Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 298
In forceInjuries causing death in consequence of subsequent treatment
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 5Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
298 Injuries causing death in consequence of subsequent treatment
When a person does grievous bodily harm to another, and such other person has recourse to surgical or medical treatment, and death results either from the injury or the treatment, the person is deemed to have killed that other person, although the immediate cause of death was the surgical or medical treatment, provided that the treatment was reasonably proper under the circumstances, and was applied in good faith.
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