Assult Flashcards
What are the ingredients for assault with a weapon?
Assaults
Another person
Using anything as weapon
OR
Having anything with him or her in circumstances that prima facie show an intention to use it as a weapon.
What are the ingredients for assault?
Assaults
Another person
What is the act and section for assault?
Crimes act 1961, section 196
Summary Offences Act 1981, Section 9
What is the act and section for assaults with a weapon?
Crimes act 1961 Section 202C(1)(a) or 202C(1)(b)
Discussion for Assults?
Acts of intentionally applying or attempting to apply force to the person of another, directly or indirectly, or threatening by any act or gesture to apply such a force to the person of another, if the person making the threat has, or causes the other to believe on reasonable grounds that they have, the present ability to effect their purpose.
What is the discussion for another person?
It has to be another person other than the offender.
What is the discussion for using anything as a weapon?
An object of some sort, used as a weapon.
What is the discussion for having anything with him or her in circumstances that prima facie show an intention to use it as a weapon?
An object of some sort, on the offender or reasonable available to them. Circumstances must show an intention to use the object as a weapon.
What is the section for assaults a constable, traffic officer or prison officer?
Section 10 of the summary offences act 1981