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Crimes Act 1900
17Suicide—aiding etc
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17 Suicide—aiding etc
(1) A person who aids or abets the suicide or attempted suicide of another
imprisonment for 10 years.
(a) a person incites or counsels another person to commit suicide;
and
(b) the other person commits, or attempts to commit, suicide as a
consequence of that incitement or counselling;
conviction, by imprisonment for 10 years.