Section 180Part 6 — Offences Against the Person
Manslaughter
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180. (1) A person who, by an unlawful act or omission, causes the death of another person commits the offence of manslaughter.
An unlawful omission is an omission amounting to culpable negligence to discharge a duty tending to the preservation of life or health, whether such omission is or is not accompanied by an intention to cause death or bodily harm.