Section 319: Punishment of murder: provision for juveniles: provision for

pregnant women
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section of this Code, any person who commits the
offence of murder shall be sentenced to death.
Provisions for juveniles
(2) Where an offender who in the opinion of the court had not attained the age of
seventeen years at the time the offence was committed, has been found guilty of
murder, such offender shall not be sentenced to death but shall be ordered to be
detained during the pleasure of the President and upon such an order being made the
provisions of Part 44 of the Criminal Procedure Act shall apply.
[1966 No. 84. L.N. 112 of 1964.]
Provisions for pregnant women
(3) Where a woman who has been convicted of murder alleges she is pregnant or
where the judge before whom she is convicted considers it advisable to have inquiries
made as to whether or not she be pregnant, the procedure laid down in section 376 of
the Criminal Procedure Act shall first be complied with.
[Cap. C41.]