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CRIMINAL CODE 1924 - SECT 287E

   Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss
(1)  A person who makes a threat that goods will be contaminated with the intention of –
(a) causing public alarm or anxiety; or
(b) causing economic loss through public awareness of the contamination –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge:  Threatening to contaminate goods.
(2)  For the purposes of this section, a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional.



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