Title 11 · RI
Title 11Criminal Offenses
Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-29-1
Section: 11-29-1
Title 11Criminal Offenses
Chapter 29Mayhem
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-29-1
§ 11-29-1. Penalty for mutilation or disabling.
Every person who shall voluntarily, maliciously or of purpose put out an eye, slit the nose, ear, or lip, or cut off, bite off, or disable any limb or member of another, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than one year.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 11-29-1; P.L. 1990, ch. 84, § 1.