Vandalism of cemeteries : Criminal Code and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (Qld) / Mary Westcott
- Bib ID:
- 5719799
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- Author:
- Westcott, Mary
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- Brisbane : Queensland Parliamentary Library, 2011
- [4], 12 p. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921056895
- Series:
- Research brief (Queensland. Parliamentary Library) ; no. 2011/02. 1443-7902
- Summary:
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In 2009, over 80 gravestones were damaged at Toowong Cemetery. Following a police investigation, four people were charged with wilful damage under the Queensland Criminal Code. At the defendants' committal hearing in April 2010, the charges were dismissed because the Magistrate held the view that a properly instructed jury could not convict the defendants for the offence because the prosecution would not be able to prove all the elements of the offence. The Criminal Code and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (Qld) proposes to amend the Criminal Code so that the prosecution of future cases will not be stymied on similar grounds. Amongst other matters, the Bill also proposes to introduce a new provision into the Summary Offences Act 2005 (Qld) to make it an offence to interfere with graves and memorials and items at places of religious worship. This provision will apply in circumstances in which an act, such as urinating on a grave, would not constitute wilful damage under the Criminal Code.
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- "February 2011"--Cover verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available in electronic version via the Internet. Address as at 11/10/2011: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/ResearchPublications/ResearchBriefs/2011/RBR201102.PDF.
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