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.
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.
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.
[3] The third schedule of the Criminal Code Act 1893 (57 Vict 1893 No 56) repealed and replaced the provisions in these acts as well as the English parliament's Offences against the Person Act 1866 (14 and 15 Vict.,c.100), along with other English and New Zealand legislation.