Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 257B

257B. (1) Whosoever shall be guilty of a grievous bodily harm from which death shall ensue sole ly as a result of the nature o r the natural consequences of the harm caused by the conduct describe d in article 257A(1) and not of any supervening accidental cause, shall be liable - (a) to imprisonment for a term from nine to twenty years, if death shall ensue within forty days to be reckoned from the midnight immedia tely preceding the crime; (b) to imprisonment for a term from six to fifteen years, if death shall ensue after the said forty days, but within one year to be reckoned as above. (2) If death shall ensue as a r esult of a supervening accidental cause and not solely as a result of the nature or the natural consequences of the harm, the offender shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from five to twelve years. (3) If the bodily harm is inflicted within the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of Malta, the crime shall be held to h ave been completed within those limits , even if the death of the pe rson injured shall occur outside those limits. (4) The punishments provided for under this article shall be increased as follows: (a) where the victim is under seventy years of age by one to two degrees; (b) where the victim is over seventy years of age by two to three degrees. Causing or permitting an elder or a dependent adult to suffer under circumstances not likely to produce bodily harm or death. Added by: XXXI.2014.3.