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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 excuses a person who in good faith mistakenly…

Section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 covers a person who is legally bound to act or who in good faith believes they are bound because of a mistake of fact. The…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 excuses a person who in good faith mistakenly believes, because of a mistake of fact, that the law requires them to do the act?

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Section 14 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 covers a person who is legally bound to act or who in good faith believes they are bound because of a mistake of fact. The provision does not extend that excuse to a mistake of law.

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Option A

Section 15 concerns acts of a Judge acting judicially.

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Section 14 covers acting under an actual legal duty or a good-faith mistake of fact about such a duty.

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Section 16 concerns acts pursuant to a court judgment or order.

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Section 17 concerns a legal justification or a good-faith mistake of fact about a legal justification, which does not require a belief that the act was legally obligatory.

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