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Criminal Code Act 1983
148CThreatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public
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148C Threatening to contaminate goods with intent to cause public
alarm or economic loss
(1) A person who makes a threat that goods will be contaminated with
the intention of:
(a) causing public alarm or anxiety; or
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(b) causing economic loss through public awareness of the
(2) For the purposes of this section, a threat may be made by any
conduct, and may be explicit or implicit and conditional or
unconditional.