Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 543

543 Other conspiracies

(1) Any person who conspires with another to effect any of the purposes following, that is to say—

(a) to prevent or defeat the execution or enforcement of any statute law;

(b) to cause any injury to the person or reputation of any person, or to depreciate the value of any property of any person;

(c) to prevent or obstruct the free and lawful disposition of any property by the owner thereof for its fair value;

(d) to injure any person in the person’s trade or profession;

(e) to prevent or obstruct, by means of any act or acts which if done by an individual person would constitute an offence on the person’s part, the free and lawful exercise by any person of the person’s trade, profession, or occupation;

(f) to effect any unlawful purpose;

(g) to effect any lawful purpose by any unlawful means;

is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.

(2) A prosecution for an offence defined in this section shall not be instituted without the consent of the Attorney-General.