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X1An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relating to Offences against the Person.

[6th August 1861]C1 C2 C3 C4

Annotations

C1: Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2: Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C3: References to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of the Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, p. 400), art. 2
C4: References to penal servitude to be construed as references to imprisonment and references to penal servitude for life to be construed as references to imprisonment for life or any shorter term: Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(1)

X1: This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland