Section I. It is hereby enacted, that within the Territories subject to the Government of the East India Compan

I. It is hereby enacted, that within the Territories subject to the Government of the East India Company, except within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Courts, and except within the Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, any Convict sentenced to imprisonment for life, or to transportation for life who does any act with the intention of thereby causing, or with the knowledge, that he or she is likely thereby to cause the death of any person, shall, upon conviction thereof, before the Sessions Court, subject to confirmation by the Sudder Court, be punished with death, or with transportation for life, or with Corporal punishment not exceeding thirty-nine stripes, whether such Convict does or does not by such act cause the death of any person.