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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applies when an executioner carries out a death…

Section 16 applies to an act done pursuant to a court judgment or order while it remains in force. If the court lacked jurisdiction, the protection depends on the actor’s…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 applies when an executioner carries out a death sentence pursuant to a competent court’s order that remains in force?

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Section 16 applies to an act done pursuant to a court judgment or order while it remains in force. If the court lacked jurisdiction, the protection depends on the actor’s good-faith belief that the court had jurisdiction.

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Section 15 concerns the judge acting judicially.

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Section 16 addresses an act in execution of a subsisting court order.

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Section 17 concerns acts justified by law or a good-faith mistake of fact about legal justification.

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Section 14 concerns acts done under a legal duty or a good-faith mistake of fact about such a duty.

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