Indecent treatment of children under 16) . . . . . . . . . 22 24 Amendment of s 211 (Carnal knowledge of animal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 25 Amendment of s 213 (Householder permitting abuse of children on householder’s premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 26 Amendment of s 215 (Carnal knowledge of girls under 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 27 Amendment of s 216 (Abuse of intellectually impaired persons) . . . . . . . . 25 28 Amendment of s 217 (Procuring young person etc. for carnal knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 29 Amendment of s 218 (Procuring sexual acts by coercion etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 26 30 Amendment of s 219 (Taking child under 16 for immoral purposes) . . . . . 27 31 Replacement of s 221 (Conspiracy to defile) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 221 Conspiracy to defile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 32 Replacement of s 222 (Incest by man) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 222 Incest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 33 Amendment of s 229B (Maintaining a sexual relationship with a child under 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 34 Amendment of s 229G (Procuring prostitution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 35 Amendment of s 233 (Betting houses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 36 Replacement of s 267 (Defence of dwelling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 267 Defence of dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 37 Amendment of s 274 (Defence of moveable property against trespassers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 38 Amendment of s 275 (Defence of moveable property with claim of right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 Criminal Law Amendment No. 3, 1997 39 Amendment of s 276 (Defence of moveable property without claim of right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 40 Amendment of s 277 (Defence of premises against trespassers —removal of disorderly persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 41 Amendment of s 278 (Defence of possession of real property or vessel with claim of right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 42 Amendment of s 279 (Exercise of right of way or easement) . . . . . . . . . . . 35 43 Amendment of s 280 (Domestic discipline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 44 Amendment of s 281 (Discipline of ship or aircraft) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 45 Replacement of s 286 (Duty of head of family) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 286 Duty of person who has care of child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 46 Amendment of s 308 (Written threats to murder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 47 Amendment of s 313 (Killing unborn child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 48 Amendment of s 317 (Acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm or prevent apprehension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 49 Amendment of s 317A (Taking or sending dangerous goods on aircraft) . . 38 50 Replacement of s 318 (Preventing escape from wreck) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 318 Obstructing rescue or escape from unsafe premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 51 Insertion of new s 320A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 320A Torture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 52 Amendment of s 321 (Attempting to injure by explosive substances) . . . . 39 53 Insertion of new s 321A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 321A Bomb hoaxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 54 Amendment of s 326 (Endangering life of children by exposure) . . . . . . . . 40 55 Amendment of s 328A (Dangerous driving of a motor vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 41 56 Amendment of s 335 (Common assault) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 57 Amendment of s 336 (Assault with intent to have unlawful anal intercourse) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 58 Amendment of s 337 (Indecent assaults) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 59 Amendment of s 339 (Assaults occasioning bodily harm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 60 Amendment of s 340 (Serious assaults) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 61 Amendment of s 346 (Assaults in interference with freedom of trade or work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 62 Amendment of s 347 (Definition of “rape”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 4 Criminal Law Amendment No. 3, 1997 63 Replacement of s 364 (Desertion of children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 364 Cruelty to children under 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 64 Amendment of s 390 (Things capable of being stolen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 65 Amendment of s 398 (Punishment of stealing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 66 Amendment of s 408C (Misappropriation of property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 67 Insertion of new s 408D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 408D Computer hacking and misuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 68 Amendment of s 412 (Attempted robbery—accompanied by wounding or in company) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 69 Amendment of s 415 (Demanding property, benefit or performance of services with threats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 70 Amendment of s 416 (Attempts at extortion by threats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 71 Amendment of s 418 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 72 Replacement of s 419 (Housebreaking—burglary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 419 Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 73 Replacement of s 421 (Breaking into places and committing indictable offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 421 Entering or being in premises and committing indictable offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 74 Amendment of s 425 (Persons found armed etc. with intent to commit an indictable offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 75 Replacement of ch 40 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 CHAPTER 40—OTHER FRAUDULENT PRACTICES 76 Amendment of s 427A (Obtaining property by passing valueless cheques) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 77 Amendment of s 433 (Receiving stolen property etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 78 Replacement of s 441 (Fraudulent false accounting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 441 Fraudulent falsification of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 79 Amendment of s 442B (Receipt or solicitation of secret commission by an agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 80 Amendment of s 442D (False or misleading receipt or account) . . . . . . . . 60 81 Amendment of s 442E (Secret commission for advice given) . . . . . . . . . . . 61 82 Amendment of s 442F (Secret commission to trustee in return for substituted appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 5 Criminal Law Amendment No. 3, 1997 83 Amendment of s 442G (Liability of director etc. acting without authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 84 Amendment of s 442I (Penalty on conviction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 85 Amendment of s 458 (Unlawful acts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 86 Amendment of s 460 (Damage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 87 Amendment of s 469 (Malicious injuries in general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 88 Amendment of s 478 (Sending letters threatening to burn or destroy) . . . . 64 89 Amendment of s 484 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 90 Amendment of s 488 (Punishment of forgery in general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 91 Amendment of s 494 (Making documents without authority) . . . . . . . . . . . 65 92 Insertion of new s 501A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 501A Contradictory statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 93 Replacement s 510 (Instruments and materials for forgery) . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 510 Instruments and materials for forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 94 Amendment of s 514 (Personation in general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 95 Amendment of s 535 (Attempts to commit offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 96 Insertion of new pt 8, ch 58A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 552A Charges of indictable offences that must be dealt with summarily on prosecution election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 552B Charges of indictable offences that may be dealt with summarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 552C Summary hearing of indictable offence must be by magistrate . . . . 69 552D When magistrate must abstain from jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 522E Charge may be heard and decided where defendant arrested or served . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 522F Time for prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 522G Value of property affecting jurisdiction to be decided by magistrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 552I Procedure under section 552B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 552J Appeals against decision to decide charge summarily . . . . . . . . . . . 72 97 Amendment of s 560 (Nature of indictments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 98 Amendment of s 563 (Nolle prosequi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 99 Amendment of s 566 (Particular indictments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 100 Amendment of s 568 (Cases in which several charges may be joined) . . . 74 6 Criminal Law Amendment No. 3, 1997 101 Amendment of s 569 (Accessories) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 102 Amendment of s 572 (Amendment of indictments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 103 Amendment of s 577 (Charge of homicide of child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 104 Amendment of s 578 (Charge of offence of a sexual nature) . . . . . . . . . . . 76 105 Amendment of s 581 (Stealing, false pretences, and cheating) . . . . . . . . . 77 106 Replacement of s 590 (Right to be tried) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 590 Bringing accused to trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 107 Insertion of new s 590B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 590B Advanced notice of expert evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 108 Insertion of new s 592A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 592A Pre-trial directions and rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 109 Amendment of s 594 (Accused person to be called upon to plead to indictment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 110 Amendment of s 597A (Separate trials where 2 or more charges against the same person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 111 Amendment of s 604 (Trial by jury) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 112 Amendment of s 631A (Plea of guilty during trial) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 113 Replacement of s 632 (Accomplices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 632 Corroboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 114 Amendment of s 636 (Evidence of blood relationship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 115 Amendment of s 639 (Evidence on charges of offences against customs laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 116 Amendment of s 643 (Intention to defraud) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 117 Insertion of new s 644A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 644A Witness giving incriminating answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 118 Insertion of new s 651 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 651 Supreme Court and District Court may decide summary offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 652 Proceedings to transmit summary charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 119 Amendment of s 669A (Appeal by Attorney-General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 120 Provisions repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 PART 4—OTHER ACTS REPEALED OR AMENDED 121 Act repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 122 Other Acts amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 7 Criminal Law Amendment No. 3, 1997 SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 PROVISIONS OF CRIMINAL CODE REPEALED SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 OTHER ACTS AMENDED BAIL ACT 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 DISTRICT COURTS ACT 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 EVIDENCE ACT 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 JUSTICES ACT 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 VAGRANTS, GAMING AND OTHER OFFENCES ACT 1931 . . . . . . . . 100