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Section 304 — Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

As in force on 1 July 2020.

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. 1 July 2020 You are here
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304.Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall —

(a)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, be punished with —

(i)imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to caning; or

(ii)imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning; or

(b)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, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments.

There is no section 303.