Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 5 Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and dutiesChapter 28 Homicide—suicide— concealment of birth[s 298]298 Injuries causing death in consequence of subsequenttreatmentWhen a person does grievous bodily harm to another, andsuch other person has recourse to surgical or medicaltreatment, and death results either from the injury or thetreatment, the person is deemed to have killed that otherperson, although the immediate cause of death was thesurgical or medical treatment, provided that the treatment wasreasonably proper under the circumstances, and was appliedin good faith.300 Unlawful homicideAny person who unlawfully kills another is guilty of a crime,which is called murder or manslaughter, according to thecircumstances of the case.302 Definition of murder(1) Except as hereinafter set forth, a person who unlawfully killsanother under any of the following circumstances, that is tosay—(a) if the offender intends to cause the death of the personkilled or that of some other person or if the offenderintends to do to the person killed or to some otherperson some grievous bodily harm;(b) if death is caused by means of an act done in theprosecution of an unlawful purpose, which act is of sucha nature as to be likely to endanger human life;(c) if the offender intends to do grievous bodily harm tosome person for the purpose of facilitating thecommission of a crime which is such that the offendermay be arrested without warrant, or for the purpose offacilitating the flight of an offender who has committedor attempted to commit any such crime;Current as at 1 December 2014 Page 185