(1) If the injury results in the victim
1. losing his sight in one eye or in both eyes, his hearing, his speech or his ability to procreate;
2. losing or losing permanently the ability to use an important member;
3. being permanently and seriously disfigured or contracting a lingering illness, becoming paralysed, mentally ill or disabled,
the penalty shall be imprisonment from one to ten years.
(2) If the offender intentionally or knowingly causes one of the results indicated in subsection (1) above the penalty shall be imprisonment of not less than three years.
(3) In less serious cases under subsection (1) above the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to five years, in less serious cases under subsection (2) above imprisonment from one to ten years.