# Summary Jurisdiction Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, Section 46: Civil remedy for common assault and battery not to be barred under the Offences against the Person Act, 1861.


(1) The conviction or punishment of a person upon complaint of an offence under sections forty-two or forty-three of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861 , or the dismissal of any such complaint shall not operate to bar any civil proceedings which might otherwise be brought against him.
Subs. (2) rep. by SLR 1973

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/3/section/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/summary-jurisdiction-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-46
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