Definitions
238 Definitions
In this Division:
belongs, in relation to property, see section 239.
causes, in relation to damage or other result, see section 240.
damage, to property, includes:
destroying the property; and
(b) causing the physical loss of the property by interfering with the property (including by removing any restraint over the property or abandoning the property); and
(c) causing any loss of a use or function of the property by interfering with the property; and
defacing the property, and
(e) for a document – obliterating or rendering illegible the whole or any part of the document; and
for an animal – harming or killing the animal; and
(g) for a plant or other thing forming part of land – severing it from the land.
property:
means any real or personal property of a tangible nature; and
without limiting paragraph (a), includes:
(i) a wild creature that is tamed or ordinarily kept in captivity or that is or is being reduced into the possession of a person; and
(ii) any organ or part of a human body and any blood, ova, semen or other substance extracted from the human body.
property damage offence means:
(a) an offence against Subdivision 2 (other than an offence against section 242); or
conduct in a State or another Territory that:
is an offence against a law of that State or Territory; and
(ii) would constitute an offence against Subdivision 2 (other than an offence against section 242) if the conduct occurred in the Territory.
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