The Criminal Code Act 1899 - Ozcase Queensland Historical Legal ...

98 m.289-298 CRIMINAL CODE
which is or may be dangerous to, human life or health, to have reasonable
skill and to use reasonable care in doing such act: and he is held to have
caused any consequences which result to the life or health of any person
by reason of any omission to observe or perform that duty.
U$ SfE Persons in s Tkgs. It is the duty of
every person who has i or under his control anything,
whether living or inanimate, and whether moving or stationary, of such
a nature that, in the absence of care or precaution in its use or management,
the life, safety, or health, of any person may be endangered, to use
reasonable care and take reasonable precautions to avoid such danger:
and he is held to have caused any consequences which result to the life
or health of any person by reason of any omission to perform that duty.
5 cer$dn ads. When a person undertakes to do any act the
omission to do which is or may be dangerous to human life or health, it
is his duty to do that act: and he is held to have caused any consequences
which result to the life or health of any person by reason of any omission
to perform that duty.
unlawful to kill any person
. A child becomes a person
roceeded in a living state
from the body of its rnotbcr, whether it has breathed or not, and whether
it has an independe~it cirt uIation or not, and whether the navel-string is
severed or not.
. Except as hereinafter set forth, an
causes the death ol'
her, directly or indirectly, by any
ever, is deemed to have killed that other person.
a: . When a child dies in consequence
of an act done or omitted to be done by any person before or during its
birth, the person who did or omitted to do such act is deemed to have
killed the child.
295. CraUS reatS. A person who, by threats or intimidation
of any kind, or by deceit, causes another person to do an act or make an
omission which results in the death of that other person, is deemed to have
killed him.
. A person who does any act or makes any
omission which hastens the death of another person who, when the act is
done or the omission is made, is labouring under some disorder or disease
arising from another cause, is deemed to have killed that other person.
revented by
nother from
it is immaterial that the injury might have been avoided by proper pre-
caution on the part of the person injured, or that his death from that injury
might have been prevented by proper care or treatment.
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When a person does grievous bodily harm to another, and such other
person has recourse to surgical or medical treatment, and death results
either from the injury or the treatment, he is deemed to have killed that