Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (Qld)

151 Qttattslcttti} ANNO DUODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 27 of 1963 An Act to Amend " The Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Acts , 1931 to 1962 ," in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 12TH DECEMBER, 1963] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. (1) Short title . This Act may be cited as " The Vagrants, Gaming, and Orher Offences Acts Amendment Act of 1963." (2) Principal Act. " The Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Acts, 1931 to 1962," are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Collective title . The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as "The Vagrants , Gaming , and Other Offences Acts, 1931 to 1963." 2. Amendment to s. 24. Section twenty-four of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the word "rank ", where that word secondly appears, the words " and, within the limits of the police division assigned to a police station under " The Police ' Acts, 1937 to 1962," the police officer in charge of that station, ". 3. New s. 34A inserted . The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section thirty-four the following section: " [34A.] False representations causing investigations by police officers. (1) Any person who- (a) By his conduct; or (b) By his statements (whether oral or written); or

152 Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Acts Amendt. Act of 1963, No. 27 (c) By both his conduct and his statements (whether oral or written), falsely and with knowledge of the falsity represents that any act has been done or that any circumstances have occurred, which act or circumstances as so represented is or are such as reasonably call for investigation by the police, shall be guilty of an offence: Provided that where statements alleged to have been made by the defendant were statements concerning the conduct of a police officer the defendant shall not be convicted on the uncorroborated evidence of one or more police officers. Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for six months. (2) Upon convicting a person of an offence against this section the court may, in addition to any penalty which may be imposed, order him to pay to the Crown a reasonable sum for the expenses of or incidental to any investigation made by any police officer as a result of the false representation. (3) This section does not apply to any representation concerning any offence, or the circumstances of any offence, which has actually been committed. (4) A prosecution for an offence against this section shall not be instituted except upon the direction of an inspector of police or a police officer of higher rank." 4. Amendment to s. 38 . Section thirty-eight of the Principal Act is amended by inserting immediately after the number " 45 " the words ", or any person who is suspected, on reasonable grounds, of having offended against any provision of section twenty-nine of this Act,"