Section 228: Assault with aggravating circumstance

228. Assault with aggravating circumstance (1) Tout individu qui volontaire- (1) Any person who wilfully inment aura fait des blessures, porté flicts any wound or blow, or is the des coups, ou commis toute autre author of any other violence or asviolence ou voie de fait, s’il est ré- sault, shall, if such act of violence sulté de ces actes de violence une has caused any sickness or incapacmaladie ou incapacité de travail per- ity for personal labour for more than sonnel pendant plus de 20 jours, 20 days, be punished by imprisonsera puni d’emprisonnement et d’une ment and a fine not exceeding amende n’excédant pas 100,000 100,000 rupees. roupies. (2) Lorsque par l’effet des vio- (2) Where as a result of any act lences exprimées à l’alinéa (1), la of violence specified in subsection (1) personne maltraitée aura eu un bras, the person injured or assaulted has C57 – 57 [Issue 2] Criminal Code une jambe, une cuisse cassée, aura had an arm, a leg or a thigh broken, perdu la vue, ou même l’usage d’un or has lost the use of both eyes or of oeil, le coupable sera puni de servi- one eye only, the offender shall be tude pénale n’excédant pas 20 ans punished by penal servitude for a et d’une amende n’excédant pas term not exceeding 20 years and to 100,000 roupies. a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees. (3) Si les coups portés ou les (3) Where the wound or blow inblessures faites volontairement mais flicted wilfully, but without intention sans l’intention de donner la mort, to kill, shall nevertheless cause l’ont pourtant occasionnée, le cou- death, the offender shall be punished pable sera puni de servitude pénale by penal servitude for a term not n’excédant pas 20 ans. exceeding 20 years. (4) Si le crime prévu à l’alinéa (3) (4) Where the crime specified in aura précédé, accompagné ou suivi subsection (3) has preceded, acun autre crime, le coupable sera puni companied or followed another de servitude pénale. crime, the offender shall be punished by penal servitude. (5) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the victim of any offence specified in subsections (1) to (4) is a minor under the age of 16 or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [S. 228 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by Act 29 of 1990; Act 13 of 1998; Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]