Section 44 — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

(1) A person—
(a) who is under a legal duty to provide another person with the necessities of life, and
(b) who, without reasonable excuse, intentionally or recklessly fails to provide that person with the necessities of life,
is guilty of an offence if the failure causes a danger of death or causes serious injury, or the likelihood of serious injury, to that person.
(2) A person cannot be found guilty of both an offence against section 43A and an offence against this section in respect of the same act or omission.

Related sections

• s 43 — Abandoning or exposing a child under 7 years
• s 43A — Failure of persons with parental responsibility to care for child
• s 43B — Failure to reduce or remove risk of child becoming victim of child abuse
• s 45 — Prohibition of female genital mutilation
• s 45A — Removing person from State for female genital mutilation
• s 46 — Causing bodily injury by gunpowder etc

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