174C
In forceRecklessly endangering life
Schedule ICriminal Code of the Northern Territory of Australia
Part VIOffences against the person and related matters
Division 3ARecklessly endangering life and serious harm, negligently causing serious harm and related offences involving vehicles and vessels
Subdivision 2Offences
174C Recklessly endangering life
A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a)
the person engages in conduct; and
(b)
that conduct gives rise to a danger of death to any person; and
(c) the person is reckless as to the danger of death to any person that arises from the conduct.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or, for an aggravated offence, 14 years.
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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