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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applies when a person acts in the good-faith…

Section 14 covers a good-faith mistake of fact about being bound by law. Section 17 separately covers a good-faith mistake of fact about being justified by law.

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applies when a person acts in the good-faith belief, based on a mistake of fact, that they are bound by law to do so?

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Section 14 covers a good-faith mistake of fact about being bound by law. Section 17 separately covers a good-faith mistake of fact about being justified by law.

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Section 13 addresses enhanced punishment for specified offences following a previous conviction.

Option B

Section 14 applies to an act a person is bound by law to do or believes in good faith, through a mistake of fact, that they are bound to do.

Option C

Section 15 addresses a Judge acting judicially.

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Section 17 concerns an act justified by law or believed in good faith to be justified by law through a mistake of fact.

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