Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 237
237. Where in an accidental affray a homicide or bodily harm
is committed and it is not known who is the author thereof, eac h
person who shall have taken an active part against the deceased or
the person injured shall, on conviction, be liable -
(a) in the case of homicide, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years;
(b) in the case of a grievous bodily harm producing the
effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a
term not exceed ing one year;
(c) in the case of a grievous bodily harm without the
effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a
term not exceedi ng three months;
(d) in the case of a slight bodily harm, to the punishments
established for contraventions:
Provided that, in the case of homicide, the person or
persons who shall have inflicted on the party killed a bodily h arm
from which death might have ensued, shall, on conviction, be li able
to imprisonment for a term from five to twelve years.
Provoking
tumult or affray
for the purpose
of committing
homicide or
causing a bodily
harm.
Added by:
XI.1900.35.
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