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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against the person - Assaults and injuries to the person

191: Aggravated wounding or injury

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"Hurting someone on purpose to help with a crime can lead to prison time."

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If you hurt someone on purpose to help commit a crime, you can go to prison for up to 14 years. This can happen if you want to avoid being caught for a crime, or if you want to help someone else avoid being caught. You can also go to prison if you hurt someone to help them get away from the police. If you injure someone on purpose to help commit a crime, you can go to prison for up to 7 years. The law says that hurting someone in these situations is a very serious offence, and you will be punished for it.

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Part 8Crimes against the person
Assaults and injuries to the person

191Aggravated wounding or injury

  1. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who with intent—

  2. to commit or facilitate the commission of any imprisonable offence; or
    1. to avoid the detection of himself or herself or of any other person in the commission of any imprisonable offence; or
      1. to avoid the arrest or facilitate the flight of himself or herself or of any other person upon the commission or attempted commission of any imprisonable offence—
          1. 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.

        1. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, with any such intent as aforesaid, injures any person.

        2. Repealed
        Compare
        • 1908 No 32 ss 195, 196
        • 1941 No 10 Schedule
        Notes
        • Section 191(1)(a): amended, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).
        • Section 191(1)(b): amended, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).
        • Section 191(1)(c): amended, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).
        • Section 191(3): repealed, on , by section 164(b) of the Sentencing Act 2002 (2002 No 9).