### sec.8 Voluntary assisted dying not suicide For the purposes of the law of the State, and for the purposes of a contract, deed or other instrument entered into in the State or governed by the law of the State, a person who dies as the result of the self-administration or administration of a voluntary assisted dying substance in accordance with this Act— does not die by suicide; and is taken to have died from the disease, illness or medical condition mentioned in section 10 (1) (a) from which the person suffered. - (a) does not die by suicide; and - (b) is taken to have died from the disease, illness or medical condition mentioned in section 10 (1) (a) from which the person suffered.

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