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CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 7
Meaning of "intimidation"
7 Meaning of "intimidation"
(1) For the purposes of this Act,
"intimidation" of a person means-- (a) conduct (including cyberbullying)
amounting to harassment or molestation of the person, or Note : An example of
cyberbullying may be the bullying of a person by publication or transmission
of offensive material over social media or via email.
(b) an approach made to
the person by any means (including by telephone, telephone text messaging,
e-mailing and other technologically assisted means) that causes the person to
fear for his or her safety, or
(c) any conduct that causes a reasonable
apprehension of injury to a person or to a person with whom he or she has a
domestic relationship, or of violence or damage to any person or property.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether a person's conduct amounts to
intimidation, a court may have regard to any pattern of violence (especially
violence constituting a domestic violence offence) in the person's behaviour.
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