THE PALESTINE
28th September, 1936
GAZETTE
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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.