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Setting traps etc. to kill

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Part IOffences
Division 1Offences against the person
Subdivision (4)Offences against the person

25 Setting traps etc. to kill

A person who sets a trap or device with the intention of killing another person (whether a trespasser or not) or being reckless as to whether or not another person (whether a trespasser or not) is killed is guilty of an indictable offence.

  1. Level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).

S. 26 substituted by No. 10233 s. 8(2), amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 9), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 14).

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