Section 303: Larceny with wounding
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303. Larceny with wounding
(1) Quiconque aura commis un (1) Any person who commits a
vol, et soit au temps du vol, soit larceny, and either at the time of
immédiatement avant ou après aura such larceny, or immediately before
blessé quelque personne avec une or after the same, wounds any perarme offensive ou un instrument son with an offensive weapon or
quelconque, with any instrument,
shall be punished by penal servitude.
(2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure
Act, where it is averred that the person wounded is a minor 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. 303 amended by Act 13 of 1998.]
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