South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 83O

83O—Explosive substances, prescribed equipment or instructions

        (1)         A person who, in suspicious circumstances and without lawful excuse, uses, has possession of or supplies—

            (a)         an explosive substance; or

            (b)         equipment of a kind prescribed by the regulations; or

            (c)         instructions on how to make an explosive device,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

        (2)         A person will be taken to use, have possession of or supply a thing in "suspicious circumstances" for the purposes of this section if the person uses, has possession of or supplies the thing in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable suspicion that the person is intending to cause harm to another person or to cause damage to property (or to assist another person to cause such harm or damage).