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==ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS==
:1. Section 46 of Act 29 amended
:2. Section 49 of Act 29 amended
:3. Section 49A of Act 29 amended
:4. Section 194 of Act 29 amended
:5. Section 317A of Act 29 amended

==LONG TITLE==
AN ACT to amend the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to substitute the penalty of life imprisonment for the death penalty and to provide for related matters.

==DATE OF ASSENT==
2nd August, 2023.

==ACT==

====1. Section 46 of Act 29 amended====
The Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), referred to in this Act as the "principal enactment", is amended by the substitution for section 46 of
:"'''Murder'''
:A person who commits murder is liable on conviction to life imprisonment.".


====2. Section 49 of Act 29 amended====
The principal enactment is amended by the substitution for section 49 of
:"'''Attempt to commit murder by convict'''
:A person who, being under a sentence of imprisonment for three years or more, attempts to commit murder, is liable on conviction to life imprisonment.".


====3. Section 49A of Act 29 amended====
Section 49A of the principal enactment is amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of
:"(1) A person who commits genocide is liable on conviction to imprisonment.".


====4. Section 194 of Act 29 amended====
Section 194 of the principal enactment is amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of
:"(2) A person who, with intent to commit, or at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after, committing an act of piracy in respect of a ship, assaults, with intent to murder, a person who is on board, or belonging to, the ship or injured the person or unlawfully does an act by which the life of that person may be endangered, commits a felony and is liable on conviction to be sentenced to life imprisonment.".


====5. Section 317A of Act 29 amended====
Section 317A of the principal enactment is amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of
:"(1) Despite any law to the contrary, a person who
::(a) without lawful authority, the proof of which lies on that person, exports or attempts to export gold or diamond; or
::(b) conceals or carries away from the Republic gold or diamond with intent to evade an enactment relating to the export of gold or diamond,
:commits a criminal offence and is liable on conviction to a sentence of life imprisonment, and the gold or diamond, in respect of which the criminal offence was committed shall be forfeited to the Republic.".