Section 28 Causing bodily injury by gunpowder.C4C1C2C3
Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously, by the explosion of gunpowder or other explosive substance, burn, maim, disfigure, disable, or do any grievous bodily harm to any person, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for life . . . F1 or to be imprisoned . . . F2
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
- F2
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19), Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54) and Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I
Modifications
- C1
Ss. 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 extended by Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36, SIF 9), s. 6(1)
- C2
Ss. 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 applied by Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31, SIF 39:2), ss. 11(7), 14(2), 18(2)
- C3
S. 28 extended (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 13, ss. 1(2)(b), 10(2)
- C4
Ss. 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 extended by Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 (c. 17, SIF 39:2), s. 1