Doing Dangerous Act With Intent S198(1)(c)

Question 1

Name the Act and Section for Doing Dangerous Act With Intent:

Answer 1

Section 198(1)(c) Crimes Act 1961

Question 2

Name the term of imprisonment for Doing a Dangerous Act with Intent:

Answer 2

14 years

Question 3

Name the 3 ingredients for Doing a Dangerous Act with Intent:

Answer 3

1. With Intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm
2. Sets Fire
3. To any property

Question 4

Define intent:

Answer 4

In a criminal law context there are two specific types of intention in an offence. Firstly there must be an intention to commit the act and secondly, an intention to get a specific result.

Question 5

Define Grievous Bodily Harm:

Answer 5

Grievous Bodily Harm can bad defined simply as “harm that is really serious”

Question 6

DPP v Smith

Bodily harm needs no explanation and grievous..

Answer 6

Means no more and no less than “really serious”

Question 7

Define Sets Fire:

Answer 7

Fire is a result of the process of combustion, a chemical reaction between fuel and oxygen, triggered by heat.

Question 8

Define Property:

Sec 2, Crimes Act 1961

Answer 8

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