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HARASSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 8

Criminal harassment

8 Criminal harassment

1 Every person commits an offence who harasses another person in any case where—
a) the first-mentioned person intends that harassment to cause that other person to fear for—
i) that other person's safety; or
ii) the safety of any person with whom that other person is in a family relationship; or
b) the first-mentioned person knows that the harassment is likely to cause the other person, given his or her particular circumstances, to reasonably fear for—
i) that other person's safety; or
ii) the safety of any person with whom that other person is in a family relationship.
2 Every person who commits an offence against this section is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
History: Section 8(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).



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