Criminal Code. (8.) Stealing by directors or officers of companies. (9.) Stealing by agents, etc. (10.) Stealing property of value of £500. (12.) Stealing after previous conviction. CHAPTER XXXVII.-OFFENCES ANALOGOUS TO STEALING. 377. Concealing registers. 378. Concealing wills. 379. Concealing deeds. 380. Killing animals with intent to steal. 381. Severing with intent to steal. 382. Using registered brands with criminal intention. 383. Fraudulently dealing with minerals in mines. 384. Concealing royalty. 385. Removing guano without license. 386. Bringing stolen goods into Western Australia. 387. Fraudulent disposition of mortgaged goods. 388. Fraudulent appropriation of power. CHAPTER XXXVIII. STEALING WITH VIOLENCE: EXTORTION BY THREATS. 389. Definition of robbery. 390. Loaded arms. 391. Punishment of robbery. 392. Attempted robbery: Accompanied by wounding or in company. 393. Assault with intent to steal. 394. Demanding property with menaces with intent to steal. 395. Demanding property by written threats. 396. Attempts at extortion by threats. 397. Procuring execution of deeds, etc., by threats. 398. CHAPTER XXXIX.-BURGLARY: HOUSEBREAKING: AND LIKE OFFENCES. 399. Housebreaking: Burglary. 400. Entering dwelling-house with intent to commit crime. 401. Breaking into buildings and committing crime. 402. Breaking into buildings with intent to commit crime. 403. Breaking into place of worship and committing crime. 404. Breaking into place of worship with intent to commit a crime. 405. Persons found armed, etc., with intent to commit crime. CHAPTER XL.-OBTAINING PROPERTY OR CREDIT BY FALSE PRETENCES: 406. Definition. CHEATING. 407. Obtaining goods by false pretences. 408. Obtaining execution of a security by false pretences. 409. Cheating. 410. Conspiracy to defraud. 411. Frauds on sale or mortgage of property. CHAPTER XLI.-RECEIVING PROPERTY STOLEN OR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED AND LIKE OFFENCES. 412. Receiving stolen property, etc. 413. Receiving after recovery by owner. 414. Taking reward for recovery of property obtained by means of indictable offences. CHAPTER Criminal Code. CHAPTER XLII.-FRAUDS BY TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF COMPANIES AND 415. Trustees fraudulently disposing of trust property. 416. False statement relating to companies. 417. Directors and officers of corporations or companies fraudulently appropriating property, or keeping fraudulent accounts, or falsifying books or accounts. 18. False statements by officials of companies. 419. Defence. CHAPTER XLIII. SUMMARY CONVICTION FOR STEALING AND LIKE INDICTABLE Punishment in Special Cases. 1.) Destroying or damaging an inhabited house or a vessel with explosives. (2.) Sea bank, or sea wall, navigation works or bridges. (3.) (3.) Wills and registers. (4.) Wrecks. (5.) Railways. (6.) Drainage works. Criminal Code. (7.) Other things of special value. (8.) Deeds and records. 451. Causing explosion likely to do serious injury to property. 452. Attempting to cause explosion likely to do serious injury to property. 453. Attempts to injure mines. CHAPTER XLIX. PUNISHMENT OF FORGERY AND LIKE OFFENCES. 470. Punishment of forgery in general. Punishment in Special Cases. (1.) Public seals, etc. (2.) Securities, titles, registers, etc. (3.) Documents relating to revenue and acts of State, etc. (5.) Telegrams. 471. Uttering false documents and counterfeit seals. 472. Uttering cancelled or exhausted instruments. 473. Uttering cancelled stamps. 474. Procuring execution of documents by false pretences. 475. Obliterating crossings on cheques. 476. Making documents without authority. 477. Demanding property upon forged instruments. 478. Purchasing forged bank notes. 479. False certificate of message received by telegraph. 480. Falsifying warrants for money payable under public authority. 481. Falsification of registers. 482. Sending false certificate of marriage to registrar. 483. False statements for the purpose of registers of births, deaths, and marriages. 484. Attempts to procure unauthorised status. 485. Circulating false copies of rules or lists of members of societies or companies. CHAPTER Criminal Code. CHAPTER L.-FORGERY AND LIKE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE ON SUMMARY 494. Forging trade mark. 495. Applying marks and descriptions. 496. Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business. 497. Application to watches. 498. Trade mark, how described. 499. Rule as to evidence. 501. Cost of defence or prosecution. 502. Limitation of prosecution. 503. Provisions of this chapter as to false description not to apply in certain cases. 504. Savings. 505. False representations as to Royal warrant, etc. Division IV.-Offences connected with Trade and Breach of Contract. 511. Definition. CHAPTER LIV. FRAUDULENT DEBTORS. 512. Absconding with property in contemplation of or immediately after bankruptcy. 513. Frauds by bankrupts. 514. Other frauds by bankrupts. 515. Falsification of books by bankrupts. 516. Frauds by bankrupts in course of bankruptcy proceedings. 517. Failure by bankrupts to discover property. 518. Failure to keep proper books. 519. Concealing documents. 520. Receiving bankrupt's property with intent to defraud. 521. Making false claim in bankruptcy. 522. Concealing property of bankrupts. 523. Fraudulent dealing with property by debtors. 524. Undischarged bankrupt obtaining credit to extent of £20. CHAPTER LV.-OTHER OFFENCES. 525. Concealment by officers of companies on reduction of capital. 526. Falsification of books of companies. 527. Criminal Code. 527. Mixing uncertified with certified articles. 528. Intimidation by annoyance or violence or otherwise. 529. Person accused before court of summary jurisdiction may elect to be tried on indictmeut. PART VII. PREPARATION TO COMMIT OFFENCES: CONSPIRACY ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT. CHAPTER LVI-ATTEMPTS AND PREPARATION TO COMMIT OFFENCES. 530. Attempts to commit offences. 531. Punishment of attempts to commit crimes. 532. Punishment of attempts to commit misdemeanours. 533. Reduction of punishment. 534. Attempts to procure commission of criminal acts. 535. Making or possession of explosives under suspicious circumstances. CHAPTER LVII.-CONSPIRACY. 536. Conspiracy to commit crime. 537. Conspiracy to commit other offences. 538. Other conspiracies. 539. Conspiracy in trade disputes. CHAPTER LVIII.—ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT. 540. Accessories after the fact to crimes. 541. Accessories after th fact to misdemeanours and some other offences. PART VIII.-PROCEDURE. CHAPTER LIX. ARREST. 542. Arrest without warrant generally. 543. Arrest without warrant in special cases. 544. Arrest of persons found committing offences. 545. Arrest of offender committing indictable offences by night. 546. Arrest during flight. 547. Arrest of persons offering stolen property for sale, etc. 548. Duty of persons arresting. 549. CHAPTER LX.-JURISDICTION : PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS : BAIL. 550. Preliminary proceedings on charges of indictable offences. 551. Defendant admitting guilt before Justices may be committed for sentence. 552. Bail. |