"9"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Suicide Act 1961"@en . . . . "Parliament of the United Kingdom"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1640461"^^ . . . "1961-08-03"^^ . . . "The Suicide Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2 c 60) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It decriminalised the act of suicide in England and Wales so that those who failed in the attempt to kill themselves would no longer be prosecuted. The text of sections 1 and 2 of this Act was enacted verbatim for Northern Ireland by sections 12 and 13 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966. The Act did not apply to Scotland, as suicide was never an offence under Scots Law. Assisting a suicide in Scotland can in some circumstances constitute murder or culpable homicide, but no modern examples of cases devoid of direct application of intentional or unintentional harm (such as helping a person to inject themselves) seem to be available; it was noted in a consultation preceding the introduction of the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill that \"the law appears to be subject to some uncertainty, partly because of a lack of relevant case law\"."@en . . "Current"@en . . "8818"^^ . . . . . "Suicide Act 1961"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Suicide Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2 c 60) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It decriminalised the act of suicide in England and Wales so that those who failed in the attempt to kill themselves would no longer be prosecuted."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "England and Wales, except as regards the amendments made by Part II of the First Schedule, and except that the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882, is repealed also for the Channel Islands."@en . . . . . "An Act to amend the law of England and Wales relating to suicide, and for purposes connected therewith."@en . . "1961"^^ . . "1089301575"^^ . .