Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 588A

588A Charges of stealing certain animals and of killing certain animals with intent to steal

(1) If on the trial of a person charged with stealing an animal that is stock the evidence establishes that the person is not guilty of the offence charged but is guilty of the offence of killing an animal with intent to steal the skin or carcass or any part of the skin or carcass, the person may be convicted of the latter offence and is liable to the punishment prescribed in respect of that offence.

(2) If on the trial of a person charged with killing an animal with intent to steal the skin or carcass or any part of the skin or carcass the evidence establishes that the person is not guilty of the offence charged but is guilty of the offence of stealing an animal, the person may be convicted of the latter offence and is liable to the punishment prescribed in respect of that offence.

(3) A reference in this section to the offence of killing an animal with intent to steal the skin or carcass or any part of the skin or carcass is a reference to the offence of killing an animal with intent to steal the skin or, as the case may be, the carcass or, as the case may be, part of the skin or, as the case may be, part of the carcass.