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Criminal Code Act 1899
sch.1-sec.470AUnlawful dealing with explosive or noxious substances
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### sch.1-sec.470A Unlawful dealing with explosive or noxious substances
A person who, in circumstances that may cause injury to a person or damage to property, wilfully and unlawfully—
throws, leaves down, or otherwise deposits an explosive or noxious substance; or
makes, or has possession of, an explosive or noxious substance;
commits a crime.
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
sch 1 pt 6 div 2 ch 46 s 470A ins 1943 7 Geo 6 No. 14 s 21
amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2 ; 2008 No. 55 s 89
sub 2018 No. 2 s 5
- (a) throws, leaves down, or otherwise deposits an explosive or noxious substance; or
- (b) makes, or has possession of, an explosive or noxious substance;