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Administering poison, either contrary to section 23 or 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, is also an offence; as is false imprisonment – including unlawful arrest, kidnap and hostage situations. [56] Legislation aimed at the possession or use of firearms may also come into this category, as may bomb hoaxes. [57]
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.
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
This passage was cited and approved by Lord Steyn in R v Burstow, R v Ireland [1997] UKHL 34 [2] (this case related to the significance of the appearance of "cause" and "inflict" respectively in sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861).
The Offences Against the Person Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4.c. 31), also known as Lord Lansdowne's Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated for England and Wales provisions in the law related to offences against the person (an expression which, in particular, includes offences of violence) from a number of earlier piecemeal statutes into a single act.
c. 31, sometimes called the Offences against the Person Act 1828, and under the corresponding Irish Act, the Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4. c. 34), and re-enacted those offences in different terms. Section 11 of the act was repealed by section 10 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 100). [25]
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".
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.