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Section 304 — Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

As in force on 30 March 1987.

Timeline 5 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 1 January 2013 Act 32 of 2012
  4. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  5. 17 August 2026 Latest
304.Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished —

(a)with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning, if the act by which death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or

(b)with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, or with fine, or with both, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.

There is no section 303