Section 160: Assault with wounding or premedition
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160. Assault with wounding or premedition
Si les violences exercées contre Where the violence used against
les fonctionnaires et agents designés the functionaries or agents menaux sections 158 et 159 ont été la tioned in sections 158 and 159 has
cause d’effusion de sang, blessures caused effusion of blood, or a
ou maladie, et dans le cas même où wound, or illness, and, even where
ces violences n’auraient pas causé such violence has caused no effud’effusion de sang, blessures ou sion of blood, nor wound, nor illmaladie, si les coups ont été portés ness, where the blows have been
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avec préméditation, ou de gue- given with premeditation or lying in
tapens, la punition sera la servitude wait, the punishment shall be penal
pénale. servitude.
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- Is assaulting a police officer punished more severely if it causes injury or was premeditated?