Legalities of suicide

[oldexpat]

Is suicide illegal in the UK?

[ChuckFickens]

No, but assisting suicide is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Act_1961

http://www.statutelaw...tiveTextDocId=1132509

[redman41]

If you are contemplating Suicide please do not do it on here as the Ed will be displeased and will not go down too well with the other Abers either

[RATTER15]

If you succeed you will be punished with the full force of the law!!!!!

[woofgang]

the law did used to punish people who tried to commit suicide and failed....I guess it was to demonstrate to them that life is worth living after all....

[McMouse]

It's not encouraged, but it is legal. If successful you'll lose any benefits though.

[hammerman]

Pretty sure that attempted suicide is against the mental health act and i do believe my father (an ex police dog handler) once talked someone down from Beachy Head and then arrested them under said act !!!!

[oscarkim1]

In Scotland an attempted suicide is usually treated as a Breach of the Peace (causing fear and alarm to the lieges)

[pips1]

It is against the law of the bible, you would never enter heaven I'm told.

[thetruthhurts]

My mate sent me a message via facebook and told me he was standing right on the edge of a cliff and wanted to jump. So I poked him.

[mike11111]

Attempted suicide was illegal until 1961. One of the more notable people convicted of the offence was James Billington, an executioner in the 1920s who became unhinged after a controversial hanging and cut his throat. On sentencing him the judge laconically remarked that it was a good job that his aim was not as good as his drop.