Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994

Increase of penalty for common assault, etc.

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10.—The Criminal Justice Act, 1951, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of section 11 of the following:

“(2) A person convicted of common assault or battery shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or, at the discretion of the Court, imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.

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Criminal Justice Act 1951 (2/1951), s. 11 was repealed (19.08.1997) by Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 (26/1997), s. 31 and sch., commenced as per s. 32(2).