Malaysia legislation
Section 121
Section 121
(a)
with the intention to cause death;
(b)
with the knowledge that he is likely to cause death; or
(c)
which would likely endanger the life of any person, commits an offence.
(2)
A person found guilty of an offence under subsection (1), on conviction—
(a)
where death is the result of the act, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years, and where the punishment is not death, he shall also be liable to whipping;
(b)
where death is not the result of the act but the substance which is used to contaminate the watercourse or water supply system or any part of the watercourse or the water supply system is a radioactive or toxic substance, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to whipping or to all three; or
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(c)
in any other case, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(3)
It shall not be a defence for the person who is charged with an offence under this section that the licensee who owns the water supply system or who provides the water supply services did not take any action to stop the supply of water as soon as it became aware that the watercourse or the water supply system had been contaminated.
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