# Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, Section 8: Abolition of “constructive malice” in killings in course or furtherance of other offences.


Where a person kills another—
(a) in the course or furtherance of some other offence; or
(b) in the course or for the purpose of resisting an officer of justice, or of resisting or avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest, or of effecting or assisting an escape or rescue from legal custody;
the killing shall not be murder unless done with the same malice aforethought (express or implied) as is required for a killing to amount to murder in other cases.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/20/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-8
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