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 Offence—threatening to take a reprisal

(3) A person (the first person) commits an offence if:


 * (a) the first person makes a threat to another person (the second person) to take a reprisal against the second person or a third person; and


 * (b) the first person:


 * (i) intends the second person to fear that the threat will be carried out; or


 * (ii) is reckless as to the second person fearing that the threat will be carried out.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the threat may be:


 * (a) express or implied; or


 * (b) conditional or unconditional.


 * (5) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (3), it is not necessary to prove that the person threatened actually feared that the threat would be carried out.