Cap. 9 Art. 216Grievous bodily harm.

(1) A bodily harm is deemed to be grievous and is punishable with imprisonment for a term from one year to seven years -

(a) if it can give rise to danger of -

(i) loss of life; or

(ii) any permanent debility of the health or permanent functional debility of any organ of the body; or

(iii) any permanent defect in any part of the physical structure of the body; or

(iv) any permanent mental infirmity;

(b) if it causes any deformity or disfigurement in the face, neck, or either of the hands of the person injured;

(c) if it is caused by any wound which penetrates into one of the cavities of the body, without producing any of the effects mentioned in article 218;

(d) if it causes any mental or physical infirmity lasting for a period of thirty days or more; or if the party injured is incapacitated, for a like period, from attending to his occupation;

(e) if, being committed on a woman with child, it hastens delivery.

(2) Where the person injured shall have recovered without ever having been, during the illness, in actual danger of life or of the effects mentioned in sub-article (1)(a), it shall be deemed that the harm could have given rise to such danger only where the danger was probable in view of the nature or the natural consequences of the harm.