Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 316

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person, in any place other than the person's home, has with the person an offensive weapon with intent to use it in the course of or in relation to theft or a related offence.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (2)     In this section:

"related offence" means any of the following:

        (a)     robbery;

        (b)     aggravated robbery;

        (c)     burglary;

        (d)     aggravated burglary.