Penal Code Cap 224 Section 351
Assault
.
Whoever makes any gesture or any preparation, intending or
knowing it to be likely that such gesture or preparation will cause
any person present to apprehend that he who makes that gesture or
preparation is about to use criminal force to that person, is said
to commit an assault.
Section 321.
Voluntarily causing hurt.
Whoever does any act with the intention of thereby causing hurt to any person, or with the knowledge that he is
likely thereby to cause hurt to any person, and does thereby cause hurt to any person, is said “voluntarily to cause
hurt”.
Nither of these are seizable offence so if you're expecting PO
to come an arrest him, they can't. Unless he continues to hit you
infront of them, then they
could arrest him for
Miscellaneous Offences Chapter 184 Section 13C
Fear or provocation of violence
Any person who in a public place or in a private place —
(a) uses towards another person threatening, abusive or
insulting words or behaviour; or(b) distributes or displays to
another person any writing, sign or other visible representation
which is threatening, abusive or insulting,
with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate
unlawful violence will be used against him or another person by any
person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another person, or whereby that
person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$2,000.
However, its up to the discression of the PO if he is deemed to
actually have the possibility of causing violence. Coz some people
only wayang want to cause violence but in the end don't do
anything.
Touch wood this step father won't do anything stupid... but if
you do, you have this right:-
Penal Code Chapter 224 Section 97
Right of private defence of the body and of property.
Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in
section 99, to defend —
(a) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any
offence affecting the human body;(b) the property, whether movable
or immovable, of himself or of any other person, against any act
which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery,
mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit
theft, robbery, mischief or criminal trespass.
