Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Killing by influence on the mind

228 No person commits culpable homicide where he causes the death of a human being

• (a) by any influence on the mind alone, or

• (b) by any disorder or disease resulting from influence on the mind alone,

but this section does not apply where a person causes the death of a child or sick person by wilfully frightening him.