ABSTRACT
At various points in the legislative provisions that operate in the region, detailed reference is made to particular causes of death or circumstances in which death is caused that have a direct bearing on whether or not the situation is one that might be described as ‘culpable homicide’. So, throughout the various criminal Codes and Acts of the South Pacific region, reference is made to the following particular causes in relation to culpable homicide: (a) death arising out of an unlawful act and/or omission, without lawful
excuse, to perform a legal duty; (b) causing the victim to do an act which causes her death, through threats, or
fear of violence, or deception; (c) causing death through the wilful frightening of a child under the age of 16
or a sick person; (d) killing in the pursuance of a felony; (e) killing by means of administering a stupefying or disabling substance; (f) hastening death when another disease or condition prevails; (g) causing death that might have been avoided by resorting to proper means; (h) causing an injury the treatment of which (provided it is given in good
faith, even if it is mistaken) leads to death; (i) causing another person to kill herself; (j) indirectly causing death through another person.
