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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.
There are also offences of aggravated assault, created under the Offences against the Person Act 1861, that now go almost completely unused: for example, assaulting or obstructing a clergyman in the discharge of his duties, and assaulting a magistrate or other person in the exercise of his duties concerning the preservation of a vessel in ...
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 c. 100) Of these statutes, the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act, the Larceny Act and the Coinage Offences Act have been repealed in England and Wales. The majority of the provisions of Accessories and Abettors Act, the Malicious Damage Act and the Forgery Act have been repealed and the last two ...
the Offences against the Person Act 1861, except section 57 (which relates to bigamy) the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 [why?] the Punishment of Incest Act 1908 [why?] sections 1 to 5 and section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, and sections 11, 12, 14 to 16, and 21 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950
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 ...
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.
Similarly, causing gross bodily harm with intent (contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861) has a matching mens rea and yet is also considered a crime of specific intent. [9] Lord Simon's judgement in the same case advanced a different definition: crimes of specific intent required a "purposive element".
An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Offences against the Person. Statute Law Revision Act 1861 (repealed) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 101