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Crimes
2013, No. 10
(2) In this section, the expression “to murder” includes to
cause the death of another person out of Samoa in circumstances
that would amount to murder if the act were committed in
Samoa.
(3) A person is liable to imprisonment for life:
(a) who counsels or procures any other person to commit
suicide, if that other person actually commits
suicide in consequence thereof; or
(b) or who aids or abets any person in the commission of
suicide.
107. Accessory after the fact to murder - A person is liable
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven (7) years who is
an accessory after the fact to murder.
108. Punishment of manslaughter - A person who commits
manslaughter is liable to imprisonment for life.
109. Killing unborn child-(1) A person is liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who causes the
death of any child that has not become a human being in such a
manner that the person would have been guilty of murder if the
child had become a human being.
(2) A person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
five (5) years who causes the death of any child that has not
become a human being in such a manner that the person would
have been guilty of manslaughter if the child had become a human
being.
(3) No person commits any crime who before or during the
birth of any child causes the child’s death by means employed in
good faith for the preservation of the life of the mother.
110. Infanticide-(1) A woman is guilty of infanticide, and
not of murder or manslaughter, is liable to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding five (5) years, if:
(a) she causes the death of any child of hers within 12
months from the date of its birth in a manner that
amounts to culpable homicide; and