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Threats to destroy or damage property

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Part IOffences
Division 3Criminal damage to property
Subdivision (1)General offences and procedural provisions

198 Threats to destroy or damage property

A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat—

(a)

to destroy or damage any property belonging to that other or a third person or to himself and that other or a third person; or

(b)

to destroy or damage his own property in a way which he knows or believes is more likely than not to endanger the life of that other or a third person—

shall, if he made the threat with the purpose of causing the other to fear that it would be carried out, be guilty of an indictable offence and liable to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).

S. 199 repealed by No. 9228 s. 2(1)(c), new s. 199 inserted by No. 9228 s. 2(1)(d), amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 52), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 72).

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