Serious Assaults - Liabilities

Question 1

Wounding with intent (14 year offence)

Answer 1

S188(1)

Everyone who with intent to cause GBH to any one, wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes GBH to any person

Question 2

Wounding with intent (7 year offence)

Answer 2

S188(2)

Every one who, with intent to injure anyone, or with reckless disregard for the safety of others, wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes GBH to any person

Question 3

Injuring with intent (10 year offence)

Answer 3

S189(1)

Everyone who with intent to cause GBH to any onem injuries any person

Question 4

Injuring with intent (5 year offence)

Answer 4

S189(2)

Every one who with intent to injure anyone, or with reckless disregard for the safety of others, injures any person

Question 5

Aggravated wounding

Answer 5

S191(1)

everyone who with intent

(a) to commit or facilitate the commission of any imprionsable offence or
(b) to avoid detection of himself or of any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence or
(c) to avoid the arrest or facilitate the flight of himself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence

wounds, maims, disfigures, causes GBH to any person or, stupefies or renders unconscious any person, or by any violent means renders any person incapable of resistance.

Question 6

Aggravated injury

Answer 6

S191(2)

everyone who with intent

(a) to commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence or
(b) to avoid detection of himself or of any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence or
(c) to avoid the arrest or facilitate the flight of himself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence

injures any person

Question 7

Discharging Firearm or Doing Dangerous Act with intent (14 year offence)

Answer 7

S198(1)

Everyone who with intent to do GBH

(a) discharges any firearm, airgun or other similar weapon at any person or
(b) sends or delivers to any person or puts in any place any explosive or injurious substance or device or
(c) sets fire to any property

Question 8

Discharging Firearm or Doing Dangerous Act with intent (7 year offence)

Answer 8

S198(2)

Everyone who with intent to injure or with reckless disregard for the safety of others

(a) discharges any firearm, airgun or other similar weapon at any person or
(b) sends or delivers to any person or puts in any place any explosive or injurious substance or device or
(c) sets fire to any property

Question 9

Using firearm against law enforcement officer (14 year offence)

Answer 9

S198A(1)

Everyone who uses any firearm in any manner whatever against any constable acting in the course of his or her duty knowing that or being reckless whether or not that person is a member of the Police so acting

Question 10

Using firearm against law enforcement officer (10 year offence)

Answer 10

S198A(2)

Every one who uses any firearm in any manner whatever with intent to resist the lawful arrest or detention of himself or herself or any other person

Question 11

Commission of an imprisonable offence with a firearm

Answer 11

S198B

Everyone who

(a) in committing any imprisonable offence uses any firearm or
(b) While committing any imprisonable offence has any firearm with him or her in circumstances that prima facie show an intention to use it in connection with that imprisonable offence

Question 12

Aggravated assault

Answer 12

S192(1)

Everyone who assaults any other person with intent to

(a) to commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence or
(b) to avoid detection of himself or of any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence or
(c) to avoid the arrest or facilitate the flight of himself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence

Question 13

Aggravated Assault (Constable)

Answer 13

S192(2)
Everyone who assaults any constable or any person acting in aid of any constable, or any person in the lawful execution of any process, with intent to obstruct the person so assaulted in the execution of his duty