'National penalties - life imprisonment' in document 'Zambia - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS

25. Sentence of death

(4) Where a woman convicted of an offence punishable with death is found in accordance with the provisions of section three hundred and six of the Criminal Procedure Code to be pregnant, the sentence to be passed on her shall be a sentence of imprisonment for life instead of a sentence of death. (As amended by No. 26 of 1940 and No. 28 of 1952)Cap. 88