Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 766

766 Continuation of s 229J—certificate of discharge for particular offences

(1) On the commencement, former section 229J continues to apply in relation to an application made but not decided under that section before the commencement, as if the amendment Act, section 15 had not commenced.

(2) If an order is made under former section 229J(8), whether before or after the commencement—

(a) the order continues in effect indefinitely or until further order under that section; and

(b) without limiting the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20, a proceeding for an offence against former section 229J(10) may be continued or started, and a person may be convicted of and punished for the offence, as if the amendment Act, section 15 had not commenced.

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