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PENAL CODE CHAPTER 84 PENAL CODE - The Bahamas

PENAL code [ 1 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas PENAL code CHAPTER 84 PENAL code LIST OF AUTHORISED PAGES 1 2 LRO 1/2010 3 6 Original 7 12 LRO 1/2008 13 18 Original 19 20 LRO 1/2010 21 24 Original 25 26 LRO 1/2010 27 30 Original 31 32 LRO 1/2008 33 38 Original 39 40 LRO 1/2010 41 50 Original 51 52 LRO 1/2010 53 80 Original 81 82 LRO 1/2010 83 180 Original 181 182 LRO 1/2002 183 210 Original 211 212 LRO 1/2008 213 226 Original ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Arrangement of the code . 3. General rules of construction. BOOK I GENERAL PROVISIONS TITLE i PRELIMINARY MATTERS 4. Interpretation. 5. Provisions relating to a company and its officers. 6. Definition of public officers, etc. 7. General explanations with respect to the interpretation of expressions.]

PENAL CODE [CH.84 – 1 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE ... Power on reasonable cause to direct a prosecution for perjury. Recognisance may be taken. TITLE iv ... Case of attempt charged, full offence proved. TITLE v ABETMENT AND CONSPIRACY 86. Abetment of offence and trial, and punishment of abettor. 87. Cases where one offence is abetted and a ...

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1 PENAL code [ 1 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas PENAL code CHAPTER 84 PENAL code LIST OF AUTHORISED PAGES 1 2 LRO 1/2010 3 6 Original 7 12 LRO 1/2008 13 18 Original 19 20 LRO 1/2010 21 24 Original 25 26 LRO 1/2010 27 30 Original 31 32 LRO 1/2008 33 38 Original 39 40 LRO 1/2010 41 50 Original 51 52 LRO 1/2010 53 80 Original 81 82 LRO 1/2010 83 180 Original 181 182 LRO 1/2002 183 210 Original 211 212 LRO 1/2008 213 226 Original ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Arrangement of the code . 3. General rules of construction. BOOK I GENERAL PROVISIONS TITLE i PRELIMINARY MATTERS 4. Interpretation. 5. Provisions relating to a company and its officers. 6. Definition of public officers, etc. 7. General explanations with respect to the interpretation of expressions.]

2 8. Application of code to offences committed in The Bahamas . 9. Acts done partly beyond the jurisdiction. 10. Jurisdiction in case of offence on board Bahamian vessel. 11. Saving of certain laws. 2] PENAL code STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas LRO 1/2010 TITLE ii GENERAL AND SPECIAL RULES OF CRIMINAL LAW 12. Provisions relating to intent and as to what constitutes an overt act. 13. Provisions relating to negligence. 14. Provisions relating to causing an event. 15. Provisions relating to consent. 16. Provisions relating to claim of right. 17. Provisions relating to fraud. 18. Provisions relating to the meaning and use of threats. TITLE iii SPECIAL EXPLANATIONS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN offences Assault 19. Different kinds of assault. 20. Definition of and provisions relating to assault and battery. 21.

3 Definition of and provisions relating to assault without actual battery. 22. Definition of and provisions relating to imprisonment, detention and compulsion. Unlawful Harm to the Person 23. Definition of different kinds of harm. 24. Definition of unlawful harm. 25. Explanation as to causing harm by omission. 26. Cases in which a person is under duty to prevent harm to another person. 27. Cases in which a person is under duty to supply another person with necessaries of health and life. 28. Explanations as to office, etc. 29. Exceptions from general provisions as to causing an event. 30. Special provision as to medical or surgical treatment. 31. Causing harm by hindering escape from wreck, etc. 32. Explanation of provisions referring to poison or to noxious matter. Immoral Traffic and offences Against Females and Children 33.

4 Definition of offences against females or children . 34. Power to take offenders into custody. 35. Extension of power to take deposition of a child. 36. Admission of deposition of child in evidence. 37. Evidence of child of tender years. 38. Power to proceed with case in absence of child. 39. Presumption of age of child. 40. Mode of charging offences , and limitation of time. 41. Power of search for female detained for immoral purposes. 42. Power of search in a house used for immoral traffic. 43. Presumption as to person living with a prostitute. 44. Special provision as to evidence of husband or wife in prostitution cases. 45. Determination of tenancy of premises on conviction for permitting use as brothel, etc. PENAL code [ 3 [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas Stealing, etc. 46. Definition of stealing.]

5 47. Stealing from the person. 48. Definition of fraudulent breach of trust. 49. Explanation as to dishonest appropriation. 50. Provisions relating to part owners. 51. Explanation as to a gratuitous trustee. 52. Acts which amount to an appropriation. 53. Distinction between stealing and false pretences. 54. Special provision as to money, etc., in cases of embezzlement. 55. Consent by a wife in case of stealing. 56. Explanation as to stealing of thing found. 57. Things in respect of which stealing, etc., can be committed. False Pretences and Other Frauds 58. Definition of defrauding by false pretences. 59. Definition of and provisions relating to a false pretence. 60. Explanation as to personation. 61. Provisions relating to fictitious trading. Receiving and Unlawful Possession 62. Explanation as to dishonest receiving.

6 63. Peace officer to detain person conveying thing suspected of being stolen, etc. 64. Inquiry by magistrate concerning things suspected of being stolen, or unlawfully obtained. 65. Restitution of stolen property in case of conviction. 66. Advertising a reward for the return of stolen property, etc. Unlawful Damage to Property 67. Definition of damage. 68. Explanation of unlawful damage. 69. Explanation as to amount of damage. Forgery and False Coin 70. Explanations and special provision as to forgery. 71. Definition of counterfeiting. 72. Definition of falsification. 73. Explanation as to possessing, or doing any act with respect to document, stamp or coin. 74. Imitation of forged document, etc., need not be perfect. 4] PENAL code STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas [Original Service 2001] 75. Special provision as to jurisdiction.

7 76. Impounding of forged document, etc. 77. Preparation for committing offence. Tumults and Riotous Assemblies 78. Riot. 79. Unlawful assembly. 80. Making proclamation for rioters to disperse. 81. Dispersion of rioters after proclamation made. Perjury 82. Power on reasonable cause to direct a prosecution for perjury. Recognisance may be taken. TITLE iv ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT offences 83. Provisions relating to attempt to commit offences . 84. Case of full offence charged, attempt proved. 85. Case of attempt charged, full offence proved. TITLE v ABETMENT AND CONSPIRACY 86. Abetment of offence and trial, and punishment of abettor. 87. Cases where one offence is abetted and a different offence is committed. 88. Duty to prevent felony. 89. Conspiracy. 90. punishment for conspiracy. TITLE vi CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GENERAL EXEMPTIONS 91.

8 Responsibility of infant. 92. Criminal status of insane person. 93. Criminal liability of intoxicated persons. 94. Criminal liability of married woman. 95. Liability of husband or wife to criminal proceedings. 96. Ignorance or mistake of fact or of law. PENAL code [ 5 [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas TITLE vii JUSTIFIABLE FORCE AND HARM 97. Justification for force or harm. 98. Grounds on which force or harm may be justified, within prescribed limits. 99. General limits of justifiable force or harm. 100. Use of force by authority or statute. 101. Use of force in execution of sentence or order of a court. 102. Use of force by peace officer, or by judicial officer or official authority, for preservation of order. 103. Use of force in arrest, detention, or recapture of felon. 104. Arrest without warrant by peace officer. 105. Use of force to arrest, detain or search a person otherwise than for felony.]

9 106. Right of person arrested, etc., to inspect warrant. 107. Use of force for prevention of or defence against crime. 108. Use of force for defence of property or possession or overcoming obstruction of legal right. 109. Use of force for preserving order on board a vessel. 110. Use of force in correcting a child, servant or other similar person for misconduct. 111. Use of force in case of consent of the person against whom it is used. 112. Use of force against third person interfering in case of justifiable use of force. 113. Use of additional force for exercise of justifiable force. 114. Justification of person aiding another in use of justifiable force. TITLE viii LAW AS TO PUNISHMENTS 115. Different kinds of punishment . 116. General rules relating to imprisonment. 117. PENAL servitude. 118. Abolition of corporal punishment . 119. General rules as to fine and penalties.

10 120. General rules as to costs in indictable cases. 121. Costs in summary cases. 122. General rules as to ordinary payment of compensation. Alternative Discretionary Powers as to Punishments 123. Imposition of alternative punishments. 124. Power to release offender on probation. 125. Increase of punishment on repetition of offence. 126. Persons twice convicted may be subjected to police supervision. 127. Requirements from persons subject to police supervision. 128. Failure to comply with requirements. 6] PENAL code STATUTE LAW OF THE Bahamas [Original Service 2001] Miscellaneous 129. Cases where one act constitutes several offences , or where several acts are done in execution of one criminal purpose. 130. Consequences of conviction for felony, etc. BOOK II SUMMARY offences TITLE ix INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 131. Ousting of jurisdiction of magistrate in cases where bona fide question of title is involved.


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