Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 197 - Definition of violence

For the purposes of this Chapter, “violence” means

(a) a criminal force or harm to a person, or

(b) a criminal damage to property, or of a threat or an offer of that force, harm, or mischief, or

(c) the carrying or use of deadly, dangerous, or offensive instruments in a manner likely to cause harm to a person, or

(d) a conduct that is likely to cause, in a person, a reasonable fear of criminal force, harm, or mischief to that person or the property of that person.

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