Section 35A — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

(1) A person who—
(a) has control of a dog, and
(b) does any act that causes the dog to inflict grievous bodily harm on another person, and
(c) is reckless as to the injury that may be caused to a person by the act,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who—
(a) has control of a dog, and
(b) does any act that causes the dog to inflict actual bodily harm on another person, and
(c) is reckless as to the injury that may be caused to a person by the act,
is guilty of an offence.
(3) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (1), it appears that grievous bodily harm was not inflicted on the other person but that actual bodily harm was inflicted, the person may be found not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under subsection (2) and be liable to punishment accordingly.
(4) In this section, a reference to the doing of an act includes a reference to omitting to do the act.

Related sections

• s 33A — Discharging firearm etc with intent
• s 33B — Use or possession of weapon to resist arrest etc
• s 35 — Reckless grievous bodily harm or wounding
• s 37 — Choking, suffocation and strangulation
• s 38 — Using intoxicating substance to commit an indictable offence
• s 38A — Spiking drink or food

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