238Definitions

238 Definitions belongs, in relation to property, see section 239. causes, in relation to damage or other result, see section 240. damage, to property, includes: (a) destroying the property; and (b) causing the physical loss of the property by interfering with the property (including by removing any restraint over the property or abandoning the property); and (c) causing any loss of a use or function of the property by interfering with the property; and (d) defacing the property, and (e) for a document – obliterating or rendering illegible the whole or any part of the document; and (f) for an animal – harming or killing the animal; and (g) for a plant or other thing forming part of land – severing it from the land.

Criminal Code Act 1983 250 property: (a) means any real or personal property of a tangible nature; and (b) without limiting paragraph (a), includes: (i) a wild creature that is tamed or ordinarily kept in captivity or that is or is being reduced into the possession of a (ii) any organ or part of a human body and any blood, ova, semen or other substance extracted from the human body. property damage offence means: (a) an offence against Subdivision 2 (other than an offence against section 242); or (b) conduct in a State or another Territory that: (i) is an offence against a law of that State or Territory; and (ii) would constitute an offence against Subdivision 2 (other than an offence against section 242) if the conduct occurred in the Territory.