However in practice if the spit did not hit you and you likely would not see this person again while you can report the incident to the police it may turn out that the police is not going to do anything more than take a report.

Is it legal to hit someone if they spit on you. In a public setting. The simplified answer to this question is. In theory spitting on someone can be a criminal law offense.

If you are fitting with a sining spouse or neighbor in a house then no. Its a crime in Indonesia. Yes coughing on someone to expose them to illness is assault.

It is illegal to hurt someone intentionally. Jocelyn Noseworthy said spitting on anyone is always a serious assaultbut to do so in this current pandemicis particularly unacceptable The criminal law has always. It is a criminal offence to spit on someone in Canada.

Presuming it is MERELY verbal there are almost no circumstances where you would be legal committing a physical assault and battery. However if youve already been hit and the person who hit you indicates by words or actions that he is not going to hit you again self defense generally does not allow you to hit that person back. I hate to be the one to break it to you but theres a lot of stuff in the movies thats entertaining but bears no resemblance to real life.

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The same applies if you were acting in self-defense but you provoked the original attack. That would make you the aggressor. If youre not comfortable trying to trap and strip a weapon from someone than you want to kind of adapt to your environment improvise.