Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH  

Part 5.1 - Treason and related offences  

Division 82 - Sabotage  

Subdivision B - Offences  

SECTION 82.6   Offence of sabotage reckless as to national security  

(1)    
A person commits an offence if:


(a) the person engages in conduct; and


(b) the conduct results in damage to public infrastructure; and


(c) the person is reckless as to whether the conduct will:


(i) prejudice Australia ' s national security; or

(ii) advantage the national security of a foreign country.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.


(2)    
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the person:


(a) does not need to have in mind a particular foreign country; and


(b) may have in mind more than one foreign country.