Prevention of Offences Act, 1851

Assaults on persons entitled to apprehend.

12. If any person liable to be apprehended under the provisions of this Act shall assault or offer any violence to any person by law authorized to apprehend or detain him, or to any person acting in his aid and assistance, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three years.