Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 588

588 Charge of stealing stock

If, on the trial of a person charged with stealing an animal that is stock, the evidence establishes that the person is not guilty of the offence charged, but is guilty of any of the offences following, that is to say—

(a) unlawfully using the animal without the consent of the owner, or of the person in lawful possession thereof;

(b) branding or marking the animal, or knowingly permitting it to be branded or marked, with the person’s registered brand or registered mark, knowing that the person is not the owner of the animal;

(c) altering or defacing, or otherwise rendering undistinguishable, any registered brand or registered mark upon the animal;

(d) knowingly permitting any act as mentioned in paragraph (c) to be done by any person over whom the person has control;