What is harassment?
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When a person’s behaviour is so extreme, abusive or rude that it causes harm to another person or makes another person believe that s/he will suffer harm. This may include mental, psychological, physical or financial harm.
Harassment happens when a person does something that may make another person feel uncomfortable, threatened or unsafe.
According to the Protection of Harassment Act, harassment is defined as the following: Harassment means directly or indirectly engaging in conduct that the respondent knows or ought to know;
a) Causes harm or inspires the reasonable belief that harm may be caused to a complainant or a related person by reasonably or unreasonably-
(i) Following, watching, pursing or accosting of the complainant or a related person, or loitering outside of or near the building or place where the complainant or a related person resides, works, carries on business, studies or happens to be;
(ii) Engaging in verbal, electronic or any other communication aimed at the complainant or a related person, by any means, whether or not conversation ensues; or
(iii) Sending, delivering or causing the delivery of letters, telegrams, packages, facsmiles, electronic mail or other objects to the complainant, or a related person or leaving them where they will be found by, given to, or brought to the attention of, the complainant or a related person.
If you are being harassed you can apply for a Harassment Order, for more information click here.
What to do if you are being harassed, intimidated or threatened by an “unknown” number?
- Log a query with your service provider for record purposes.
- Print out all screenshots of the calls. Note the date and time of all the calls as well as your number on your correspondence.
- Go to your nearest Police Station.
- Open a case of harassment/intimidation.
- The police will give you a reference number.
- Give the reference to your service provider for record purposes.
- The police will apply for a Section 205.
- Service provider will release the number and record of the calls to the police.
- The police are able to trace the location and therefore the identity of the caller.
- File for a protection order at your nearest Family Court.
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