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Section 181: Time limit of one year and a day for homicide liability

181.Limitation as to time of death

(1)A person is not deemed to have killed another person if the death of that other person does not take place within a year and a day of the cause of death.

(2)The period in subsection (1) is reckoned inclusive of the day on which the last unlawful act contributing to the cause of death was done, and when the cause of death is an omission to observe or perform a duty, the period is reckoned inclusive of the day on which the omission ceased.

(3)When the cause of death is in part an unlawful act and in part an omission to observe or perform a duty, the period is reckoned inclusive of the day on which the last unlawful act was done or the day on which the omission ceased, whichever is the later.

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You cannot be found guilty of killing someone if that person dies more than one year and one day after the act or omission that caused the death. The ...

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