(g) any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during
the space of at least twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to
follow his ordinary pursuits.
Section 273 - “Voluntarily Causing Hurt Defined”: Whoever does any act with the
intention of thereby causing hurt to any person or with the knowledge that
he is likely thereby to cause hurt to any person and does thereby cause hurt
to any person, is said voluntarily to cause hurt.
Section 274 - “Voluntarily Causing Grievous Hurt Defined”: Whoever voluntarily
causes hurt, if the hurt which he intends to cause or knows himself to be
likely to cause is grievous hurt and if the hurt which he causes is grievous
hurt, is said voluntarily to cause grievous hurt.
Explanation:- A person is not said voluntarily to cause grievous hurt
except when he both causes grievous hurt and intends or knows himself to
be likely to cause grievous hurt. But he is said to cause grievous hurt if
intending or knowing himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt of one
kind, he actually causes grievous hurt of another kind.
Illustration:- (“A”), intending or knowing himself to be likely
permanently to disfigure (“Z’s”) face, gives (“Z”) a blow which does not
permanently disfigure (“Z’s”) face but which causes (“Z”) to suffer severe
bodily pain for the space of at least twenty days. (“A”) has voluntarily
caused grievous hurt.
Section 275 - “Voluntarily Causing Hurt on Provocation”: Whoever voluntarily
causes hurt on grave and sudden provocation if he neither intends nor
knows himself to be likely to cause hurt to any person other than the
person who gave the provocation, shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not
exceeding LS60,000 or with both.
Section 276 - “Voluntarily Causing Grievous Hurt on Provocation”: Whoever
voluntarily causes grievous hurt on grave and sudden provocation, if he
neither intends nor knows himself to be likely to cause grievous hurt to
any person other than the person who gave the provocation, shall on
conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding four
years or with fine or with both.
Section 277 - “Voluntarily Causing Hurt without Provocation”: Whoever, except in
the case provided for by section 275, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or with
fine or with both.
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