21Threats to inflict serious injury

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21 Threats to inflict serious injury

A person who, without lawful excuse, makes to another person a threat to inflict serious injury on that other person or any other person—

(a) intending that that other person would fear the threat would be carried out; or

(b) being reckless as to whether or not that other person would fear the threat would be carried out—

S. 21A inserted by No. 95/1994 s. 3.