Crime
(Public Order) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-
Adopted
by the States 11 March 2026
Sanctioned
by Order of His Majesty in Council [date to be inserted]
Registered by the Royal Court [date to be inserted]
Coming into force [date to be inserted]
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of His Most
Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
1 Crime (Public Order) (Jersey) Law 2024 amended
This Law amends the Crime (Public Order)
(Jersey) Law 2024.
2 Article 4 (threats to
kill, rape or cause serious physical injury) substituted
For Article 4 there
is substituted –
4 Threats to kill, cause serious physical injury or commit
sexual offence
(1) A
person commits an offence if –
(a) without lawful excuse,
the person threatens another person by any means, intending the other person to
believe that the threat would be carried out; and
(b) the threat is to –
(i) kill or cause serious physical injury to
any person; or
(ii) commit an offence under
Article 5 (rape), Article 6 (sexual penetration without consent), or Part 3, 4
or 8 of the Sexual
Offences (Jersey) Law 2018 against any person.
(2) A
person who commits an offence is liable to imprisonment for 10 years and
to a fine.
3 Citation and
commencement
This Law may be cited as
the Crime (Public Order) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- and comes into force on a
day to be specified by the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs by Order.