s 148C
In forceThreatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public alarm or economic loss
Schedule ICriminal Code of the Northern Territory of Australia
Part VActs injurious to the public in general
Division 4Contamination of goods
148C 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 an offence and liable to imprisonment for 10 years.
(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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