Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
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Non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation causing serious harm | ||
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22. The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 4: | ||
“4A. (1) A person who intentionally or recklessly causes serious harm to another by suffocating or strangling the other shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for life or to both. | ||
(3) A person charged with an offence under subsection (1) may, if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for that offence but warrants a conviction for an offence under section 4, be found guilty of an offence under section 4. | ||
(4) In this section, ‘strangle’ and ‘suffocate’ have the meanings they have in section 3A (inserted by section 21 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023).”. |