Assault

Assault. (a) A person commits the offense of assault if the person unlawfully offers or attempts, with force or violence, to strike, beat, wound, or to do bodily harm to another. (b) A person convicted of assault may be punished by imprisonment for not more than six months. Source: PL 3-71, § 1 (§ 414); amended by PL 3-72, § 2 (§ 414).