(1) A person who—
(a) places any article in any place; or
(b) dispatches any article by post or by any other means,
with intention (in either case) of inducing in another person a belief that such article is likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for one year.
(2) A person who communicates any information which he or she knows or believes to be false to another person with the intention of inducing in him or her or any other person a false belief that a bomb or other thing likely to explode or ignite is planted in any place or location is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) For a person to be convicted of an offence under subsection (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 such belief.
(4) In this section “article includes a substance.