- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.
Link to original content: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1861/100
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Offences against the Person Act 1861.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2, 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7, 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. Provision for the trial of murder and manslaughter where the death or cause of death only happens in England or Ireland.
11—15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acts causing or tending to cause Danger to Life or Bodily Harm
17. Impeding a person endeavouring to save himself from shipwreck.
18.Shooting or attempting to shoot, or wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21. Attempting to choke, &c. in order to commit any indictable offence.
23. Maliciously administering poison, &c. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm.
24. Maliciously administering poison, &c. with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy any other person.
25. If the jury be not satisfied that any person charged is guilty of felony, but guilty of misdemeanor they may find him guilty accordingly.
26. Not providing apprentices or servants with food, &c. whereby life is endangered.
29. Causing gunpowder to explode, or sending to any person an explosive substance, or throwing corrosive fluid on a person, with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
30. Placing gunpowder near a building, with intent to do bodily injury to any person.
31. Setting spring guns, &c., with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm.
32. Placing wood, &c., on a railway, with intent to endanger passengers.
33. Casting stone, &c. upon a railway carriage, with intent to endanger the safety of any person therein.
34. Doing or omitting anything to endanger passengers by railway.
35. Drivers of carriages injuring persons by furious driving.
36. Obstructing or assaulting a clergyman or other minister in the discharge of his duties.
37. Assaulting a magistrate, &c. on account of his preserving wreck.
38.Assault with intent to commit felony, or on peace officers, &c.
39. Assaults with intent to obstruct the sale of grain, or its free passage.
42. Persons committing any common assault or battery may be imprisoned or compelled by two magistrates to pay fine and costs not exceeding 5 l.
43. Persons convicted of aggravated assaults on females and boys under fourteen years of age may be imprisoned or fined.
44. If the magistrates dismiss the complaint, they shall make out a certificate to that effect.
45. Certificate or conviction shall be a bar to any other proceedings.
Making Gunpowder to commit Offences, and searching for the same
66, 67.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68.Offences committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty.
69.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74, 75.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76. Summary proceedings in England may be under the 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43., and in Ireland under the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93. Except in London and the Metropolitan Police District.
77.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.