142 Offences of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon in public or on school premises
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142  Offences of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon in public or on school premises

(1)     In the Prevention of Crime Act 1953, after section 1 (prohibition of the carrying of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse) insert—

“1A Offence of threatening with offensive weapon in public

(1)     A person is guilty of an offence if that person—

(a)     has an offensive weapon with him or her in a public place,

(b)     unlawfully and intentionally threatens another person with the weapon, and

(c)     does so in such a way that there is an immediate risk of serious physical harm to that other person.

(2)     For the purposes of this section physical harm is serious if it amounts to grievous bodily harm for the purposes of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

(3)     In this section “public place” and “offensive weapon” have the same meaning as in section 1.

(4)     A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)     on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b)     on conviction on indictment,

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