(4) (New, SG No. 89/1896) Where the act under paragraphs (1) and (3) has been
committed by exceeding the limits of self-defence, the punishment shall be: in case of grave
bodily injury - imprisonment up to five years, in case of medium bodily injury - imprisonment up
to four years, and in case of trivial bodily injury - imprisonment up to two years.
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Not punishable shall be a mother who through negligence causes the death of her not fully
delivered or just delivered offspring.
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(1) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 75/2006) A person who with the consent of a
pregnant woman puts to death her foetus outside an accredited health establishment or in
violation of the approved standards and rules of good medical practice, shall be punished by
imprisonment for up to five years.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997) If the offender has no higher medical education or has put
to death the foetus of two or more women, the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to eight
years.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997) If the act under the preceding paragraphs has been
committed for a second time, the punishment shall be imprisonment for two to eight years.
(4) A pregnant woman shall not be held penally responsible under the preceding
paragraphs, including for abetment and assistance.
(5) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997) If the putting to death of the foetus has been done without
the consent of the pregnant woman, the punishment shall be imprisonment for three to eight
years.
(6) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997) If in the latter case the death of the pregnant woman has
followed, the punishment shall be imprisonment for five to twelve years.
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(1) (Amended, SG No. 26/2010) A person who in any way has assisted or persuaded
another to commit suicide, and such an act or even an attempt only has followed, shall be
punished by imprisonment from one to six years.
(2) For the same crime, committed with respect to a minor, or against a person, about
whom the perpetrator has knowledge that he is incapable to manage his actions or that he does
not understand the essence and meaning of the act, the punishment shall be imprisonment for
three to ten years.
(3) A person who through cruel treatment or systematic abasement of the dignity of a
person who was in material or other dependency upon him, has lead him to suicide or to an
attempt at suicide, having admitted it as possible, shall be punished by imprisonment for two to
eight years.
(4) If the act under the preceding paragraph has been committed through negligence, the
punishment shall be imprisonment for up to three years.
Section II
Bodily Injury
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