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SECTION 278 — Assault Occasioning Death

In French Coups mortels

(1) Whoever by force or interference unintentionally causes another's death shall be punished with imprisonment for from 6 (six) to 20 (twenty) years. (2) Where the force or interference is used in the course of any act of witchcraft, magic or divination the punishment shall be imprisonment for life.
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ARTICLE 278 — Coups mortels

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