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Under section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which mistaken belief can support the exception…

Section 14 protects an act done by someone bound by law, or by someone 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 can support the exception for an act believed to be required by law?

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Section 14 protects an act done by someone bound by law, or by someone who through a good-faith mistake of fact believes that legal duty exists. A mistake of law is excluded; a moral obligation alone is insufficient.

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Option A

Section 14 expressly excludes mistake of law.

Option B

The section protects a good-faith factual mistake producing belief that the act is legally required.

Option C

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

Option D

Neither mistake of law nor a merely moral duty satisfies the stated exception.

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