Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 231

231. (1) In the cases referred to in paragraph ( a) of the last preceding article, the offender sh all, on conviction, be liable - (a) if death has ensued - (i) solely as a result of the nature or the natural consequences of the harm and not of any supervening accidental cause, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; (ii) as a result of a supervening accidental cause and not solely as a result of the nature or natural consequences of the harm , to imprisonment for a term not exceedin g six months; (b) if the harm is grievous and produces the effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; (c) if the harm is grievous without the effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months; (d) if the harm shall have become grievous owing to a supervening accidental cause - (i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, in the case refe rred to in paragraph ( b); (ii) to the punishments established for contrav- entions, in the case refe rred to in paragraph ( c). 122 CAP . 9.] CRIMINAL CODE (2) In the cases referred to in sub-article (1), if the harm is slight, no proceedings shall be instituted. in paragraphs (b) and (c) of s. 230, Amended by: VIII.1857.6,7; V .1868.15; XI.1900.34; I.1903.8; XIII.1983.5; XXIX.1990.9; L.N. 407 of 2007.