Commonwealth of Australia

“ A person is guilty of an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) the person’s conduct causes damage to, or the destruction of: (i) a mail‐receptacle; or (ii) an article in the course of post (including an article that appears to have been lost or wrongly delivered by or on behalf of Australia Post or lost in the course of delivery to Australia Post) ; or (iii) a postal message; and (c) the person: (i) intends that his or her conduct cause that damage; or (ii) is reckless as to whether his or her conduct causes that damage. ”

“ For the purposes of this section, a person’s conduct gives rise to a danger of death or serious harm if the conduct is ordinarily capable of creating a real, and not merely a theoretical, danger of death or serious harm. ”

“ For the purposes of subsection (3) , a borrowing or lending of a thing amounts to treating the thing as the borrower’s or lender’s own to dispose of regardless of another’s rights if, and only if, the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal. ”