Criminal Hoaxes
(Jersey) Law 2000
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Criminal Hoaxes
(Jersey) Law 2000
A LAW to create certain offences in respect of criminal hoaxes
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Criminal hoax
(1) A
person who –
(a) places
any thing in any place; or
(b) despatches
any thing from one place to another,
with the intention (in
either case) of inducing in some other person, whether in Jersey or elsewhere,
a false belief that it is likely to explode or ignite, or to be released or
exposed, and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property or create a
serious risk to human health, is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years, or both.[1]
(2) A
person who communicates any information that the person knows or believes to be
false to another person with the intention of inducing in any person, whether
in Jersey or elsewhere, a false belief that any thing liable to explode or ignite
or, if released or exposed, to cause personal injury or damage to property or
create a serious risk to human health is present in any place, is guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years,
or both.[2]
(3) For
a person to be guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) it is not
necessary for him or her to have any particular person in mind as the person in
whom he or she intends to induce the belief.
2 Citation
This Law may be cited as
the Criminal Hoaxes (Jersey) Law 2000.