Definitions

Question 1

Claim of Right

Answer 1

Section 2 - CA1961

A claim of right, in relation to any act, means a belief at the time of the act in a proprietary or possessory right in property in relation to which the offence is alleged to have been committed, although that belief may be based on ignorance or mistake of fact or of any matter of law other than the enactment against which the offence is alleged to have been committed

Question 2

Person

Answer 2

Accepted by circumstantial evidence and proved by judicial notice

Question 3

Assaults

Answer 3

Section 2 - CA1961

The act 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 force to the person of another, if the person making the threat has, or causes the other to believe on reasonable grounds that he or she has, present ability to effect his or her purpose; and ‘to assault’ has a corresponding meaning.

Question 4

Intents (Two)

Answer 4

Intent to commit a specific act

Intent to achieve a specific result

Question 5

Injure

Answer 5

Section 2 - CA1961

To cause actual bodily harm

Question 6

Constable

Answer 6

Section 4 - Policing Act 2008

Police employee who-

(a) holds the office of constable (whether appointed as a constable under the Police Act 1958 or this Act) and
(b) includes a constable who holds any level of position within the New Zealand Police

Question 7

Property

Answer 7

Section 2 - CA1961

Property includes real and personal property, and any estate or interest in any real or personal property, money, electricity, and any debt, and any thing in action, and any other right or interest.

Question 8

Explosive

Answer 8

Section 2 - AA1993

Any substance or mixture or combination of substances which in its normal state is capable either of decomposition at such rapid rate as to result in an explosion or of producing a pyrotechnic effect

Question 9

Theft

Answer 9

Section 219 - CA1961
Dishonestly 
Without a claim of right
Takes
Any property 
With intent to permanently deprive owner of that property or interest in that property

Question 10

Consent

Answer 10

‘Consent’ is a person’s conscious and voluntary agreement to something desired or proposed by another.

Question 11

Sexual Connection

Answer 11

Section 2 - CA1961

(a)
Connection effected by the introduction into the genitalia or anus of one person, otherwise than for genuine medical purposes, of—

(i)
a part of the body of another person; or
(ii)
an object held or manipulated by another person; or

(b)
connection between the mouth or tongue of one person and a part of another person’s genitalia or anus; or

(c)
the continuation of connection of a kind described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b)

Question 12

Young Person

Answer 12

Someone under 16 years old