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Section 220 — Criminal Code: Causing death by criminal negligence
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Every person who by criminal negligence causes death to another person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years;
and in any other case, to imprisonment for life.
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