Breach of contract to care for a helpless person: criminal liability for voluntary omission, punishable by imprisonment or fine. Breach of contract to attend on or supply the wants of a helpless person is an offence when there is a lawful contract to care for a person who, by reason of youth, unsoundness of mind, disease, or bodily weakness, is incapable of providing for their own safety or wants, and the obliged person voluntarily omits to perform that duty; the omission is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.
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Breach of contract to care for a helpless person: criminal liability for voluntary omission, punishable by imprisonment or fine.
Breach of contract to attend on or supply the wants of a helpless person is an offence when there is a lawful contract to care for a person who, by reason of youth, unsoundness of mind, disease, or bodily weakness, is incapable of providing for their own safety or wants, and the obliged person voluntarily omits to perform that duty; the omission is punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.
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