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SENTENCING AMENDMENT (COWARD'S PUNCH MANSLAUGHTER AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 72 OF 2014) - SECT 11

Custodial sentence must be imposed for manslaughter by single punch or strike

    (1)     For section 9C(6)(a) of the Sentencing Act 1991 substitute —

    "(a)     a person who is involved in the commission of the offence within the meaning of section 323(1)(a) or (b) of the Crimes Act 1958 ; or".

    (2)     The note at the foot of section 9C(6)(a) of the Sentencing Act 1991 is repealed .

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