<P> In England and Wales, and in Northern Ireland, the offence is created by section 47 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> 47 . Whosoever shall be convicted upon an indictment of any assault occasioning actual bodily harm shall be liable...to be kept in penal servitude ...;...</Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> 47 . Whosoever shall be convicted upon an indictment of any assault occasioning actual bodily harm shall be liable...to be kept in penal servitude ...;...</Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> The words "at the discretion of the court" omitted in the first place, and the words "for the term of three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour" omitted in the second place, were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1892 . </P>

Harm is damage to property or mens health