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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, creates an exception for consent to harm by a…

Section 25 is the general exception for qualifying adult consent to harm or its risk where death or grievous hurt is neither intended nor known to be likely. The adjacent…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, creates an exception for consent to harm by a person over eighteen, without requiring that the act be done in good faith for that person's benefit?

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Section 25 is the general exception for qualifying adult consent to harm or its risk where death or grievous hurt is neither intended nor known to be likely. The adjacent benefit-based exceptions involve separate conditions.

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Option A

Section 24 concerns offences requiring a particular intention or knowledge when the person is intoxicated.

Option B

Section 25 applies to qualifying adult consent, express or implied, to the harm or the risk of the harm.

Option C

Section 26 addresses acts done in good faith for the consenting person's benefit, without intending death.

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Section 27 concerns good-faith acts for the benefit of a person under twelve or of unsound mind with the prescribed guardian or custodian consent.

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