Violence Sections

Question 1

What does section 188(1) refer to?

Answer 1

Wounding with intent

(1) With intent to cause GBH wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes GBH to any person

Question 2

What does section 188(2) refer to?

Answer 2

Wounding with intent

(2) Anyone with intent to injure anyone, or with reckless disregard for the safety of others, wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes grievous bodily harm to any person.

Question 3

What does section 189(1) refer to?

Answer 3

Injures with Intent

(1) With intent to cause GBH injures any person

Question 4

What does section 189(2) refer to?

Answer 4

Injures with Intent

(2) With intent to injure or with reckless disregard for the safety of others - injures any person

Question 5

What does section 191(1) refer to?

Answer 5

Aggravated Wounding or Injuring

(1) with intent—
(a) To commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence; or
(b) To avoid the 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, or causes grievous bodily harm to any person, or stupefies or renders unconscious any person, or by any violent means renders any person incapable of resistance.

Question 6

What does section 191(2) refer to?

Answer 6

Aggravated Wounding or Injuring

(2) Everyone who, with any such intent as aforesaid, injures any person.
(Intent from section 1 below)

(1) with intent—
(a) To commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence; or
(b) To avoid the 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 7

What does section 192(1) refer to?

Answer 7

Aggravated Assault

Anyone who assaults any other person with intent-

(a) To commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence; or
(b) To avoid the 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 8

What does section 192(2) refer to?

Answer 8

Aggravated Assault

Every one 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.
(Is liable to max 3 years)

Question 9

What does section 198(1) refer to?

Answer 9

Discharging firearm or doing dangerous act with intent

Every one who, with intent to do grievous bodily harm,—

(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 10

What does section 198(2) refer to?

Answer 10

Discharging firearm or doing dangerous act with intent

Every one who, with intent to injure, or with reckless disregard for the safety of others, does any of the acts referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

(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 11

What does section 198A(1) refer to?

Answer 11

Using any firearm against law enforcement officer, etc

Every one who uses any firearm in any manner whatever against any constable, or any traffic officer, or any prison officer, 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 or a traffic officer or a prison officer so acting.

Question 12

What does section 198A(1) refer to?

Answer 12

Using any firearm against law enforcement officer, etc

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

Question 13

What does section 198B(1) refer to?

Answer 13

Commission of an Imprisonable Offence with firearm

(1) Every one 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 14

What does section 234 refer to?

Answer 14

Robbery

(1) Robbery is theft accompanied by violence or threats of violence, to any person or property, used to extort the property stolen or to prevent or overcome resistance to its being stolen.

Question 15

What does section 235 refer to?

Answer 15

Aggravated robbery

Every one who—

(a) robs any person and, at the time of, or immediately before or immediately after, the robbery, causes grievous bodily harm to any person; or
(b) being together with any other person or persons, robs any person; or
(c) being armed with any offensive weapon or instrument, or any thing appearing to be such a weapon or instrument, robs any other person.

Question 16

What does section 236(1) refer to?

Answer 16

Assault with intent to rob

(1) Every one who, with intent to rob any person,—
(a) causes grievous bodily harm to that person or any other person; or
(b) being armed with any offensive weapon or instrument, or any thing appearing to be such a weapon or instrument, assaults that person or any other person; or
(c) being together with any other person or persons, assaults that person or any other person.

Question 17

What does section 236(2) refer to?

Answer 17

Assault with intent to rob

(2) Every one who assaults any person with intent to rob that person or any other person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.

Question 18

What does section 237(1) refer to?

Answer 18

Blackmail

(1) Every one commits blackmail who threatens, expressly or by implication, to make any accusation against any person (whether living or dead), to disclose something about any person (whether living or dead), or to cause serious damage to property or endanger the safety of any person with intent—
(a) to cause the person to whom the threat is made to act in accordance with the will of the person making the threat; and
(b) to obtain any benefit or to cause loss to any other person.

Question 19

What does section 237(2) refer to?

Answer 19

Blackmail

(2) Every one who acts in the manner described in subsection (1) is guilty of blackmail, even though that person believes that he or she is entitled to the benefit or to cause the loss, unless the making of the threat is, in the circumstances, a reasonable and proper means for effecting his or her purpose.

Question 20

What does section 239(1) refer to?

Answer 20

Demanding with intent to steal, etc

(1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who, without claim of right, by force or with any threat, compels any person to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter, or destroy any document capable of conferring a pecuniary advantage with intent to obtain any benefit.

Question 21

What does section 239(2) refer to?

Answer 21

Demanding with intent to steal, etc

(2) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, with menaces or by any threat, demands any property from any persons with intent to steal it.

Question 22

What does section 208 refer to?

Answer 22

Abduction for purposes of marriage or sexual connection

Every one who unlawfully takes away or detains a person without his or her consent or with his or her consent obtained by fraud or duress,—

(a) with intent to marry him or her; or
(b) with intent to have sexual connection with him or her; or
(c) with intent to cause him or her to be married to or to have sexual connection with some other person.

Question 23

What does section 209 refer to?

Answer 23

Kidnapping

Every one who unlawfully takes away or detains a person without his or her consent or with his or her consent obtained by fraud or duress,—

(a) with intent to hold him or her for ransom or to service; or
(b) with intent to cause him or her to be confined or imprisoned; or
(c) with intent to cause him or her to be sent or taken out of New Zealand.

Question 24

What does section 210(1) refer to?

Answer 24

Abduction of young person under 16

(1) Every one who, with intent to deprive a parent or guardian or other person having the lawful care or charge of a young person of the possession of the young person, unlawfully takes or entices away or detains the young person.

Question 25

What does section 210(2) refer to?

Answer 25

Abduction of young person under 16

(2) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who receives a young person, knowing that he or she has been unlawfully taken or enticed away or detained with intent to deprive a parent or guardian or other person having the lawful care or charge of him or her of the possession of him or her.

Question 26

What does section 98C refer to?

Answer 26

Smuggling migrants

Question 27

What does section 98D refer to?

Answer 27

Trafficking in Persons