Every natural person who suffers bodily injury, sickness or death as a result thereof, as a consequence of the maintenance or use by himself or by another person of a motor vehicle as such shall be entitled to the benefits provided in this chapter. Said person shall hereinafter be known as “the victim”.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 138, p. 335, § 3, renumbered as § 3 on Oct. 30, 1975, No. 12, p. 782, § 2; July 1, 1986, No. 54, p. 185, § 2.