Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1992 - SECT 199

Transmission likely to cause explosion

             (1)  A person must not use a transmitter in a manner that the person knows is likely to cause an explosion.

Penalty: 

                     (a)  if the offender is an individual--imprisonment for 5 years; or

                     (b)  otherwise--5,000 penalty units.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).



[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]