Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 765

765 Proceedings for particular offences against former ch 22A

(1) This section applies in relation to an offence against a relevant chapter 22A provision committed by a person before the commencement.

(2) Without limiting the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20, a proceeding for the offence may be continued or started, and the person may be convicted of and punished for the offence, as if the amendment Act, sections 15 and 31 had not commenced.

(3) Subsection (2) applies despite section 11.

(4) In this section—

"relevant chapter 22A provision" means each of the following provisions as in force from time to time before the commencement—

(a) section 229FA;

(b) section 229G;

(c) section 229H, if the offence is alleged to have been committed with the circumstance of aggravation mentioned in section 229H(2);

(d) section 229HB, if the offence is alleged to have been committed with the circumstance of aggravation mentioned in section 229HB(2);

(e) section 229I, if the offence is alleged to have been committed with the circumstance of aggravation mentioned in section 229I(2);

(f) section 229K, if—

(i) the offence is alleged to have been committed with the circumstance of aggravation mentioned in section 229K(3); or

(ii) section 229K(2) applies because of section 229K(3B).