1981 Ed.]
Offences against the Person
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persuades or endeavours to persuade, or proposes to any person to murder any other person, whether he is a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether he is within Her Majesty's dominions or not, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be liable to imprisonment for
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5)
6. Any offence which, before the commencement of the Act 9 George 4, chapter 31, entitled "An Act for consolidating and amending the Statutes in England relative to Offences against the Person," would have amounted according to the law of England to petit treason shall be deemed to be murder only, and no greater offence; and all persons guilty in respect thereof, whether as principals or as accessories, shall be dealt with, indicted, tried, and punished as principals and accessories in murder.
7. Any person who is convicted of manslaughter shall be liable to imprisonment for life and to pay such fine as the court may award.
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2, 5 and 11, and 50 of 1911, Schedule)
8. No punishment or forfeiture shall be incurred by any person who kills another by misfortune, or in his own defence, or in any other manner without felony.
8A. On an indictment for murder a person found not guilty of murder may be found guilty of-
(a) any offence of which he may be found guilty under any Ordinance specifically so providing, or under section 51(2) or section 90(2) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance; or
(b) an attempt to commit murder, or of an attempt to commit any other offence of which he may be found guilty.
(Added, 5 of 1971, Schedule)
9. Where any person being feloniously stricken, poisoned, or otherwise hurt at any place in the Colony dies of such stroke, poisoning, or hurt upon the sea or at any place out of the Colony, every offence committed in respect of any such case, whether the same amounts to the offence of murder, or of manslaughter, or of being accessory to murder or manslaughter, may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in the Colony in which such stroke, poisoning, or hurt happens, in the same manner in all respects as if such offence had been wholly committed in the Colony.
GENOCIDE
9A. (1) A person commits the felony of genocide if he commits any act falling within the definition of "genocide" in Article II of the Genocide Convention as set out in the Schedule.
64/87 S.C.
Petit treason to be murder. 1861 c. 100, s. 8.
Manslaughter. 1861 c. 100, s. 5.
Excusable homicide. 1861 c. 100, s. 7.
Alternative verdicts. [c.f. 1967 c. 58, s. 6] (Cap. 221)
Trial of homicide where cause of death only happens in the Colony. 1861 c. 100, s. 10.
Genocide. Schedule.
1981 Ed.]
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persuades or endeavours to persuade, or proposes to any person to murder any other person, whether he is a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether he is within Her Majesty's dominions or not, shall be guilty of a fence and shall be liable to imprisonment for
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5)
6. Any offence which, before the commencement of the Act 9 George 4, chapter 31, entitled "An Act for consolidating and amending the Statutes in England relative to Offences against the Person," would have amounted according to the law of England to petit treason shall be deemed to be murder only, and no greater offence; and all persons guilty in respect thereof, whether as prin- cipals or as accessories, shall be dealt with, indicted, tried, and punished as principals and accessories in murder.
7. Any person who is convicted of manslaughter shall be liable to imprisonment for life and to pay such fine as the court may award.
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2, 5 and 11, and 50 of 1911. Schedule)
8. No punishment or forfeiture shall be incurred by any person who kills another by misfortune, or in his own defence, or in any other manner without felony.
8A. On an indictment for murder a person found not guilty of murder may be found guilty of-
(a) any offence of which he may be found guilty under any Ordinance specifically so providing, or under section 51(2) or section 90(2) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance; or
(b) an attempt to commit murder, or of an attempt to commit
any other offence of which he may be found guilty.
( Added, 5 of 1971, Schedule)
9. Where any person being feloniously stricken, poisoned, or otherwise hurt at any place in the Colony dies of such stroke, poisoning, or hurt upon the sea or at any place out of the Colony, every offence committed in respect of any such case, whether the same amounts to the offence of murder, or of manslaughter, or of being accessory to murder or manslaughter, may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in the Colony in which such stroke, poisoning, or hurt happens, in the same manner in all respects as if such offence had been wholly committed in the Colony.
GENOCIDE
9A. (1) A person commits the felony of genocide if he com- mits any act falling within the definition of "genocide" in Article II of the Genocide Convention as set out in the Schedule.
64/87 S.C
Petit treason to
be murder. 1861 c. 100. s. 8.
Manslaughter.
1861 2. 100. 3. S
Excusable homicide.
186) 2, 100, N. **
Alternative verdicts.
[c/ 1967 c. 58,5-6]
(Cap. 3214
Trial of homicide where cause of death only happens in the Colony.
1861 c. 100, s. 10.
Genocide.
Schedule.
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