Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 244A

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244A. (1) Any person who, knowing that he suffers from, or is afflicted by, any disease or condition as may be specified in accordance with sub-article (3), in any manner knowingly transmits, communicates or pas ses on such disease or condition to any other person not otherwise suffering from it or afflicted b y it, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from four year to nine years: Provided that where the other person dies as a result of such 126 CAP . 9.] CRIMINAL CODE disease or condition, the offender shall be liable to the punis hment established in article 211(1). (2) Where any such disease or condition as is referred to in sub-article (1) is transmitted, communicated or passed on throu gh imprudence, carelessness or through non-observance of any regulation by the person who knew or should have known that he suffers there from or is afflicted thereby that person shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding s ix months or to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (€2,329.37) : Provided that where the other person dies as a result of such disease or condition, the offend er shall be liable to the punis hments established in article 225. (3) The Minister responsible for justice shall, by notice in the Gazette, specify diseases or conditions to which this article a pplies. Amended by: VI.1947.8. Substituted by: III.2002.47. Sub-title VIII OF INFANTICIDE AND OF THE ABANDONMENT, EXPOSURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN Infanticide. Added by: VI.1947.9.

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