Criminal Code Act 1899

Any person who unlawfully assaults another and thereby does the other person bodily harm is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.

If the offender publishes material on a social media platform or an online social network to—

advertise the offender’s involvement in the offence; or

advertise the act or omission constituting the offence;

the offender is liable to imprisonment for 9 years.

If the offender does bodily harm, and is or pretends to be armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument or is in company with 1 or more other person or persons, the offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.

The following provisions also state a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section—

section 52B;

the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, sections 108B and 161Q.

If the offender commits the offence with the circumstance of aggravation stated in section 52B, the offender is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.

An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.

In this section—advertise means attract the notice and attention of the public or a limited section of the public.material includes an electronic document. sch 1 pt 5 ch 30 s 339 amd 1943 7 Geo 6 No. 14 s 10; 1986 No. 1 s 24; 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2; 1997 No. 3 s 59; 2014 No. 42 s 15C; 2016 No. 62 s 115; 2023 No. 26 s 17; 2024 No. 45 s 16