Offences against the Person Act 1861

Section	Meaning
Section 4	Conspiring or soliciting to commit murder
Section 5	Manslaughter
Section 9	Murder or manslaughter abroad
Section 16	Threats to kill
Section 18	Shooting or attempting to shoot, or wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm
Section 20	Inflicting bodily injury, with or without weapon
Section 21	Attempting to choke, &c. in order to commit any indictable offence
Section 23	Maliciously administering poison, &c. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm
Section 24	Maliciously administering poison, &c. with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy any other person
Section 27	Exposing children whereby life is endangered
Section 28	Causing bodily injury by gunpowder
Section 29	Causing gunpowder to explode, or sending to any person an explosive substance, or throwing corrosive fluid on a person, with intent to do grievous bodily harm
Section 30	Placing gunpowder near a building, with intent to do bodily injury to any person
Seciton 31	Setting spring guns, &c., with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm
Section 36	Obstructing or assaulting a clergyman or other minister in the discharge of his duties
Section 38	Assault with intent to commit felony, or on peace officers, &c
Section 39	Assaults with intent to obstruct the sale of grain, or its free passage
Section 40	Assaults on seamen, &c
Section 41	Assults
Section 42	Persons committing any common assault or battery may be imprisoned or compelled by two magistrates to pay fine and costs not exceeding 5 l
Section 43	Persons convicted of aggravated assaults on females and boys under fourteen years of age may be imprisoned or fined
Section 47	Assault occasioning bodily harm
Section 56	Child-stealing