Section 339: Failure to supply necessaries
Any person who, being charged with the duty of providing for another the necessaries
of life, without lawful excuse fails to do so, whereby the life of that other is or is likely
to be endangered, or his health is or is likely to be permanently injured, is guilty of a
felony and liable to imprisonment for three years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
Cite this section
Section 339, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/339/