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CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION
( a )
notwithstanding that actual suffering or injury to
health, or the likelihood of actual suffering or injury to
health, was obviated by the action of another person;
( b )
notwithstanding the death of the child in respect of
whom the offence is committed.
(6)
Upon the trial of any adult for infanticide or for the
manslaughter of a child of whom the adult had the custody,
charge or care, it shall be lawful for the jury, if they are satisfied
that the adult is guilty of an offence under this section to find
that adult guilty of that offence.
( 7 )
If it is proved that a person convicted under this
section was directly or indirectly interested in any sum of money
accruing or payable in the event of the death of the child and
had knowledge that that sum of money was accruing or
becoming payable, then-
( a )
in the case of a conviction on indictment before a
Circuit Court, the Court may impose a fine or sentence
that person to imprisonment with hard labour for any
term not exceeding ten years or impose both such fine
and sentence;
( b )
in the case of a summary conviction before a Resident
Magistrate, the maximum amount of the fine which
may be imposed under this section shall be one million
five hundred thousand dollars and the Resident
Magistrate may, instead of any other penalty, sentence
that person to imprisonment with hard labour for any
term not exceeding five years or impose both such fine
and sentence.
(8)
For the purposes of subsection
(7)-
( a )
a person shall be deemed to be directly or indirectly
interested in a sum of money if he has any share in or
any benefit from the payment of that money,
notwithstanding that he is not the person to whom it is
legally payable;
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