Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 400

In this part:

"causes" damage or another result—a person causes damage or another result if the person's conduct substantially contributes to the damage or other result.

"damage" property, includes the following:

        (a)     destroy the property;

        (b)     cause the physical loss of the property by interfering with the property (including by removing any restraint over the property or abandoning the property);

        (c)     cause loss of a use or function of the property by interfering with the property;

        (d)     deface the property;

        (e)     for a document—obliterate or make illegible the whole or part of the document;

        (f)     for an animal—harm or kill the animal;

        (g)     for a plant or other thing forming part of land—cut it from the land.

"property" means any property of a tangible nature.

Note     For further definition of property , see the dictionary and the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1.