Section 236: Administering noxious substance

236. Administering noxious substance (1) Any person who administers to or causes to be administered to or taken by any other person any drug, poison or other destructive or noxious thing, so as to endanger the life of such person, or so as to inflict upon such person any grievous bodily harm, or so as to stupefy or overpower such person and facilitate the commission of any offence, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. (2) Where death has ensued from the commission of an offence under subsection (1), the offender shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 45 years. (3) Any person who administers to or causes to be administered to or taken by, any other person any poison or other destructive or noxious thing, with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy such person, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [S. 236 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by s. 4 (1) (e) of Act 6 of 2007 w.e.f. 18 June 2007; s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]