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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 140B

Threatening to act with intent to cause public alarm

    (1)     A person must not threaten to do something that could endanger someone else's life or health with the intention of causing public alarm or anxiety.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 10 years or both.

    (2)     For this section, a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional.



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