Criminal Code Act 1899

Any person who—

with intent to intimidate or annoy any person, by words or conduct threatens to enter or damage a dwelling or other premises; or

with intent to alarm any person, discharges loaded firearms or does any other act that is likely to cause any person in the vicinity to fear bodily harm to any person or damage to property;

commits a crime.Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

If the offender commits the offence with the circumstance of aggravation stated in section 52B, the offender is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.

If the offence is committed in the night the offender is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 5 years. sch 1 pt 2 ch 9 s 75 amd 1975 No. 27 s 5; 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2; 1997 No. 3 s 15; 2023 No. 26 s 14