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Sexual assault in the first degree (Grievous bodily harm inflicted with the intent of sexually penetrating another person) Act of indecency in the first degree (Grievous bodily harm inflicted with the intent of committing an "act of indecency" upon another person). "Act of indecency" is not defined in the Crimes Act 1900 of which it forms a part.
Bodily harm is a legal term of art used in the definition of both statutory and common law offences in Australia, Canada, England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions. It is a synonym for injury or bodily injury and similar expressions, though it may be used with a precise and limited meaning in any given jurisdiction.
In the NSW Crimes Act 1900 murder is defined as follows: [9] [10]. Murder shall be taken to have been committed where the act of the accused, or thing by him or her omitted to be done, causing the death charged, was done or omitted with reckless indifference to human life, or with intent to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm upon some person, or done in an attempt to commit, or during or ...
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (and derivative offences) Inflicting grievous bodily harm or causing grievous bodily harm with intent (and derivative offences) [2] These crimes are usually grouped together in common law countries as a legacy of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.
'Bodily harm' needs no explanation, and 'grievous' means no more and no less than 'really serious'. DPP v. Smith was followed in R v. Chan-Fook. [30] Hobhouse LJ. said of the expression "actual bodily harm", in contending that it should be given its ordinary meaning: We consider that the same is true of the phrase "actual bodily harm".
In November 2021, "Zoe's Law" was passed within NSW under the Crimes Act 1900. In 2019, all abortion offences were repealed from the Crimes Act 1900 - but when a fetus is lost as a result of a wide range of criminal acts (such as dangerous driving or grievous bodily harm). [45]
Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia.Most cases attracting the sentence are murder.It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
Endangerment is a type of crime involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless or wanton, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person.There are several kinds of endangerment, each of which is a criminal act that can be prosecuted in a court.