Definitions

A person who dishonestly uses without due authority, or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted, any electricity, shall be guilty of an offence.

Any act where a person intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence

A person intentionally or recklessly (subjectively) inflicts unlawful force on another

Assault occasioning ABHAny harm which interferes with the health or comfort of the victim. The harm need not be permanent but must be more than transient and trifling.

A person who without reasonable excuse, obstructs or hinders another while that other person is, in a capacity mentioned in subsection (2) below, responding to emergency circumstances, commits an offence. Subsection 2:Defines ‘emergency workers’ as fire-fighters, ambulance workers and those transporting blood, organs or equipment on behalf of the National Health Service (NHS), coastguards and lifeboat crews.

A person who without reasonable excuse obstructs or hinders another in the circumstances described below commits an offence.These circumstances are where the person being obstructed or hindered is assisting another while that other person is, in a capacity of this Act, responding to emergency circumstances.

Any person to resist or wilfully obstructs a police officer acting in the execution of his duty, or any person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

Whosoever shall assault any person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of himself or of any other person for any offence shall be guilty of an offence.

Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm upon any other person, either with or without any weapon or instrument, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously, by any means whatsoever wound or cause any grievous bodily harm to any person with intent to do some grievous bodily harm to any person, or with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detention of any person shall be guilty of felony.

An offence is racially or religiously aggravated for the purpose of sections 29-32 of this act if:

• At the time of committing the offence, or immediately before or after doing so, the offender demonstrates towards the victim of the offence, hostility due to their membership (or presumed membership), of a racial or religious group, or;
• The offence is motivated (wholly or partly) by hostility towards members of a racial or religious group based on their membership of the group.

It is committed by a person who:Enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to:Steal anything in the building or part of the building, orInflict grievous bodily harm on any person therein, orDo unlawful damage to the building or anything therein

Having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser:Steals or attempts to steal anything therein, orInflicts or attempts to inflict grievous bodily harm on any person therein

Burglary+ at the time of committing the offence of burglary the accused person has with him one or more of the four named articles listed below:Weapon of offenceImitation FirearmFirearmExplosive

A person handles stolen goods if (otherwise than in the course of the stealing) knowing or believing them to be stolen goods he dishonestly receives the goods, or dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention, removal, disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person, or if he arranges to do so.