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Section 175: Killing on provocation reduces murder to manslaughter

175.Killing on provocation

When a person who unlawfully kills another under circumstances which, but for this section, would constitute murder, does the act which causes death in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation as defined in section 176, and before there is time for his or her passion to cool, he or she commits manslaughter only.

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You may be charged with manslaughter instead of murder if you unlawfully kill another person while in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation...

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