THE PALESTINE 28th September, 1936 GAZETTE 10] 9 for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating i n formation or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working. Division IV.—Offences against the Person. CAPTER MURDER XXII. AND MANSLAUGHTER. 212. Subject to the provisions of section 214 of this Code, any person who by an unlawful act or omission causes the death of another person is guilty of a felony. Such felony is termed manslaughter . Manslaughter. 213. A n y person convicted of manslaughter is liable to i m prisonment for life . Punishment for manslaughter. 214. A n y person who :— Murder. ( a ) by any unlawful act or omission wilfully causes the death of his father or mother or grandfather or grandmother, or ( b ) with premeditation causes the death of any person, or .(c) wilfully causes the death of any person i n preparing for or to facilitate the commission of an offence or i n the commission of an offence, or ( d ) where an offence has been committed causes the death of any person i n order to secure the escape or avoidance of punishment i n connection w i t h such offence of himself or of any other person associated w i t h h i m as a principal or as an accessory i n the commission of such offence, is guilty of a felony. Such felony is termed murder. 215. death : A n y person convicted of murder shall be sentenced to Punishment for murder. Provided that where a woman convicted of murder is found upon evidence to the satisfaction of the court to be pregnant, she shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life. 216. F o r the purpose of section 214 of this Code a person is deemed to have killed another person with premeditation when— ( a ) he has resolved to k i l l such person or to k i l l any member of the family or of the race to which such person belongs, provided that it shall not be necessary to show that he resolved to k i l l any particular member of such family or race, and ( b ) he has killed such person i n cold blood without immediate provocation i n circumstances i n which he was able to think and realise the result of his actions, and (c) he has killed such person after having prepared himself to k i l l such person or any member of the family or race to •which such person belongs, or after having prepared the instrument, if any, with which such person was killed. I n order to prove premeditation it s h a l l not be necessary to'show that an accused person was i n any state of m i n d for any particular period or w i t h i n any particular period before the actual commission of the crime, or that the instrument, if any, w i t h which the crime was committed was prepared at any particular time before the actual commission of the crime. Premeditation.

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