Singapore legislation

Clause 3

Repeal and re-enactment of section 304

Section 304 of the Penal Code is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder

304. 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 10 years, or with fine, or with caning, or with any combination of such punishments.”.

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