Liabilities - Preparing to commit an Imprisonable Offence

Question 0

Explain the following terms:

• Found
• Public place
• Behaving in a manner from which can be reasonably inferred
• an imprisonable offence

Answer 0

• Found
  Discovered
  Seen entering
  Seen leaving
  Seen
• Public place
  As per Sect. 2 Summary offences act 1981
• Behaving in a manner from which can be reasonably inferred
  Carrying out actions from which the court may infer the intentions of the offender
• An imprisonable offence
  Any offence punishable by imprisonment

Question 1

List the ingredients of ‘Preparing to commit an Imprisonable Offence’.

Answer 1

• Found.
• In any public place.
• Behaving in a manner from which it can be inferred that the person is
• Preparing to commit an imprisonable offence.