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Criminal Code Act 1924
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144 Duty to provide necessaries
(1) It is the duty of every person having charge of another, who is unable by reason of age, sickness, unsoundness of mind, detention, or any other cause to withdraw himself from such charge, and who is unable to provide himself with the necessaries of life, to provide such necessaries for that other person.
(2) It is immaterial how such charge arose.