In Queensland, the majority of criminal laws have been codified in the Criminal Code (1899). The Criminal Code covers a range of offences relating to violence, sex offences, property, fraud, arson, corruption, breaches of the peace and others. It also contains procedural rules and practices.

Further offences are contained in other pieces of legislation, for example, the Weapons Act, Drugs Misuse Act, Traffic Act, Bail Act, Criminal Proceeds Confiscations Act and the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act.

In addition, a great number of other legislative enactments create criminal offences for specific offences or serious breaches of statutory duties. Some examples include the Fair Trading Act, Corporations Act (C’th), Workplace Health and Safety Act and the Casino Control Act.

These legal articles have been written by experienced criminal lawyers in QLD and contain detailed information on each offence including:

• What is the law on the charge?
• What is the maximum penalty in the law?
• What do the police or other prosecutor need to prove?
• What are some of the defences to these charges?
• Which Court will I be going to?

The criminal, 'white collar', and traffic offences are grouped into 27 categories. To view an article, simply choose from the list of categories below or use the "document search" function on the left. To view an alphabetical listing of all the Queensland law offences with articles on the site, click here.

• Assaults / Violence Offences
• Bail
• Commonwealth Offences
• Coroners Act
• Crime Commissions & Confiscation of Proceeds
• Domestic Violence Offences
• Driving Offences
• Drink Driving and Drug Driving Offences
• Drug Offences
• Evidence
• Firearm Offences
• Fraud / Dishonesty / Theft Offences
• Marine Safety Offences
• Murder / Manslaughter Offences
• OH&S Offences
• Other (inc. Computer Offences)
• Other Criminal Offences
• Perjury Offences
• Practice and Procedure
• Public Order Offences
• Robbery Offences
• Sentencing
• Sexual Offences
• Tax Offences
• Weapons Offences
• Workplace Offences
• Your Rights