Offences Against the Person Act

Offences Against the Person Act (with its variations) 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.

List

United Kingdom

Republic of Ireland
  • The Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997

Hong Kong
The Offences against the Person Ordinance 1865 (No. 2)[1]
The Offences against the Person (Amendment) Ordinance 1913[1]
The Offences against the Person (Amendment) Ordinance 1982[2], CAP 212[3]

The Offences against the Person Ordinances 1865 and 1913 is the collective title of the Offences against the Person Ordinance 1865 and the Offences against the Person (Amendment) Ordinance 1913.[1]

New Zealand
  • The Offences against the Person Act 1866 (30 Vict No 19)[4]
  • The Offences against the Person Act 1867[5]
  • The Offences against the Person Act Amendment Act 1868 (32 Vict No 20)[6]

Tasmania
  • The Offences against the Person Act 1885[7]
  • The Offences against the Person Act 1899[8]

Antigua and Barbuda
  • The Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Act, 1982[9]

See also
List of short titles

References
  1. (1913) 59 Hong Kong Government Gazette: Supplement 156
  2. (1982) Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No 1, p A-127
  3. CAP 212 Offences Against the Person Ordinance
  4. Statutes of New Zealand. Sir George Grey, Governor. Wellington. 1866. Page 83 et seq.
  5. Alexander James Johnston. The New Zealand Justice of the Peace, Resident Magistrate, Coronor, and Constable. Second Edition. George Didsbury, Government Printer. Wellington. 1870. Volume 2. Page 196.
  6. Statutes of New Zealand. Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor. Wellington. 1868. Pages 127 and 128.
  7. Statutes of Tasmania: 1826-1901. Government Printer. 1902. p 621.
  8. Statutes of Tasmania: 1826-1901. Government Printer. 1902. p 625.
  9. Laws of Antigua and Barbuda. U.S. Government Printing Office. p 39.


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