sch.3-sec.16Moderate facial injury

sch.3-sec.16 Moderate facial injury

Examples of the injury 6 to 13 a simple cheekbone fracture, requiring minor reconstructive surgery, from which the injured person will fully recover with little or no cosmetic damage a fracture of the jaw causing— permanent effects, for example, difficulty in opening the mouth or in eating; or hyperaesthesia or paraesthesia in the area of the fracture a displaced fracture of the nasal complex from which the injured person will almost fully recover after surgery severed branches of the facial nerve (7th cranial nerve) with paralysis of some of the facial muscles a severed sensory nerve of the face with minor permanent paraesthesia