Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 447

447 Illegal branding

(1) Any person who, knowing that the person is not the owner of an animal that is stock, brands or marks it, or knowingly permits it to be branded or marked, with the person’s registered brand or the person’s registered mark, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 5 years or to a fine of not less than 4 penalty units or, where in respect of the animal in question a value is determined in accordance with the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to section 450F , of not less than that value, whichever is the higher amount, for every animal so branded or marked.

(2) However, the fine imposed in respect of the offence shall not exceed 455 penalty units.