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JAM-1864-L-73502
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Title_of_text
Offences Against the Person Act (Cap. 269).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Jamaica
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1864
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Sets out offences against the person including homicide, assualt, rape, protection of women and girls, suppression of brothels, child stealing, bigamy, abortions, infanticide, unnatural offences. It also provides that every person convicted of capital murder is to be sentenced to death except in the case of pregnant women (section 3).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Laws of Jamaica
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Country
Jamaica
URL
http://www.moj.gov.jm/
File
JAM73502 2010.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. 18 of 2010)