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    This document outlines various criminal law offences and punishments in multiple chapters, including: - Treason and offences against the state, with life imprisonment for concealment of treason and terrorism. - Offences relating to the administration of justice, with punishments up to seven years for perjury, fabricating evidence, and destroying evidence. - Offences against morality, including definitions and punishments for rape, abduction, indecent assault, and defilement. - Murder and manslaughter, with punishments of life imprisonment or manslaughter for murder and diminished responsibility as a potential defence. - Assault, with common assault and assault causing actual bodily harm as outlined offences.

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    This document outlines various criminal law offences and punishments in multiple chapters, including: - Treason and offences against the state, with life imprisonment for concealment of treason and terrorism. - Offences relating to the administration of justice, with punishments up to seven years for perjury, fabricating evidence, and destroying evidence. - Offences against morality, including definitions and punishments for rape, abduction, indecent assault, and defilement. - Murder and manslaughter, with punishments of life imprisonment or manslaughter for murder and diminished responsibility as a potential defence. - Assault, with common assault and assault causing actual bodily harm as outlined offences.

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    This document outlines various criminal law offences and punishments in multiple chapters, including: - Treason and offences against the state, with life imprisonment for concealment of treason and terrorism. - Offences relating to the administration of justice, with punishments up to seven years for perjury, fabricating evidence, and destroying evidence. - Offences against morality, including definitions and punishments for rape, abduction, indecent assault, and defilement. - Murder and manslaughter, with punishments of life imprisonment or manslaughter for murder and diminished responsibility as a potential defence. - Assault, with common assault and assault causing actual bodily harm as outlined offences.

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    CRIMINAL LAW OFFENCES, DEFENCES AND AUTHORITIES.

    CHAPTER VI. TREASON AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE


    SECTION OFFENCE INGREDIENTS PUNISHMENT CASE LAW
    25 Concealment of treason Life imprisonment
    26 Terrorism Life imprisonment

    CHAPTER X. OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE


    94 Perjury
    97 Punishment for perjury Seven (7) years
    99 Fabricating evidence Seven (7) years
    102 Destroying evidence Not exceeding 7 years
    107 Offences relating to Not exceeding 1 month
    judicial proceedings

    CHAPTER XIV. OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY


    123 Definition of rape
    124 Punishment for rape
    125 Attempt to commit rape
    126 Abduction
    128 Indecent assault
    129 Defilement of a girl under
    the age of 18
    130 Defilement of idiots or
    imbeciles
    136 Person living on earnings
    of prostitution
    138 Definition of prostitute
    and prostitution
    145 Unnatural offences
    146 Attempt to commit
    unnatural offences
    149 incest

    CHAPTER XVIII. MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER


    187 Manslaughter
    188 Murder
    189 Punishment of murder
    190 Punishment of
    manslaughter
    191 Malice aforethought
    192 Killing on provocation
    194 Diminished responsibility
    195 Suicide pacts
    196 Causing death defined
    CHAPTER XXIII. ASSAULT
    SECTION OFFENCE INGREDIENT PUNISHMENT CASE LAW
    235 Common assault
    236 Assault causing actual
    bodily harm

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