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Penal Code (Amendment) Act (No. 22 of 1995) - Sect 4

Replacement to section 311 of the principal enactment

4. Section 311 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:-
The following kinds of hurt only are designated as "grievous" ; principal enactment
(a) emasculation; -
(b) permanent privation or impairment of the sight of either eye;
(c) permanent privation or impairment of the hearing of either ear ;
(d) privation of any member or joint;
(e) destruction or permanent impairment of the powers of any member or joint;
(f) permanent disfiguration of the head or face ;
(g) cut or fracture, of bone, cartilage or moth or dislocation or subluxation, of bone, joint or tooth;
(h) any injury which endangers life or if' consequence of which an operation involving the opening of the thoracic, abdominal or cranial cavities is performed;
(i) any injury which causes the sufferer to be in severe bodily pain or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits, for a period of twenty days either because of the injury or any operation necessitated by the injury.'.

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