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Criminal Code

PART VIII: OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND REPUTATION
Homicide

Killing by influence on the mind
228. No person commits culpable homicide where he causes the death of a human being

(a) by any influence on the mind alone, or

(b) by any disorder or disease resulting from influence on the mind alone,

but this section does not apply where a person causes the death of a child or sick person by wilfully frightening him.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 211.