Criminal Code Amendment Act of 1946 (10 Geo Vi No. 22) (Qld)

CONSTITUTION-CRIMINAL LAW. 10 Gi!:o. VI. No. 22, 1946. Oriminal Oode Amendment Act. 51 (3.) The powers, authorities, and jurisdiction ~ nsUuo­ conferred ·upon the Legislative Assembly and. upon ~ he : , u~ ! . Speaker and Treasurer respectively by thIS sectIOn shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the powers and privileges of Parliament as set forth in sections forty-one to fifty inclusive and fifty-two of the Constitution Acts, and such firstmentioned powers, authorities, and jurisdiction are had and exercisable, and are hereby declared always to have been had and exercisable by the Legislative Assembly, the Speaker, and the Treasurer accordingly. CO-ORDINATION OF RURAL ADVANCES. See BANKING; LANDS (WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT). CORPORATION OF SISTERS OF MERCY, DIOCESE OF CAIRNS. n. See PART (LOCAL, PERSONAL AND PRIVATE ACTS)-RELIGION. CRIMINAL LAW. An Act to Amend "The CriminalCode" in a certain 10 GEO. VI. particular. No. 22. TmI CBDmlAL CODB [ASSENTED TO 11TH APRIL, 1946,.] A A C Jl T EN O D F D 1 J 9 I 4 II 6 l' . B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, . by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- latIve Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same, as follows:- ' 1. This Act may be cited as "The Oriminal Oode Short title Amendment Act of 1946," and shall be read as one with and~n- *" The Oriminal Oode." struotlon. * 63 V. No. 9, Soh. I., v. 2, p. 665.

52 CRIMINAL LAW. Criminal Code Amendment Act. 10 GEO. VI. No. 22,1946. Amendment of *" The Oriminal Oode." A of m s. en 3 d 6 m 3. ent Crim 2 in . a S l e O ct o i d o e n " tihsreaemheunndderdedasan f d ol s l i o x w ty s: -t ~ hree of *" The (i.) The following paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph of the said section, as follows:- " For the purposes of this section, the term "parent," in addition to its ordinary meaning, shall, in the case of a child who has been legally adopted in Queensland or in any other State of the Commonwealth or in any Territory of the Commonwealth under the law relating to adoption for the time being in force in this State or other State or Territory, include the person or each of the persons (if more than one) who shall have so adopted the child concerned, each of whom shall be a parent of such child; but in any such case shall not include any natural parent of such adopted child concerned." (ii.) The last paragraph of the said section is amended by inserting after the word " claimed" wherever such word occurs the words "in good faith" ; and by inserting after the words "in the case of an illegitimate child" the words " not being a child who has been adopted as aforesaid." (iii.) The following paragraph is added to the said section, namely:- . "The husband or wife of the accused person is a competent but not a compellable witness." * 63 V. No. 9, Sch. I., v. 2, p. 665. CROWN, HOLDERS OF OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT UNDER. See CONSTITUTION. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT ACTS. See BANKING; LANDS (WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT). DISEASES IN POULTRY. See POULTRY.