Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 244A
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
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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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