Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 296
In forceAcceleration of death
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 5Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
296 Acceleration of death
A person who does any act or makes any omission which hastens the death of another person who, when the act is done or the omission is made, is labouring under some disorder or disease arising from another cause, is deemed to have killed that other person.
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