Liabilities - Resisting/Obstructing Police

Question 0

What are the ingredients for ‘Intentionally Obstructs Police’?

Answer 0

• Intentionally
• Obstructs
  OR
• Incites any other person to obstruct
  OR
• Encourages any other person to obstruct
• Any constable acting in the execution of their duty.

Question 1

What are the ingredients for ‘Resisting Police’?

Answer 1

-	Resists
OR
-	Incites any other Person to Resist
OR
-	Encourages any other person to resist
-	Any constable acting in the execution of their duty.

Question 2

Define the following terms:

• Resists
• Intentionally obstructs
• Incites
• Encourages
• Execution of Duty

Answer 2

• Resists
  Uses opposing force to actively resist the arrest process
• Intentionally obstructs
  Deliberate act, without lawful justification or claim of right which makes it substantially difficult for a constable to carry out his duties.
• Incites
  Rouses, stimulates or urges another person to violent behaviour to break away or oppose by force.
• Encourages
  Advisers, promotes or assists another person to make it substantially more difficult for a constable to carry out their duties.
• Execution of Duty
  A constable performing their lawful duty.