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Queensland
Criminal Code (Truth in
Parliament) Amendment Bill
2008
Queensland
Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament)
Amendment Bill 2008
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code
2 Code amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
57 False evidence before Parliament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 3 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
4 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 Amendment of s 47 (Other proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2008
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Criminal Code to provide for the offence of
giving false evidence before Parliament and to make a
particular consequential amendment to the Parliament of
Queensland Act 2001
Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2008
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Truth in 4
Parliament) Amendment Act 2008. 5
Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code 6
Clause 2 Code amended in pt 2 7
This part amends the Criminal Code. 8
Clause 3 Insertion of new s 57 9
After section 56B-- 10
insert-- 11
`57 False evidence before Parliament 12
`(1) A person who, during an examination before the Legislative 13
Assembly or a committee of the Legislative Assembly, 14
knowingly gives a false answer to a lawful and relevant 15
question put to the person during the examination commits a 16
crime. 17
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment. 18
`(2) The offender can not be arrested without warrant. 19
`(3) A person can not be convicted of the offence defined in this 20
section on the uncorroborated testimony of 1 witness.'. 21
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Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2008
Part 3 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
[s 4]
Part 3 Amendment of Parliament of 1
Queensland Act 2001 2
Clause 4 Act amended in pt 3 3
This part amends the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001. 4
Clause 5 Amendment of s 47 (Other proceedings) 5
Section 47-- 6
insert-- 7
`(3) However, if a person's conduct is both a contempt of the 8
Assembly and an offence against the Criminal Code, section 9
57, the person may only be proceeded against for the offence. 10
Note-- 11
Criminal Code, section 57 (False evidence before Parliament)'. 12
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