A.D. 1924. or the infliction upon any person of any bodily harm likely to cause death, he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be threatening liable upon conviction on indictment to be kept in penal servitude for seven years or any shorter term. to murder, &c. Punishment for obstruct ing or impeding endeavour (2) It shall be immaterial (a) whether the person to whom the letter is sent or delivered or by whom it is otherwise received, or the person to whom the threat relates, is a British subject or not, or is within His Majesty's dominions or not; (b) whether the murder or the infliction of the bodily harm is to be carried into effect within or without His Majesty's dominions; (c) that the person to whom the threat relates is still unborn. 5 10 15 (3) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section by reason only of his sending, delivering or uttering, or otherwise directly or indirectly causing or procuring to be received, knowing the contents or purport thereof, a letter threatening, or which may be reasonably 20 understood as threatening, the commission by himself of suicide. (4) In this section the expression "letter" includes any writing or design. 11. If any person under circumstance not amounting 25 to criminal homicide unlawfully and maliciously obstructs or impedes any other person in an endeavour to save the life of any person, whether any particular person or to save life. generally, he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be kept in penal servi- 30 tude for ten years or any shorter term. Punishment 12. If any person attempts to commit suicide he for attempt shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years. to commit suicide. Accessories to suicide, &c. 13.-(1) If any person (a) is an accessory before the fact to suicide; or 35 (c) proposes to or attempts to persuade or counsels A.D. 1924 any other person, whether any particular person or generally, to commit suicide; e shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be kept in penal servitude for ten years or any shorter term. (2) It shall be immaterial whether the suicide is or is intended to be committed within or without His Majesty's dominions. 14. A court of quarter sessions shall not have power to try any indictment under this Part of this Act other than an indictment for an attempt to commit suicide. quarter sessions in respect of Jurisdiction of offences under Part I. 15.—(1) Where any criminal homicide is com- Provisions mitted on land out of Great Britain, whether within or with respect 15 without His Majesty's dominions, and whether the to prosecution, &c., for person killed was a British subject or not, every offence criminal committed by any British subject in respect of such homicide. homicide may be prosecuted and punished in any county or place in England or Wales in which such person shall 20 be apprehended or be in custody in the same manner in all respects as if such offence had been actually committed in that county or place. 35 (2) Where (a) any person, whether a British subject or not, or (b) any person, whether a British subject or not, any offence under this Part of this Act committed in respect of such death may be prosecuted and punished 40 in the county or place in England or Wales in which such death, stroke, poisoning or other hurt happened in the A.D. 1924. same manner in all respects as if such offence had been wholly committed in that county or place. Punishment for unlawfully wounding or in flicting bodily injury. Shooting or attempting to shoot or wounding with intent to do griev. ous bodily harm, &c. (3) A person may be prosecuted and punished for criminal homicide notwithstanding that no portion of the body of the person in respect of whom such homicide 5 was committed has been found. (4) In any proceedings for criminal homicide it shall be immaterial that the death did not take place within a year and a day from the date on which the deceased was feloniously striken, poisoned or otherwise hurt. PART II. 10 OFFENCES CAUSING BODILY HARM, ASSAULTS, &C. 16. (1) If any person unlawfully and maliciously wounds or inflicts any grevious bodily harm upon any other person, either with or without any weapon or 15 instrument, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be kept in penal servitude for five years or any shorter term. (2) If upon the trial of an indictment for an attempt to murder or for any offence under the next following 20 section, which relates to shooting or attempting to shoot or wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, &c., the jury are not satisfied that the accused person is guilty of the offence charged in the indictment but are satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under this 25 section, they may acquit him of the offence charged in the indictment and find him guilty of that other offence. 17. (1) If with intent to maim, disfigure, or disable any person, or to do some other grievous bodily harm to any person, or to resist or prevent the lawful appre- 30 hension or detainer of any person, any person unlawfully and maliciously by any means whatsoever wounds or causes any grievous bodily harm to any person, or shoots or attempts to shoot at any person, he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment 35 to be kept in penal servitude for seven years or any shorter term. (2) If upon the trial of an indictment for an attempt to murder the jury are not satisfied that the accused person is guilty of the offence charged in the indictment, 40 but are satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under this section, they may acquit him of the offence charged A.D. 1924. in the indictment and find him guilty of that other offence. intent to 18.-(1) If any person unlawfully and maliciously Administer5 administers or attempts to administer to, or causes or ing poison, procures or attempts to cause or procure to be adminis- &c., with tered to or taken by, any other person any poison or other injure, destructive or noxious thing, with intent to injure, aggrieve or aggrieve or annoy such person, he shall be guilty of a annoy. 10 misdemeanour, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years. (2) If, upon the trial of an indictment for an attempt to murder or for an offence under the next following 15 section, which relates to administering poison, &c., so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm, the jury are not satisfied that the accused person is guilty of the offence charged in the indictment, but are satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under this section, they 20 may acquit him of the offence charged in the indictment and find him guilty of that other offence. endanger 19. (1) If any person unlawfully and maliciously Administeradministers or attempts to administer to, or causes or ing poison, procures or attempts to cause or procure to be adminis- &c., so as to 25 tered to or taken by, any other person any poison or other life or indestructive or noxious thing, so as thereby to endanger flict grievthe life of such person, or so as thereby to inflict upon ous bodily such person any grievous bodily harm, he shall be guilty harm. of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indict30 ment to be kept in penal servitude for seven years or any shorter term. (2) If, upon the trial of an indictment for an attempt to murder, the jury are not satisfied that the accused person is guilty of the offence charged in the indictment, 35 but are satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under this section, they may acquit him of the offence charged in the indictment and find him guilty of that other offence. 20. If with intent to enable any person to commit, Attempting 40 or with intent to assist any other person in committing, to choke, any indictable offence, any person administering drug, (a) attempts by any means whatever to choke, &c., in order A.D. 1924. to commit an indict able offence. Offences by use of explosive substance or corrosive fluid, &c. attempts by any means calculated to choke, suffocate or strangle, to render any other person insensible, unconscious or incapable or only partially capable of resistance; or (b) applies or administers or attempts to apply or 5 administer to, or causes or procures or attempts to cause or procure to be applied or administered to or taken by, any person any stupefying or overpowering drug, matter or thing; he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon I conviction on indictment to be kept in penal servitude for ten years or any shorter term. 21.-(1) If any person (a) unlawfully and maliciously by the explosion of any explosive substance burns, maims, 15 (b) with intent to burn, maim, disfigure or disable (c) with intent to do any bodily injury to any he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be kept in penal servitude 35 for ten years or any shorter term. (2) If any person unlawfully and maliciously causes by any explosive substance an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be kept 40 in penal servitude for ten years or any shorter term. |