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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 380 Possession of offensive weapons and disabling substances

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 380

Possession of offensive weapons and disabling substances

    (1)     A person who, without reasonable excuse, has in his or her possession, in a public place, in circumstances likely to cause alarm, an offensive weapon or a disabling substance is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine of $1 000, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     In subsection (1):

"disabling substance" means any anaesthetising or other substance made for use for disabling a person, or intended for that use by the person who has it in his or her possession.