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24 Negligently causing serious injury
A person who by negligently doing or omitting to do an act causes serious injury to another person is guilty of an indictable offence. Penalty: Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).
S. 24 substituted by No. 10233 s. 8(2), amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 12), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 16), 7/2008 s. 4.