Article 303 Federal Criminal Code

For the application of the penalties corresponding to the person who infringes the preceding article, an injury shall not be considered mortal except when the following three circumstances are verified:

I.- That the death is due to the alterations caused by the injury in the organ or organs involved, any of its immediate consequences or any complication determined by the same injury and that could not be fought, whether because it is incurable, or because the necessary resources were not within reach;

II.- Repealed.

III.- That if the corpse of the deceased is found, two experts declare, after performing the autopsy, when this is necessary, that the injury was mortal, subjecting themselves for that purpose to the rules contained in this article, in the two following ones and in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

When the corpse is not found, or for another reason the autopsy is not performed, it shall be sufficient that the experts, in view of the data in the case file, declare that the death was the result of the injuries inflicted.