Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 4 - THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS  

Division 71 - Offences against United Nations and associated personnel  

SECTION 71.12  

71.12   Threatening to commit other offences  
A person commits an offence if the person:


(a) threatens to commit an offence (the threatened offence ) under any of sections 71.2 to 71.11 ; and


(b) intends to compel any other person to do or omit to do an act by making the threat.

Penalty:

  • (a) if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.2 (murder of a UN or associated person) - imprisonment for 10 years; or
  • (b) if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.3 , 71.4 , 71.5 , 71.8 or 71.9 (manslaughter of, causing serious harm to, kidnapping, or sexually penetrating, a UN or associated person) - imprisonment for 7 years; or
  • (c) if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.6 or 71.11 (causing harm to, or damaging the property etc. of, a UN or associated person) - imprisonment for 5 years; or
  • (d) if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.7 or 71.10 (recklessly causing harm to, or unlawful detention of, a UN or associated person) - imprisonment for 3 years.
    Note:

    Section 71.23 defines UN or associated person .

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