Erskine May, Twentieth Edition, has a provision which reads that " molestation of or threats against those who have previously given evidence before either House or a committee will be treated by the House concerned as a contempt. Such actions have included assault or a threat of assault on witnesses, insulting or abusive behaviour, misuse (by a gaoler) or censure by an employer" .

The Convention also gives the opportunity to developing countries to propose the listing of severely hazardous pesticides formulations, which cause problems under the specific conditions of use in the developing country.

(34) Each Member State is to amend its legislation containing requirements, and in particular requirements as to form, which are likely to curb the use of contracts by electronic means; the examination of the legislation requiring such adjustment should be systematic and should cover all the necessary stages and acts of the contractual process, including the filing of the contract; the result of this amendment should be to make contracts concluded electronically workable; the legal effect of electronic signatures is dealt with by Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures(24); the acknowledgement of receipt by a service provider may take the f ...[+++]orm of the on-line provision of the service paid for.

(c) in the cases referred to in paragraph 1(d), for the period between the occurrence of the change in the facts referred to therein and the receipt of the complete and correct information requested by decision or the completion of the investigation ordered by decision.

I would also note that assault has been construed in a wide manner by our courts such that any non-consensual touching may constitute an intentional application of force and, thereby, an assault under the Criminal Code.

Finally, with regards to the degree of force necessary to constitute an assault, the case law indicates that an assault can occur if a touch is non-consensual even if the accused exerts no degree of strength or power when touching the complainant.