Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 56B

56B Going armed to Parliament House

(1) Any person who without lawful excuse being armed enters or is found in Parliament House or in any of the grounds thereof or in any building in or upon such grounds is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of 100 penalty units with or without imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

(1A) The offender may be arrested without warrant.

(2) On the conviction of a person for an offence against subsection (1) , any arms found in the person’s possession or under the person’s control are forfeited to the State.

(3) For the purposes of this section—

"armed" shall mean having in the person’s possession or under the person’s immediate control whether concealed or not—

(a) any firearm whatsoever loaded or unloaded and whether capable of projecting a missile or not; or

(b) any bomb or other explosive matter, machine, or device mechanical or otherwise capable of causing injury to any person or damage to any property or any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument; or

(c) any corrosive substance;

and the word
"arms" shall have a correlative meaning.