THE ISLAND OF NAURU

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 1960

No. 1 of 1960

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Criminal Code of Queensland in its application in the Island of Nauru.

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Island of Nauru, in pursuance of the powers conferred by Article I of the Agreement dated the second day of July, 1919, between the Government of the United Kingdom, the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of New Zealand, hereby make the following Ordinance.

Dated this second day of April, 1960.

J. PRESTON WHITE,
Administrator of the Island of Nauru.

________

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 1960

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Code Amendment Ordinance 1960.

2. After section four hundred and twenty-four of the First Schedule to The Criminal Code Act, 1899, of the State of Queensland, in its application in Nauru, the following heading and section are inserted: -

"Persons found in Dwelling-house, etc., without Lawful Excuse.

"424A. A person who, without lawful excuse (proof of which lies upon him) is in or upon, or in or at a place adjacent to –

(a) a dwelling-house, shop, office, factory, garage, out-house or other building;

(b) an enclosed yard, garden or other area;

(c) a ship or other vessel; or

(d) an area in which mining operations are being carried on,

is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment with hard labour for one year.".
____________________