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kitsunegari ([personal profile] kitsunegari) wrote2006-12-01 04:42 am

if the bunny would get out of the elephants trunk, things would be turtle!

a little help (i'll blag about ELTON JOHN [squee!!!!] later)

i'm looking to find information about the law and suicide (to do with some recent readings i have done. i know of may two others who know what i'm talking about).
it's FAR to early/late to do the research now: but what are the laws on suicide? all i can find is information about how bad ASSISTED suicide is. but if you're NOT ASSISTED?

it's also been a quibble in my head for a long time. it'd be nice to let it rest.

til next....
~Kits~ (eager to learn new things. mostly because its fun)

[identity profile] goblinqueen.livejournal.com 2006-11-30 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
There is no section in the Criminal Code that stipulates killing ones self without the assistance of another is a crime. But it would be pretty fruitless enforcing a law not to kill yourself.

So I guess it's not a crime.

[identity profile] ghymoreid.livejournal.com 2006-12-01 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Although ten/eleven years ago, there was still a statute about trying to kill yourself. I'm not sure if there still is; I was compulsorily admitted to a psych ward for 72 hours and had to see a counsellor for a few months afterwards.

[identity profile] aedia.livejournal.com 2006-12-01 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Nowadays its treated as a mental health problem. If you have done significant damage to yourself you are admitted to hospital - however, the whether or not you see a psych is up to you, unless it's assessed that you have a mental health problem that will see you back in the emergency ward or make you a danger to others. Then they do a compulsory psych assessment. This is all knowledge from experience, by the way - I'd be interested if you find any actual legislation.

As for the suicide who succeeds - there was no legal stuff as far as I recall. The police inform the family, the coroner's report determines whether or not it was actually suicide, and if it was it's left at that.

[identity profile] goblinqueen.livejournal.com 2006-12-02 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
'Tould all be under the Mental Health Act.

[identity profile] kcdl.livejournal.com 2006-12-01 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I think there may be laws that encompass the method you use in the event you don't suceed. For example throwing yourself off a building = littering
Setting yourself on fire = arson
Shooting yourself = assault with a deadly weapon

I'm only half kidding...