If any person under eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death or *[ imprisonment for life], or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
* Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, sec.117 and sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-2024).