Section 29 — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

Certain other attempts to murder

Whosoever—
attempts to administer to, or cause to be taken by, any person any poison, or other destructive thing, or
shoots at, or in any manner attempts to discharge any kind of loaded arms at any person, or
attempts to drown, suffocate, or strangle any person,
with intent in any such case to commit murder,
shall, whether any bodily injury is effected or not, be liable to imprisonment for 25 years.

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Related sections

s 26 — Conspiring to commit murder
s 27 — Acts done to the person with intent to murder
s 28 — Acts done to property with intent to murder
s 30 — Attempts to murder by other means
s 31 — Documents containing threats
s 31A — Suicide and attempt to commit suicide

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