153Definition of homicide: Killing: When child becomes human being

153 Definition of homicide: Killing: When child becomes human being

[Section 153 Amended by No. 9 of 1989, s. 5 ]

(1)  Homicide is the killing of a human being by another.

(2)  Killing is causing the death of a person by an act or omission but for which he would not have died when he did, and which is directly and immediately connected with his death.

(3)  The question whether an act is directly and immediately connected with a person's death is a question of fact depending upon the circumstances of each particular case.

(4)  A child becomes a human being when it has completely proceeded in a living state from the body of its mother, whether it has breathed or not, and whether it has an independent circulation or not, and whether the navel-string is severed or not.

(5)  The killing of any such child is homicide if it dies in consequence of injuries received before, during, or after birth.

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