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any person by reason of any omission to perform that duty.
CHAPTER XXII
OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH MURDER AND SUICIDE (ss 211-219)
211. Attempt to murder
Any person who–
(a) attempts unlawfully to cause the death of another; or
(b) with intent unlawfully to cause the death of another, does any act or omits to do any
act which it is his duty to do, the act or omission being of such a nature as to be likely
to endanger human life,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for life.
212. Repealed
[Repealed by Ord. No. 47 of 1954 s. 3.]
213. Accessory after the fact to murder
Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to murder is guilty of an offence and
liable to imprisonment for seven years.
214. Written threats to murder
Any person who, knowing the contents thereof, directly or indirectly causes any person to
receive any writing threatening to kill any person is guilty of an offence and is liable to
imprisonment for seven years.
215. Conspiracy to murder
Any person who conspires with any other person to kill any person, whether that person is in
Mainland Tanzania or elsewhere, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for
fourteen years.
216. Aiding suicide
Any person who–
(a) procures another to kill himself;
(b) counsels another to kill himself and thereby induces him to do so; or
(c) aids another in killing himself,