Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997

Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act, 1997.

30.—The Schedule to the Bail Act, 1997, is hereby amended by—

(a) the deletion in paragraph 3 of “Assault occasioning actual bodily harm.”,

(b) the deletion in paragraph 4 of “Kidnapping.”,

(c) the deletion in paragraph 5 of “False imprisonment.”, and

(d) the substitution for the matter contained in paragraph 7 of the following:

“Any offence under the following provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act, 1997—

(a) section 3 (assault causing harm);

(b) section 4 (causing harm);

(c) section 5 (threats to kill or cause serious harm);

(d) section 6 (syringe, etc. attacks);

(e) section 7 (1) (offence of possession of syringe, etc. in certain circumstances);

(f) section 8 (placing or abandoning syringe);

(g) section 9 (coercion);

(h) section 10 (harassment);

(i) section 13 (endangerment);

(j) section 14 (endangering traffic);

(k) section 15 (false imprisonment);

(l) section 16 (abduction of child by parent, etc.);

(m) section 17 (abduction of child by other persons).”.