PART II OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND REPUTATION
TITLE 9 – HOMICIDE
Murder
100A. (1) Every person who is convicted of murder falling within –
(a) section 100 (1)(a) to (e) shall be sentenced to death or to imprisonment for life;
(b) section 100 (2), shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life or such other term as the Court considers appropriate, not being less than fifteen years.
PART II OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND REPUTATION
TITLE 9 – HOMICIDE
Murder
103. Everyone who, with intent to commit murder—
(a) administers to, or causes to be administered to or taken by, any person any poison or other noxious or destructive thing; or
(b) attempts to administer to, or attempts to cause to be administered to or taken by, any person any poison or other noxious or destructive thing; or
(c) by any means whatsoever, wounds or causes any grievous bodily harm to any person; or
(d) by the explosion of any explosive substance, destroys or damages any building; or
(e) sets fire to any ship or vessel, or any
part thereof, or any part of the tackle, apparel, or furniture thereof, or any goods or chattels being therein; or
(f) casts away or destroys any ship or vessel; or
(g) discharges, or in any manner attempts to discharge, at any person any kind of loaded firearm, as defined in section 56; or
(h) attempts to drown, choke, suffocate, or strangle any person,
shall, whether any bodily injury is effected or not, be guilty of felony and liable to imprisonment for life.
104. Everyone who, by any means other than those mentioned in the last preceding section, attempts to commit murder shall be guilty of felony and liable to imprisonment for life.
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.