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CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 25 Setting traps etc. to kill

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 25

Setting traps etc. to kill

A person who sets a trap or device with the intention of killing another person (whether a trespasser or not) or being reckless as to whether or not another person (whether a trespasser or not) is killed is guilty of an indictable offence.

Penalty:     Level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).

S. 26 substituted by No. 10233 s. 8(2), amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1)

(Sch. 2 item 9), 48/1997

s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 14).