Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2008* (Qld)

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Queensland

Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Bill

Queensland

Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2008

Contents

Part 1

Part 2

Page Preliminary Shorttitle 0... eee eee 4 Amendment of Criminal Code Code amended in pt2 ........... 02... eee eee 4 Insertion of NeWS 57 «1... ee 4 57 False evidence before Parliament ............... 4 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 Act amended in pt3.......... 6... eee eee eee 5

Amendment of s 47 (Other proceedings)................... 5

A Bill

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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

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Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2008 Part 1 Preliminary

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Truth in Parliament) Amendment Act 2008.

Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code

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Code amended in pt 2

This part amends the Criminal Code.

Insertion of new s 57 After section 56B— insert— False evidence before Parliament

"1) A person who, during an examination before the Legislative Assembly or a committee of the Legislative Assembly, knowingly gives a false answer to a lawful and relevant question put to the person during the examination commits a crime.

Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment. "(2) The offender can not be arrested without warrant.

'(3) A person can not be convicted of the offence defined in this section on the uncorroborated testimony of 1 witness.'.

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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 Queensland Act 2001 Clause 4 Act amended in pt 3 This part amends the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001. Clause 5 Amendment of s 47 (Other proceedings) Section 47— insert— '(3) However, if a person's conduct is both a contempt of the