162Assisting and encouraging suicide

162 Assisting and encouraging suicide (1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person: (a) assists another person to kill or attempt to kill himself or herself; or (b) encourages another person to kill or attempt to kill himself or herself. (2) For a person to be guilty of an offence against subsection (1)(a): (a) the person must have intended his or her conduct would assist the other person to commit suicide; and Criminal Code Act 1983 140 (b) the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide and was assisted to do so by that conduct. (3) For a person to be guilty of an offence against subsection (1)(b): (a) the person must have intended his or her conduct would encourage the other person to commit suicide; and (b) the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide and was encouraged to do so by that conduct. (4) It is not an offence to attempt to commit an offence against this section.