Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Acts Amendment Act of 1949 (13 Geo Vi No. 54) (Qld)

TUBERCULOSIS-VAGRANTS. 13 GEO. VI. No. 54, 1949. Vagrants, Gaming, Etc., Act. 12. It is a condition of this Arrangement that the State shs.II before the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, enact and bring into force legislation to give effect to this Arrangement and for the effective carrying out of the said campaign. If such legislation is not enacted and brought into force before that date the Commonwealth will not make any further reimbursements to the State under this Arrangement except only in respect of or on a.ecount of expenditure actually paid by the State prior to that date. Dated this day of , 1949. By His Excellency's Command, Prime Minister. By His Excellency's Command, Premier. 249 VAGRANTS. An Act to Amend "The Vagrants, Gaming, and 1l3 N G o B . O 5 . 4 V . I. Other Offences Acts, 1931 to 1948," in VAG T R H A I N I '!Il. certain particulars. GAJWfG, AN. OTRBB OWBN01I8 AC'IIl [ASSENTED TO 8TH DECEMBER, 1949.] , AJOINDJOINT A( )~ 01' 19411. 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 Vagrants, Gaming, Short title &n!wct' and Other Offences Acts Amendment Act of 1949," and shall be read as one with *" The Vagrants, Gaming, and 00 IOn. Other Offences Acts, 1931 to 1948," herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively Collective cited as "The Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences title. Acts, 1931 to 1949." 2. The Principal Act is amended as follows : - Amendments (a) Section thirty-one thereof is renumbered oh. 31. subsection one of section thirty-one; and (b) The following new subsection two is added to the said section thirty-one as so renumbered, namely : - "(2.) (A) Any person who-- (i.) Brings into; or (ii.) Supplies to any person in; or Bottleein stadiums. ,. '22 G. 5 No. 27 and amending Acts.

250 VAGRANTS. Vagrants, Gaming, Etc., Act. 13 GEO. VI. No. 54, ------------------------------------------.---- (iii.) Has in his possession or under his control in; or (iv.) Throws in, any stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort used or about to be used for boxing, wrestling, or for training operations for boxing or wrestling; or (v.) Attempts to enter any such stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort while having in his possession or under his control, any glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal bottle or container or other like article on any day when any boxing or wrestling or such training operations is or are held or to be held therein shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds or to imprisonment not exceeding one month except that in respect of an offence of which throwing is an element he shall be·liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to imprisonment not exceeding six months: Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal bottle or container or other like article brought into, supplied to any person in, or in the possession or under the control of any person in or attempting to enter any such stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort on any such day as aforesaid, and which- (a) Forms a necessary part of the building, office, medical or training equipment of that stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort; or (b) Is reasonably necessary for the time being in respect of the proper care or training of any active participant in any boxing or wrestling or such training operations held or to be held in that stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort, but only when in any case such bottle or container or other like article is in the possession of any person for or in connection with any purpose or use indicated as aforesaid in this proviso; or (c) Is for the exclusive private and personal use of all or any of the persons engaged in the management or employed in the conduct of that stadium or other place of

VAGRANTS. 1949. Vagrants, Gaming, Etc., Act. public amusement or public resort, but only when in the possession of any such person while in a part of that stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort set apart for the private use of all or any of such persons and not open to the admission ofthe public or while bringing it to or from such part by the shortest means of ingress or egress. (B) 4ny police officer without any authority other than this Act may seize and take, or cause to be seized and taken, away any glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal bottle or container or other like article brought into, or supplied to any person in, or in the possession or under the control of any person in or attempting to enter, or thrown in, any stadium or other place of public amusement or public resort as aforesaid in contravention of this subsection, and may stop, search, and detain any person who may be reasonably suspected of having in his possession or under his control any such bottle or container or other like article in contravention of this subsection. Any police officer who finds any person committing or who reasonably suspects any person of having committed an offence against this subsection may require such person to state his name and address, or name or address, and if he has reasonable ground to suppose that the name and address, or name or address, given is false may require evidence of the correctness thereof. (0) Any person required under this subsection to state his name and address, or name or address, who- (i.) Fails or refuses to state his name and address, or, as the case may be, name or address; or (ii.) States a false name and address or, as the case may be, a false name or address, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. Any person required under this subsection to give evidence of the correctness of his name and address, or name or address, who fails to give that evidence, or who gives false evidence with respect to his name and address or, as the case may be, name or address, shall be guilty of an ofl'ence and liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds." 251