what is section 20?

Answer 1

Section 20 -- Liabilities of Controlling Persons and Persons Who Aid and Abet Violations

Answer 2

In the UK every law has a section 20 - each Act of Parliament is divided into sections (paragraphs really) - so, for instance, the Offences Against the Persons Act S.20 details Grievous Bodily Harm, whereas the Road Traffic Act 1988 S.20 specifies the definition of a goods vehicle, and the Firearms Amendment Act 1988 details movement of ammunition and weapons to Northern Ireland.
What is even more confusing with you not being more specific, is that other countries have laws divided into sections, eg Australia, and since you dont say which country you are in, everyone answering is just taking a 'stab in the dark' (LOL - S.20 of the Offences Against the Person Act ;-) )

Answer 3

When section 20 is referred to in a Criminal Court, it is generally understood to be a reference to section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

The offence is committed when a person unlawfully and maliciously, either:
wounds another person; or
inflicts grievous bodily harm upon another person.
It is an either way offence, which carries a maximum penalty on indictment of five years' imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. Summarily, the maximum penalty is six months' imprisonment and/or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
Wounding means the breaking of the continuity of the whole of the outer skin, or the inner skin within the cheek or lip. It does not include the rupturing of internal blood vessels.
The definition of wounding may encompass injuries that are relatively minor in nature, for example a small cut or laceration. An assault resulting in such minor injuries should more appropriately be charged contrary to section 47. An offence contrary to section 20 should be reserved for those wounds considered to be serious (thus equating the offence with the infliction of grievous, or serious, bodily harm under the other part of the section).
Grievous bodily harm means serious bodily harm. It is for the jury to decide whether the harm is serious. However, examples of what would usually amount to serious harm include:
injury resulting in permanent disability or permanent loss of sensory function;
injury which results in more than minor permanent, visible disfigurement; broken or displaced limbs or bones, including fractured skull;
compound fractures, broken cheek bone, jaw, ribs, etc;
injuries which cause substantial loss of blood, usually necessitating a transfusion;
injuries resulting in lengthy treatment or incapacity;
psychiatric injury. As with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, appropriate expert evidence is essential to prove the injury.
The prosecution must prove under section 20 that either the defendant intended, or actually foresaw, that the act might cause some harm. It is not necessary to prove that the defendant either intended or foresaw that the unlawful act might cause physical harm of the gravity described in section 20. It is enough that the defendant foresaw some physical harm to some person, albeit of a minor character, might result: (R v Savage; DPP v Parmenter [1992] 1 A.C 699).
This offence is capable of being racially/religiously aggravated under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Answer 4

Section 20 -- Liabilities of Controlling Persons and Persons Who Aid and Abet Violations

Answer 5

Section 20 of what?.There are numerous section 20's in different acts.

Answer 6

It's right after section 19 and it's before section 21.

Answer 7

Section 20 is Liabilities of Controlling Persons and Persons Who Aid and Abet Violations.

A criminal offence

Answer 8

Hi Paul.

If you are talking about the UK.

If you are referring to an assault then this is from the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 s.20 Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm. It is often just referred to as a section 20.

It carries a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment.

Hope this is what you wanted to know.

Answer 9

The higher the number after the word section, the worse the offence.....

Although this does not apply if you are classed a schedule 1 offender

Answer 10

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