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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 17

Suicide—aiding etc

    (1)     A person who aids or abets the suicide or attempted suicide of another person is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for 10 years.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     a person incites or counsels another person to commit suicide; and

        (b)     the other person commits, or attempts to commit, suicide as a consequence of that incitement or counselling;

the firstmentioned person is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for 10 years.



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