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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 60
Assault and other actions against police officers
60 Assault and other actions against police officers
(1AA) A person who hinders or resists, or incites another person to hinder or
resist, a police officer in the execution of the officer's duty commits an
offence. : Maximum penalty-- Imprisonment for 12 months or a fine of 20
penalty units or both.
(1) A person who assaults, throws a missile at,
stalks, harasses or intimidates a police officer while in the execution of the
officer's duty, although no actual bodily harm is occasioned to the officer,
is liable to imprisonment for 5 years.
(1A) A person who, during a
public disorder, assaults, throws a missile at, stalks, harasses or
intimidates a police officer while in the execution of the officer's duty,
although no actual bodily harm is occasioned to the officer, is liable to
imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) A person who assaults a police officer while in
the execution of the officer's duty, and by the assault occasions actual
bodily harm, is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2A) A person who, during
a public disorder, assaults a police officer while in the execution of the
officer's duty, and by the assault occasions actual bodily harm, is liable to
imprisonment for 9 years.
(3) A person who by any means-- (a) wounds or
causes grievous bodily harm to a police officer while in the execution of the
officer's duty, and
(b) is reckless as to causing actual bodily harm to that
officer or any other person,
is liable to imprisonment for 12 years.
(3A) A
person who by any means during a public disorder-- (a) wounds or causes
grievous bodily harm to a police officer while in the execution of the
officer's duty, and
(b) is reckless as to causing actual bodily harm to that
officer or any other person,
is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
(4) For
the purposes of this section, an action is taken to be carried out in relation
to a police officer while in the execution of the officer's duty, even though
the police officer is not on duty at the time, if it is carried out-- (a) as a
consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by that police
officer in the execution of the officer's duty, or
(b) because the officer is
a police officer.
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