Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 272A

272A. (1) Whosoever shall be gui lty of theft accompanied with grievous bodily harm from which death ensues shall be liable: (a) if the harm is grievous and death ensues as a result of the nature or the natural co nsequences of the harm and not of any supervenin g accidental cause: (i) to imprisonment for a term from eight to thirty years, if death shall ensue within forty days to be reckoned from the midnight immediately preceding the crime; (ii) to imprisonment for a term from six to twenty five years, if death shall ensue after the said forty days, but within one year to be reckoned as above; (b) if death shall ensue as a result of a supervening accidental cause and not solel y 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 ten years. (2) The provisions of article 220(3) shall apply where the harm is caused within the territorial limits of Malta but death occu rs outside those limits. Punishment for theft accompanied with attempted homicide. Amended by: IV .1856.13; VI.1871.l9; XI.1900.38; XLIX.1981.4.