Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 32

    (1)     A person who—

        (a)     makes a demand of another person; or

        (b)     resists, prevents or hinders his or her lawful apprehension or detention, or that of another person; or

        (c)     prevents or hinders a police officer from lawfully investigating any act or matter that reasonably calls for investigation by the officer;

with a threat to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm on a person (other than the offender or an accomplice of the offender) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for—

        (d)     in the case of an aggravated offence against this section—25 years; or

        (e)     in any other case—20 years.

    (2)     A person who—

        (a)     makes a demand of another person; or

        (b)     resists, prevents or hinders his or her lawful apprehension or detention, or that of another person; or

        (c)     prevents or hinders a police officer from lawfully investigating any act or matter that reasonably calls for investigation by the officer;

with a threat to endanger the health, safety or physical wellbeing of a person (other than the offender or an accomplice of the offender) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for—

        (d)     in the case of an aggravated offence against this section—13 years; or

        (e)     in any other case—10 years.

Note     Section 48C (Aggravated offences—pt 2 offences involving family violence) makes provision in relation to an aggravated offence against this section.