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Laws of Malaysia
Act 574
himself to be likely to cause, the culpable homicide committed by
the offender is of the description of which it would have been if
he had caused the death of the person whose death he intended
or knew himself to be likely to cause.
Punishment for murder
302. Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death.
303. (There is no s. 303).
Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
304. Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to
murder shall be punished—
(a)
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to thirty
years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which
the death is caused is done with the intention of causing
death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to
cause death; or
(b)
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten
years or with fine or with both, if the act is done with
the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without
any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily
injury as is likely to cause death.
Causing death by negligence
304a. Whoever causes the death of any person, by doing any
rash or negligence act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
two years or with fine or with both.
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