This bill creates a new offence that would allow for a specific king-hit, or as I would prefer to call it, a "coward's punch", offence in response to a number of deaths where an individual killed was assaulted and tragically died as a result of their injuries. This offence has a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment, which sits nicely between the offence of causing grievous bodily harm at 14 years', and manslaughter which carries a life sentence. It amends the Crimes Act 1961, being the principle Act, and inserts section 168A "Assault causing death—(1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years who—(a) assaults any other person with intent to hit the other person with any part of the person's body or with an object held by the person; and (b) the assault is not authorised or excused by law; and (c) the assault causes the death of the other person. (2) For the purposes of this section, an assault causes the death of a person whether the person is killed as a result of the injuries received directly from the assault or from hitting the ground or an object as a consequence of the assault. (3) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) it is not necessary to prove that the death was reasonably foreseeable.", and that is a key part of this bill. It covers situations where victims are subjected to unprovoked or unexpected assaults and, therefore, cannot defend themselves.