(1)  Culpable homicide is murder if it is committed–

(a) with an intention to cause the death of any person, whether of the person killed or not;

(b) with an intention to cause to any person, whether the person killed or not, bodily harm which the offender knew to be likely to cause death in the circumstances, although he had no wish to cause death;

(c) by means of any unlawful act or omission which the offender knew, or ought to have known, to be likely to cause death in the circumstances, although he had no wish to cause death or bodily harm to any person;

(d) with an intention to inflict grievous bodily harm for the purpose of facilitating the commission of any of the crimes hereinafter mentioned or the flight of the offender upon the commission, or attempted commission, thereof;

(e) by means of administering any stupefying thing for either of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (d) ; or

(f) by wilfully stopping the breath of any person by any means for either of such purposes as aforesaid–

although, in the cases mentioned in paragraphs (d) , (e) , and (f) , the offender did not intend to cause death, and did not know that death was likely to ensue.

(2)  The following are the crimes referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) – Piracy, and offences deemed to be piracy; murder; escape or rescue from prison or lawful custody; resisting lawful apprehension; rape; forcible abduction; robbery with violence; robbery; burglary; arson.