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Criminal Code Act 1924
177Failure to supply necessaries
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177 Failure to supply necessaries
Any person whose legal duty it is to provide the necessaries of life for any person, and who, without lawful excuse, fails to do so, whereby the life of that person is or is likely to be endangered or his health is or is likely to be permanently injured, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Failing to supply necessaries.