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Harassment, alarm or distress is a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is also a term of art used in sections 4A and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 (which take their names from this expression). ==The offence== The offence is created by section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. Section 5(1) provides: :"(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he: ::(a) uses threatening (abusive ) words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, or ::(b) displays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening (abusive ), :within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby." The words "or abusive" were substituted for the words ", abusive or insulting", in both places they occurred,〔The Crime and Courts Act 2013, (section 57(2) )〕 on 1 February 2014.〔SI 2013/2981, (art 3 )〕 This offence has the following statutory defences: :(a) The defendant had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be alarmed or distressed by his action. :(b) The defendant was in a dwelling and had no reason to believe that his behaviour would be seen or heard by any person outside any dwelling. :(c) The conduct was reasonable. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harassment, alarm or distress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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