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Chapter: | 245
 | Title: | PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | E.R. 1 of 2013 |
| Section: | 28 | Heading: | Bomb hoaxes | Version Date: | 25/04/2013 |
(1) Any person who-
- (a) places any article or substance in any place whatever; or
(b) dispatches any article or substance by post, rail, sea, air or any other means whatever of sending things from one place to another,
(2) Any person who communicates any information which he knows or believes to be false to another person with the intention of inducing him or any other person to believe that a bomb or other article, substance or thing liable to explode or ignite is present in any place or location whatever shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) For a person to be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) it shall not be necessary for him to have any particular person in mind as the person in whom he intends to induce the belief mentioned in those subsections.
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable-
- (a) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 years; and
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $150000 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)