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Under section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which mistaken belief may excuse an act when…

Section 14 of the BNS protects an act done by a person who is bound by law, or who through a good-faith mistake of fact believes that legal duty exists. A mistake of law is…

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Under section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which mistaken belief may excuse an act when held in good faith?

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Section 14 of the BNS protects an act done by a person who is bound by law, or who through a good-faith mistake of fact believes that legal duty exists. A mistake of law is expressly excluded, and a merely moral duty is insufficient.

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Option A

Section 14 expressly excludes mistake of law from this branch of the exception.

Option B

The statutory exception recognises a good-faith factual mistake producing belief in a legal duty.

Option C

A merely moral duty does not satisfy the requirement of being bound by law.

Option D

The law-mistake and moral-duty propositions are false.

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