Section 49 — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

(1) Any person who—
(a) places or sets, or causes to be placed or set, any trap, device or thing (whether its nature be electronic, electric, mechanical, chemical or otherwise) capable of destroying human life or inflicting grievous bodily harm on any person, or
(b) knowingly permits any such trap, device or thing to continue to be placed or set,
with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm shall be liable to imprisonment for five years.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall extend to any gin or trap, placed with the intention of destroying vermin, or to any trap, device or thing placed in a dwelling-house for the protection thereof.

Related sections

• s 46 — Causing bodily injury by gunpowder etc
• s 47 — Using etc explosive substance or corrosive fluid etc
• s 48 — Causing explosives to be placed in or near building, conveyance or public place
• s 49A — Throwing rocks and other objects at vehicles and vessels
• s 51A — Predatory driving
• s 51B — Police pursuits

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