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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against the person - Assaults and injuries to the person

193: Assault with intent to injure

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“Hurting someone on purpose is against the law and can lead to jail time.”

If you try to hurt someone on purpose by attacking them, you can get in big trouble. The law says you might have to go to prison for up to 3 years if you do this. This is called “assault with intent to injure”. It means you wanted to harm someone and you physically attacked them. The law treats this as a serious crime because you meant to cause harm to another person.

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

193Assault with intent to injure

  1. Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who, with intent to injure any one, assaults any person.