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The Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.It consolidated provisions related to offences against the person (an expression which, in particular, includes offences of violence) from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act.
Offences Against the Person Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, in the Republic of Ireland, in Hong Kong, in New Zealand, in Tasmania, in Jamaica, and in Antigua and Barbuda, relating to offences against the person.
The Offences Against the Person Act 1837 [1] (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 85) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended the law to lessen the severity of punishment of offences against the person, lessening the severity of the punishment of offences.
In criminal law, the term offence against the person or crime against the person usually refers to a crime which is committed by direct physical harm or force being applied to another person. They are usually analysed by division into the following categories: Fatal offences; Sexual offences; Non-fatal non-sexual offences
c. 56, sometimes referred to as the Malicious Injuries to Property Act 1828 or the Malicious Injuries to Property (Ireland) Act 1828 [16] 10 Geo. 4. c. 34, [17] sometimes referred to as the Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 [18] [19] and as the Offences Against the Person Act (Ireland) 1829 [20] [21]
This offence is created by section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 which reads: ... whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or endeavour to persuade, or shall propose to any person, to murder any other person, whether he be a subject of His/Hers Majesty or not, and whether he be within the King’s/Queen's dominions or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being ...
Malicious Damage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97) Forgery Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 98) Coinage Offences Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 99) Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100) Of these statutes, the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act, the Larceny Act and the Coinage Offences Act have been repealed in England and Wales.
This offence is created by section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 which provides: . Whosoever ... shall assault any person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of himself or of any other person for any offence, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any ...