Section 230: Assault

230. Assault (1) Lorsque les blessures, les (1) Where such wound, blow or coups ou autres violences ou voies other violence or assault has not de fait n’auront occasionné aucune caused any sickness or incapacity maladie ni incapacité de travail per- from personal labour of the descripsonnel de l’espèce mentionnée dans tion mentioned in section 228 the la section 228, le coupable sera puni offender shall be punished by imd’une peine d’emprisonnement qui prisonment for a term not exceeding ne pourra excéder 2 ans, et d’une 2 years, and by a fine not exceeding amende qui n’excèdera pas 50,000 50,000 rupees. roupies. (2) Where there has been pre- (2) S’il y a eu préméditation ou meditation or lying in wait, the ofguet-apens le coupable sera puni fender shall be punished by imprisd’emprisonnement et d’une amende onment and by a fine not exceeding qui ne pourra excéder 100,000 rou- 100,000 rupees. pies. (3) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the assault is directed against a minor under the age of 14 or a physically or mentally handicapped person, a person charged under subsection (2) shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 months. (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. 230 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.]