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Criminal Code Act 1983
156Murder
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156 Murder
(1) A person is guilty of the offence of murder if:
(b) that conduct causes the death of another person; and
(c) the person intends to cause the death of, or serious harm to,
that or any other person by that conduct.
Criminal Code Act 1983 136
(2) Section 43BF does not apply to the offence of murder.
Note for section 156
Under sections 158 and 159, murder may be reduced to manslaughter if the
conduct causing the death concerned occurred under provocation or the
defendant proves that the defendant's mental capacity was substantially
impaired.