Grievous Bodily Harm

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term of art used in English criminal law which has become synonymous with the offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. This article is about those offences. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously by any means whatsoever wound or cause any grievous bodily harm to any person, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm to any person, or with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of any person, shall be guilty of an offence and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for life. This section replaces section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1837, which in turn replaces section 12 of the Offences against the Person Act 1828, which in turn replaces section 1 of Lord Ellenborough's Act (1803).