Threatening to act with intent to cause public alarm

In force

(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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