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RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1992 - SECT 199

Transmission likely to cause explosion

  (1)   A person must not use a transmitter in a manner that the person knows is likely to cause an explosion.

Penalty:  

  (a)   if the offender is an individual--imprisonment for 5 years; or

  (b)   otherwise--5,000 penalty units.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).



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