Penal Code CAP 63▤
Infanticide
Where a woman by any wilful act or omission causes the death of her child being a child under the age of twelve months, but at the…
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Suicide pacts
(1) It shall be manslaughter, and shall not be murder, for a person acting in pursuance of a suicide pact between him and another…
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Provocation defined
(1) The term “provocation” means and includes, except as hereinafter stated, any wrongful act or insult of such a nature as to be…
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Killing on provocation
When a person who unlawfully kills another under circumstances which, but for the provisions of this section, would constitute mur…
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Malice aforethought
Malice aforethought shall be deemed to be established by evidence proving any one or more of the following circumstances— (a) an i…
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Punishment of manslaughter
Any person who commits the felony of manslaughter is liable to imprisonment for life.
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Punishment of murder
Any person convicted of murder shall be sentenced to death.
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Murder
Any person who of malice aforethought causes death of another person by an unlawful act or omission is guilty of murder.
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Manslaughter
(1) Any person who by an unlawful act or omission causes the death of another person is guilty of the felony termed manslaughter.…
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Explanation as to good faith
A publication of defamatory matter shall be deemed not to have been made in good faith by a person, within the meaning of section…
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Cases in which publication of defamatory matter is conditionally privileged
A publication of defamatory matter is privileged, on condition that it was published in good faith, if the relation between the pa…
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Cases in which publication of defamatory matter is absolutely privileged
(1) The publication of defamatory matter is absolutely privileged, and no person shall under any circumstances be liable to punish…
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Definition of unlawful publication
Any publication of defamatory matter concerning a person is unlawful within the meaning of this Chapter, unless— (a) the matter is…
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Definition of publication
(1) A person publishes a libel if he causes the print, writing, painting, effigy or other means by which the defamatory matter is…
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Definition of defamatory matter.
Defamatory matter is matter likely to injure the reputation of any person by exposing him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or like…
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Definition of libel
Any person who, by print, writing, painting or effigy, or by any means otherwise than solely by gestures, spoken words or other so…
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Offensive trades
Any person who, for the purposes of trade or otherwise, makes loud noises or offensive or unwholesome smells in such places and ci…
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Fouling air
Any person who voluntarily vitiates the atmosphere in any place, so as to make it noxious to the health of persons in general dwel…
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Fouling water
Any person who voluntarily corrupts or fouls the water of any public spring or reservoir, so as to render it less fit for the purp…
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Spreading infection
Any person who unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to sprea…
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Wearing uniforms declared to be for exclusive use
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, upon the application of any persons who perform, or who are members of any organiz…
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Unauthorized uniforms
(1) Any person who, not being a person serving in the disciplined forces or the police force, or any other armed forces for the ti…
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Idle and disorderly persons
The following persons— (a) every common prostitute behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in any public place; (b) every pers…
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Traffic in obscene publications
(1) Any person who— (a) for the purpose of or by way of trade or for the purpose of distribution or public exhibition, makes, prod…
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