Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1101): Difference between revisions

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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

"46. 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

"49. 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.".

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 ====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'''
+:"'''49. 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.".