Div 1Offences against the person 7

Division 1—Offences against the person 7

(1) Homicide 7

3 Punishment for murder 7

3A Unintentional killing in the course or furtherance of a crime of violence 9

3B Provocation no longer a partial defence to murder 9

4A Manslaughter—single punch or strike taken to be dangerous act 10

5 Punishment of manslaughter 11

5A Child homicide 12

5B Homicide by firearm 12

5C Relationship between manslaughter, child homicide and homicide by firearm 13

6 Infanticide 13

6A Suicide no longer a crime 14

6B Survivor of suicide pact who kills deceased party is guilty of manslaughter 14

8 Petit treason 16

9 Provision for trial for murder or manslaughter in Victoria where death or cause of death only happens in Victoria 16

9AA Abolition of year-and-a-day rule 17

(1A) Treasonable offences 18