Section 29: Racially or religiously aggravated assaults.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 · 1998 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Criminal law

A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits—

an offence under section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (malicious wounding or grievous bodily harm);
an offence under section 47 of that Act (actual bodily harm);
an offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation); or
common assault,

which is racially or religiously aggravated for the purposes of this section.

A person guilty of an offence falling within subsection (1)(a) , (b) or (ba) above shall be liable—

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine, or to both.

A person guilty of an offence falling within subsection (1)(c) above shall be liable—

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.

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