Any breach of these laws is a criminal offence and can lead to fine of up to £ 5, 000 or six months in prison.

Assault is an offence under s. 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada.

This public interest is usually satisfied by preventing a continuation or repetition of the offence on the same victim.

* Assault: The offence is defined by section 265 of the Code.

A person is guilty of this offence if he unlawfully offers or attempts, with force or violence, to strike, beat, wound, or do bodily harm to, another.

; Piracy with violence: Section 2 of the Piracy Act 1837 provides that it is an offence, amongst other things, for a person, with intent to commit or at the time of or immediately before or immediately after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or vessel, to assault, with intent to murder, any person being on board of or belonging to such ship or vessel.

; Assault on an officer of Revenue and Customs: This offence is created by section 32 ( 1 ) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.

; Assaulting an immigration officer: This offence is created by section 22 ( 1 ) of the UK Borders Act 2007.

; Assaulting a person designated under section 43 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005: This offence is created by section 51 ( 1 ) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

; Assaulting a member of an international joint investigation team: This offence is created by section 57 ( 2 ) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 provides that common assault, like battery, is triable only in the magistrates ' court in England and Wales ( unless it is linked to a more serious offence, which is triable in the Crown Court ).

; Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: The offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm is created by section 47 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

; Racially or religiously aggravated common assault: This offence is created by section 29 ( 1 )( c ) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

; Racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm: This offence is created by section 29 ( 1 )( b ) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

; Assault with intent to resist arrest: The offence of assault with intent to resist arrest is created by section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

; Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty: Section 89 ( 1 ) of the Police Act 1996 provides that it is an offence for a person to assault either:

; Assaulting a traffic officer: This offence is created by section 10 ( 1 ) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

; Assaulting a person designated or accredited under sections 38 or 39 or 41 or 41A of the Police Reform Act 2002: This offence is created by section 46 ( 1 ) of the Police Reform Act 2002.

; Assault on a prison custody officer: This offence is created by section 90 ( 1 ) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ( c. 53 ).

; Assault on a secure training centre custody officer: This offence is created by section 13 ( 1 ) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 ( c. 33 ).

; Assault on officer saving wreck: This offence is created by section 37 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

; Assaulting an officer of the court: This offence is created by section 14 ( 1 )( b ) of the County Courts Act 1984.

; Cruelty to persons under sixteen: Section 1 ( 1 ) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 provides that it is an offence for a person who has attained the age of sixteen years, and who has responsibility for a child or young person under that age, to, amongst other things, wilfully assault that child or young person, or to cause or procure that child or young person to be assaulted, in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury to health.

; Sexual assault: The offence of sexual assault created by section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

* Assault with intent to resist arrest: under section 7 ( 1 )( b ); this offence was formerly created by s. 38 of the OAPA 1861.

That Act formerly created the offence of ' Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty '.

Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful " topsy-turvy " worlds for these operas where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion — fairies rub elbows with British lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the monarchy, and pirates turn out to be noblemen who have gone wrong.

Theft is a statutory offence, created by section 4 ( 1 ) of the Criminal Justice ( Theft and Fraud Offences ) Act, 2001.

In England and Wales, theft is a statutory offence, created by section 1 ( 1 ) of the Theft Act 1968.

The offence created by section 12 ( 1 ) of the Theft Act 1968 ( TWOC ) is available an alternative verdict on an indictment for theft.

In Northern Ireland, theft is a statutory offence, created by section 1 of the Theft Act ( Northern Ireland ) 1969.

The offence of treason was created by section 9A ( 1 )

The 1993 Act created an offence of " buggery with a person under the age of 17 years ", penalised similar to statutory rape, which also had 17 years as the age of consent.

The charges he raised against the apostle were " First, that he created disturbances among the Romans throughout the empire, an offence against the Roman government ( crimen majestatis ).

: Section 16 ( 1 )( a ) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ( c. 2 ) provided that it was an offence to, amongst other things, assault any person duly engaged in the performance of any duty or the exercise of any power imposed or conferred on him by or under any enactment relating to an assigned matter, or any person acting in his aid.

This offence was abolished and replaced by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.

under secction 7 ( 1 )( a ), but that section has been superseded by section 66 ( 1 ) of the Police ( Northern Ireland ) Act 1998 ( c. 32 ) which now provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

In England and Wales the common law offence of being a common barator was abolished by section 13 ( 1 )( a ) of the Criminal Law Act 1967.

It is doubtful whether in the ordinary way persons charged with commission of this offence were dealt with by indictment.

This official " air-brushing from history " may imply punitive internal exile to a remote location, similar to that inflicted on the contemporary poet, Ovid, who in AD 8, for an unknown offence, was ordered by Augustus to spend the rest of his life in Tomis ( Constanţa ) on the Black Sea.

All the same the Battle of Kursk was marked by the Soviet switch to offence and the use of the revived doctrine of deep operations.