Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 239

239 Hoax contamination of goods

A person who makes a statement or conveys information to another person that he or she knows or believes to be false with the intention of inducing in that person or another person a belief that goods have been contaminated or interfered with and causes—

(a) public alarm or anxiety; or

(b) that person or that other person to refrain from purchasing those goods or goods of that or any similar class; or

(c) any person to suffer economic loss through taking steps to avoid public alarm or anxiety; or

(d) members of the public to refrain from purchasing those goods or goods of that or any similar class;

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.