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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 203C

Threaten sabotage

203C Threaten sabotage

(1) A person who--
(a) makes to another person a threat to damage a public facility, and
(b) intends that person to fear that the threat will be carried out and will cause--
(i) extensive destruction of property, or
(ii) major economic loss,
is guilty of an offence.
: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) In the prosecution of an offence under this section it is not necessary to prove that the person threatened actually feared that the threat would be carried out.
(3) For the purposes of this section--
(a) a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional, and
(b) a threat to a person includes a threat to a group of persons, and
(c) fear that a threat will be carried out includes apprehension that it will be carried out.



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