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Criminal Code Act 1983
166Threats to kill
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166 Threats to kill
(1) Any person who, with intent to cause fear, makes, or causes any
person to receive, a threat to kill any person which threat is of such
a nature as to cause fear to any person of reasonable firmness and
courage, is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for
(2) It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this section to
prove that making such a threat or causing it to be received was
reasonable by the standards of an ordinary person similarly
circumstanced to the accused person.