Adebayo, Mahmud KayodeOlokooba, Saka MuhammedAlili, Ngozi2021-06-012021-06-012019nilhttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5638nilThe paper examines the offence of non-Sexual Assault. using doctrinal approach whereby case law, statutes, and the authoritative views of legal writers were assembled and analyzed. The paper diagnosed non-sexual assault as a common law crime as well as statutory offence. Amongst the jurisdiction examined, the final analysis, the paper posited that where the offence is codified the opportunity was used by parliament to enlarge the scope by creating some assault related offences in a bid to avoid multiplicity of statutory enactments on the same subject. The concept of non sexual assault was examined in in all the jurisdiction mentioned on a comparative basis and recommendations offered.enAsaultBatteryConsentsWordsMens ReaActus ReaArticle