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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2024 (NO. 24 OF 2024) - SECT 76

Offence—inducing self-administration of approved substance

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person, dishonestly or by coercion, induces an individual into self-administering an approved substance.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years.

    (2)     In this section:

"dishonest"—a person's conduct is "dishonest" if—

        (a)     the person's conduct is dishonest according to the standards of ordinary people; and

        (b)     the person knows that the conduct is dishonest according to those standards.



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