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Criminal Code Act 1983
162Assisting and encouraging suicide
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162 Assisting and encouraging suicide
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person:
(a) assists another person to kill or attempt to kill himself or
herself; or
(b) encourages another person to kill or attempt to kill himself or
herself.
(2) For a person to be guilty of an offence against subsection (1)(a):
(a) the person must have intended his or her conduct would assist
the other person to commit suicide; and
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(b) the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide and
was assisted to do so by that conduct.
(3) For a person to be guilty of an offence against subsection (1)(b):
(a) the person must have intended his or her conduct would
encourage the other person to commit suicide; and
(b) the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide and
was encouraged to do so by that conduct.
(4) It is not an offence to attempt to commit an offence against this
section.