28th September, 1936
THÉ PALESTINE
GAZETTE
1023
234. A n y person who, with intent to commit or to facilitate
the commission of a felony or misdemeanour, or to facilitate the
flight of an offender after the commission or attempted commission
of a felony or misdemeanour, administers or attempts to administer
any stupefying or overpowering drug or thing to any person, is
guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.
Stupefying in
order to commit
felony or
misdemeanour.
235. A n y person who, w i t h intent to disfigure or disable any
person, or to do some grievous harm to any person, or to resist or
prevent the lawful arrest or detention of himself or any other
person :—
Acts intended to
cause grievous
harm or prevent
arrests.
(a) unlawfully wounds or does any grievous harm
person by any means whatever; or
to any
( b ) unlawfully attempts i n any manner to strike any person
w i t h any kind of projectile or w i t h a knife, or other
dangerous or offensive weapon ; or
(c) unlawfully causes any explosive substance to explode ; or
( d ) sends or delivers any explosive substance
dangerous or noxious thing to any person ; or
( e ) causes any such substance
received by any person; or
or thing
or other
to be taken
or
(/) puts any corrosive fluid or any destructive or explosive
substance i n any place ; or
(g)
unlawfully casts or throws any such fluid or substance
at or upon any person, or otherwise applies any such fluid
or substance to the person of any person ;
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.
236.
A n y person who unlawfully :—
(a) prevents or obstructs any person who is on board of, or
is escaping from a vessel which is i n distress or wrecked,
i n his endeavours to save his l i f e ; or
Preventing
escape from
wreck.
(b) obstructs any person i n his endeavours to save the life
of any person so situated;
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life .
237. A n y person who, with intent to injure or to endanger the
safety of any person travelling by any railway ,whether a particular
person 01' not :—
Intentionally
safc>ty of
g
rmg
persons travelling, by
(a) places anything on the r a i l w a y ; or
(b)
railway.
deals w i t h the railway, or with anything whatever upon
or near the railway, i n such a manner as to affect or endanger the free and safe use of the railway or the safety
of any such person ; o r
(c) shoots or throws anything at, into or upon, or causes anything to come into contact w i t h , any person or thing on the
railway ; o r
( d ) shows any light or signal, or i n any way deals w i t h any
existing light or signal, upon or near the r a i l w a y ; or
(e) by any omission to do any act w h i c h it is his duty to do
causes the safety of any such person to be endangered;
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.
238. A n y person who unlawfully does grievous harm to another
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
Grievous harm,