Act 8 Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007 (2) The amount of compensation shall be determined by the court and the court shall take into account the extent of harm suffered by the victim of the offence, the degree of force used by the offender and medical and other expenses incurred by the victim as a result of the offence”. 3. Amendment of section 286 of the principal Act. The principal Act, is amended in section 286 by substituting for subsections (2) and (3) the following— “(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) (b), where at the time of or immediately before or immediately after the time of the robbery, an offender is in possession of a deadly weapon, or causes death or grievous harm to any person, the offender or any other person jointly concerned in committing the robbery shall, on conviction by the High Court, be liable to suffer death. (3) In subsection (2) “deadly weapon” includes— (a) (i) an instrument made or adapted for shooting, stabbing or cutting, and any imitation of such an instrument; (ii) any substance, which when used for offensive purposes is capable of causing death or grievous harm or is capable of inducing fear in a person that it is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm; and (b) any substance intended to render the victim of the offence unconscious.” 4. Repeal of section 288. The principal Act is amended by repealing section 288. 5. Amendment of section 319 of principal Act. Section 319 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (3) the following new subsection— 5

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