Criminal Code Amendment Act of 1957 (6 Eliz Ii No. 1) (Qld)

CRIMINAL LAW. 6 Euz. II. No. 1, 1957. Criminal Code Amendment Act. 31 An Act to Amend “ The Criminal Code ” in a certain 6 E N l o i . z . 1. II. T he particular. C riminal C ode A mendment [A ssented to 5 th A pril , 1957.] A ct of 1957. B E it enacted by the Queen’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 Criminal Code Short title Amendment Act of 1957,” and shall be read as one with contraction. *“ The Criminal Code.” 2. The following headnote and section are inserted ?Tews-408A after section four hundred and eight of *“ The Criminal mser 6 ' Code,” namely:— “ Unlawfully using Motor Vehicles. \ 408 a .. ' \ Any person who unlawfully uses a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or of the person in lawful possession thereof is guilty of a crime and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for five years. Without in any wise limiting the meaning of the term “ unlawfully uses ”, such term shall, for the purposes of this section, also mean and include the unlawful possession by any person of any motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or of the person in lawful possession thereof and with intent to deprive tjie owner or person in lawful possession thereof of the use and possession of such motor vehicle either temporarily or permanently. This section applies wdthout prejudice to any provision, relating to the unlawful use of motor vehicles, of any other Act, save that an offender shall not be liable to be convicted under both this section and such a provision in respect of any one and the same such an unlawful use.”. * 63 V. No. 9, Sch. I., and amending Acts.