Criminal Code (Honesty and Integrity in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2009* (Qld)

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Queensland

Criminal Code (Honesty and Integrity in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2009

Queensland

Criminal Code (Honesty and Integrity in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2009

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Part 1 Preliminary 1 Shorttitle 0... eee eee 4 Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code 2 Code amended... ........ 00. e cee eect eee eee 4 3 Insertion of NeWS 57 «1... ee 4

57 False evidence before Parliament ............... 4 Part 3 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 4 Actamended ........... 00.0000. eee eee 5

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 (Honesty and Integrity in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2009 Part 1 Preliminary

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Honesty and Integrity in Parliament) Amendment Act 2009.

Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code

2 Code amended

This part amends the Criminal Code.

3 Insertion of new s 57 After section 56B— insert— '57 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 (Honesty and Integrity in Parliament) Amendment Bill 2009 Part 3 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001