A person who intentionally causes the death of another person in the heat of passion caused by sudden provocation is guilty of provoked murder, if the offence is provoked by a wrongful act or insult that is sufficient to deprive an ordinary person of the power of self-control and the person acted on it suddenly and before there was time for his passion to cool,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 277
Provoked Murder · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of provoked murder, a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years.