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Section 320 — Grievous hurt

As in force on 1 February 2008.

Timeline 3 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 February 2008 by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
320.Grievous hurt

The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”:

(a)emasculation;

(aa)death;

(b)permanent privation of the sight of either eye;

(c)permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;

(d)privation of any member or joint;

(e)destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;

(f)permanent disfiguration of the head or face;

(g)fracture or dislocation of a bone;

(h) any hurt which endangers life, or which causes the sufferer to be, during the space of 20 days, in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.pursuits;

(i)penetration of the vagina or anus, as the case may be, of a person without that person’s consent, which causes severe bodily pain.