Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both
Section history
Section 304A — Causing death by rash or negligent act
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 304A — Original text to 1 February 2008superseded
Section 304A — From 1 February 2008 (current)restructured by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall be punished —
(a)in the case of a rash act, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both; or
(b)in the case of a negligent act, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.