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Section 176 - Criminal Code Act 1924 - Administering a noxious thing | Zoe

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Criminal Code Act 1924

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176 Administering a noxious thing

Any person who unlawfully, and with intent to injure or annoy any person, administers, or causes any poison or other noxious thing to be administered, to, or taken by, any person, is guilty of a crime.

Charge: Administering poison.

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