Unintentional killing in the course or furtherance of a crime of violence
3A Unintentional killing in the course or furtherance of a crime of violence
S. 3A(1) amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 2), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 2(a)(b)).
A person who unintentionally causes the death of another person by an act of violence done in the course or furtherance of a crime the necessary elements of which include violence for which a person upon first conviction may, under or by virtue of any enactment, be sentenced to level 1 imprisonment (life) or to imprisonment for a term of 10 years or more shall be liable to be convicted of murder as though he had killed that person intentionally.
The rule of law known as the felony-murder rule (whereby a person who unintentionally causes the death of another by an act of violence done in the course or furtherance of a felony of violence is liable to be convicted of murder as though he had killed that person intentionally) is hereby abrogated.
S. 3B inserted by No. 77/2005 s. 3.
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