Criminal Code Act 1924
276AAFalse threats of danger
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276AA False threats of danger
*[Section 276AA Inserted by No. 30 of 1973, s. 11 ]*A person who makes a statement or conveys information, being a statement or information that he knows to be false, to the effect that, or from which it could be reasonably inferred that, some act has been, will be, or is likely to be, done at any place that is of such a nature as to give rise, or be likely to give rise, to serious risk of danger to persons or property at or near that place, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Making false threats of danger.