Crimes Act 1958
5BHomicide by firearm
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5B Homicide by firearm
(1) A person who, by discharging a firearm, causes the death of another person in circumstances that constitute manslaughter is guilty of homicide by firearm and liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).
(2) The standard sentence for homicide by firearm is 13 years.
discharge has the same meaning as in section 31C(4);
firearm has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1996.
2 Homicide by firearm is a category 2 offence under the Sentencing Act 1991. See section 5(2H) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order unless the circumstances set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) of that section exist.
S. 5C inserted by No. 16/2020 s. 5.