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Шаблон:Short description Assault with intent to resist arrest[1] is a statutory offence of aggravated assault in England and Wales and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

England and Wales

This offence is created by section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 which provides:

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Repeals

The words omitted in the first place were repealed by section 64(3) of, and Part I of Schedule 10 to, the Police Act 1964 and section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967. The words omitted at the end were repealed by section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948.

Lawful apprehension or detainer for any offence

See R v Self, [1992] 1 WLR 657, [1992] 3 All ER 476, 95 Cr App R 42, [1992] Crim LR 572, CA.

See arrest.

Misdemeanour

See the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Visiting forces

This offence is an offence against the person for the purposes of section 3 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.[2]

Mode of trial

This offence is triable either way.[3]

Sentence

A person guilty of this offence is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years,[4] or, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum, or to both.[5]

There is also a general power to fine on indictment.

Northern Ireland

This offence is created by section 7(1) of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, which replaces the corresponding provision in section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

Republic of Ireland

This offence is created by section 19(1)(c) of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994, which replaces the corresponding provision in section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

History

As to the summary trial of offences under section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, see section 2 of, and paragraph 9 of the First Schedule to, the Criminal Justice Act, 1951.

References

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  1. It is so described by Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, 1999, at page 1628. Paragraph 5(g) of Schedule 1 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 describes it as assault with intent to resist apprehension.
  2. The Visiting Forces Act 1952, section 3(6) and Шаблон:Cite web, paragraph 1(b)(i)
  3. The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, section 17(1) and Schedule 1, Шаблон:Cite web
  4. The Offences against the Person Act 1861, section 38; the Criminal Justice Act 1948, section 1(2)
  5. The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, section 32(1)