Offences Against the Person Act
Offences Against the Person Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, in the Republic of Ireland, in Hong Kong, in New Zealand, in Tasmania, in Jamaica, and in Antigua and Barbuda, relating to offences against the person. It seems to have been derived from the long title of the Act which has come to be known as the Offences Against the Person Act 1828. It is sometimes abbreviated to OAPA, as in "OAPA 1861".
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Offences Against the Person Bill during its passage through Parliament.
"Offences Against the Person Acts" may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to offences against the person. It is not a term of art.
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Antigua and Barbuda
[Colony of Antigua and Barbuda]
- The Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Act, 1982
Jamaica
[Colony of Jamaica]
- The Offences Against the Person Act, 1864
Hong Kong
[British Hong Kong]
- The Offences against the Person Ordinance 1865
- The Offences against the Person (Amendment) Ordinance 1913
- The Offences against the Person (Amendment) Ordinance 1982, CAP 212
New Zealand
[Colony of New Zealand]
- The Offences against the Person Act 1866
- The Offences against the Person Act 1867
- The Offences against the Person Act Amendment Act 1868
- The Offences against the Person Act Amendment Act 1868 which repealed and replaced the provisions of the Offences against the Person Act Amendment Act 1868.
- The Offences against the Person Act 1889
Republic of Ireland
[Republic of Ireland]
Tasmania
[Colony of Tasmania]
- The Offences against the Person Act 1885
- The Offences against the Person Act 1899