Hoaxes

Bomb hoaxes

A person must not
- place an article or substance in any place; or
- send an article or substance by any means of transportation
with the intention of inducing in another person a false belief that the article or substance is likely to explode or ignite or discharge a dangerous or deleterious matter.
Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or a level 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum) or both.

A person must not, whether within or outside Victoria, make a statement or convey information to another person which the person making the statement or conveying the information knows or believes to be false with the intention of inducing in that person or any other person a belief that an article or substance liable to explode or ignite or discharge a dangerous or deleterious matter is present in any place in Victoria.
Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or a level 6 fine (600 penalty units maximum) or both.

For a person to be guilty of such an offence it is not necessary for him or her to have any particular person in mind as the person in whom he or she intends to induce the belief referred to above.

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