3B
In forceProvocation no longer a partial defence to murder
Part IOffences
Division 1Offences against the person
3B Provocation no longer a partial defence to murder
S. 3B inserted by No. 77/2005 s. 3.
The rule of law that provocation reduces the crime of murder to manslaughter is abolished.
S. 4 amended by No. 9576 s. 11(1), repealed by No. 10079 s. 8(b), new s. 4 inserted by No. 77/2005 s. 4, repealed by No. 63/2014 s. 3(1).
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