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Crimes Act 1900
140BThreatening to act with intent to cause public alarm
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140B Threatening to act with intent to cause public alarm
(1) A person must not threaten to do something that could endanger
someone else’s life or health with the intention of causing public
alarm or anxiety.
(2) For this section, a threat may be made by any conduct, and may be
explicit or implicit and conditional or unconditional.