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Crimes Act 1900
138Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause
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138 Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause
(1) A person must not threaten that goods will be contaminated with the
intention of—
(a) causing public alarm or anxiety; or
(b) causing economic loss through public awareness of the
possibility of contamination.
(2) For this section, a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be
explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional.