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Criminal Code Act 1983
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241 Damage to property
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person causes damage to
property belonging to another person.
(a) intentionally causes damage to property belonging to that
other person or someone else; or
(b) is reckless as to causing damage to property belonging to that
other person or someone else.
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if the person makes a threat to
another person to cause damage to property.
(a) intentionally makes a threat to another person to cause
damage to property; and
(b) is reckless as to causing the other person to fear that:
(i) the threat will be carried out; and
(ii) the carrying out of the threat will cause death or serious
harm to someone.
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another person to cause damage to property belonging to that other
person or someone else.
(a) intentionally makes a threat to another person to cause
damage to property belonging to that other person or
someone else; and
(b) intends to cause the other person to fear that the threat will be
(4) For subsections (2) and (3):
implicit and may be conditional or unconditional; and
and
(5) A person is guilty of an offence if the person possesses a thing for
use by that person or someone else to cause damage to property
belonging to another person.
Fault element:
The person intends that the person or someone else will use the
thing to cause damage to property belonging to another person.