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Section 22: Information for homicide

Criminal Procedure Act · PART II: THE INFORMATION

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22. Information for homicide (1) In an information for murder or manslaughter, it shall not be necessary to specify the manner in which or the means by which the death of the deceased was caused. (2) It shall be sufficient, in an information— (a) for murder, to charge that the accused did criminally, wilfully and of his malice aforethought, kill the deceased; and (b) for manslaughter, to charge that the accused did criminally and wilfully kill the deceased.

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