13Stalking or intimidation with intent to cause fear of physical or mental harm

#### 13 Stalking or intimidation with intent to cause fear of physical or mental harm 13 Stalking or intimidation with intent to cause fear of physical or mental harm > > (1) A person who stalks or intimidates another person with the intention of causing the other person to fear physical or mental harm is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—Imprisonment for 5 years or 50 penalty units, or both. > > > (2) For the purposes of this section, causing a person to fear physical or mental harm includes causing the person to fear physical or mental harm to another person with whom he or she has a domestic relationship. > > > (3) For the purposes of this section, a person intends to cause fear of physical or mental harm if he or she knows that the conduct is likely to cause fear in the other person. > > > (4) For the purposes of this section, the prosecution is not required to prove that the person alleged to have been stalked or intimidated actually feared physical or mental harm. > > > (5) A person who attempts to commit an offence against subsection (1) is guilty of an offence against that subsection and is punishable as if the offence attempted had been committed. > > **s 13:** Am 2009 No 27, Sch 1.4 \[1\].