Paragraph 16 Offences against the Person Act 1861F1
An offence under any of the following provisions of the Offences against the Person Act 1861—
section 4 (soliciting murder);
section 16 (threats to kill);
section 18 (wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm);
section 20 (malicious wounding);
section 21 (attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence);
section 22 (using chloroform etc to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence);
section 23 (maliciously administering poison etc so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm);
section 27 (abandoning children);
section 28 (causing bodily injury by explosives);
section 29 (using explosives etc with intent to do grievous bodily harm);
section 30 (placing explosives with intent to do bodily injury);
section 31 (setting spring guns etc with intent to do grievous bodily harm);
section 32 (endangering the safety of railway passengers);
section 35 (injuring persons by furious driving);
section 37 (assaulting officer preserving wreck);
section 38 (assault with intent to resist arrest);
section 47 (assault occasioning actual bodily harm).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 18B inserted (3.4.2025) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), s. 81(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 2025/441, reg. 2(b)