s 156
In forceMurder
Schedule ICriminal Code of the Northern Territory of Australia
Part VIOffences against the person and related matters
Division 3Homicide: suicide: concealment of birth
156 Murder
(1)
A person is guilty of the offence of murder if:
(a)
the person engages in conduct; and
(b)
that conduct causes the death of another person; and
(c) the person intends to cause the death of, or serious harm to, that or any other person by that conduct.
(2)
Section 43BF does not apply to the offence of murder.
Note for section 156
Under sections 158 and 159, murder may be reduced to manslaughter if the conduct causing the death concerned occurred under provocation or the defendant proves that the defendant's mental capacity was substantially impaired.
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