Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 21

A person who, without lawful excuse, makes to another person a threat to inflict serious injury on that other person or any other person—

        (a)     intending that that other person would fear the threat would be carried out; or

        (b)     being reckless as to whether or not that other person would fear the threat would be carried out—

is guilty of an indictable offence.

Penalty:     Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).

S. 21A inserted by No. 95/1994 s. 3.