CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 12 Murder

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 12

    (1)     A person commits murder if he or she causes the death of another person—

        (a)     intending to cause the death of any person; or

        (b)     with reckless indifference to the probability of causing the death of any person; or

        (c)     intending to cause serious harm to any person.

    (2)     A person who commits murder is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for life.

    (3)     In this section:

"serious harm—"see the Criminal Code

, dictionary.