Cap. 9 Art. 237Homicide or bodily harm in accidental affray.

Where in an accidental affray a homicide or bodily harm is committed and it is not known who is the author thereof, each person who shall have taken an active part against the deceased or the person injured shall, on conviction, be liable -

(a) in the case of homicide, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years;

(b) in the case of a grievous bodily harm producing the effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year;

(c) in the case of a grievous bodily harm without the effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months;

(d) in the case of a slight bodily harm, to the punishments established for contraventions: Provided that, in the case of homicide, the person or persons who shall have inflicted on the party killed a bodily harm from which death might have ensued, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from five to twelve years.