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Section 320

Grievous hurt

of Penal Code

ActIn forceProvision 305 of 490
Section 320

The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”:

(a)

emasculation;

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(b)

permanent privation of the sight of either eye;

(c)

permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;

(d)

privation of any member or joint;

(e)

destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;

(f)

permanent disfiguration of the head or face;

(g)

fracture or dislocation of a bone;

(h)

any hurt which endangers life, or which causes the sufferer to be, during the space of ten days, in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.