Non-Fatal Offences against
Person Act, 1997.
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generally acceptable in the ordinary conduct of daily life and the defendant does not know or believe that it is in fact unacceptable to the other person.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
Assault causing harm. 3.—(1) A person who assaults another causing him or her harm shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
- (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to both, or
- (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
Causing serious harm. 4.—(1) A person who intentionally or recklessly causes serious harm to another shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for life or to both.
Threats to kill or cause serious harm. 5.—(1) A person who, without lawful excuse, makes to another a threat, by any means intending the other to believe it will be carried out, to kill or cause serious harm to that other or a third person shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
- (a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, or
- (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
Syringe, etc., attacks. 6.—(1) A person who—
- (a) injures another by piercing the skin of that other with a syringe, or
- (b) threatens to so injure another with a syringe,
with the intention of or where there is a likelihood of causing that other to believe that he or she may become infected with disease as a result of the injury caused or threatened shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who—
- (a) sprays, pours or puts onto another blood or any fluid or substance resembling blood, or
