Section 29 Racially or religiously aggravated assaults.F4 I1

England and Wales

(1)

A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits—

(a)

an offence under section 20 of the Offences Against the M1Person Act 1861 (malicious wounding or grievous bodily harm);

(b)

an offence under section 47 of that Act (actual bodily harm);

F1(ba)

an offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation); or

(c)

common assault,

which is F2racially or religiously aggravated for the purposes of this section.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence falling within subsection (1)(a) F3, (b) or (ba) above shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine, or to both.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence falling within subsection (1)(c) above shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

Annotations

F1: S. 29(1)(ba) inserted (7.6.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), s. 90(6), Sch. 2 para. 4(2); S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(b)
F2: Words in s. 29(1) substituted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 39(5)(b)(6)(a) (with s. 42)
F3: Words in s. 29(2) substituted (7.6.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), s. 90(6), Sch. 2 para. 4(3); S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(b)
F4: Words in the sidenote to s. 28 substituted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 39(5)(a)(6)(a) (with s. 42)

I1: S. 29 wholly in force; S. 29 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121. In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)

F1: Words in the cross-heading substituted (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 39(2), 127(2) (with s. 42)