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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 protects an act done pursuant to a court judgment…

Section 16 protects acts warranted by a court judgment or order while it remains in force, even if the court lacked jurisdiction, provided the actor in good faith believed…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 protects an act done pursuant to a court judgment or order while it remains in force, where the actor in good faith believes that the court had jurisdiction?

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Section 16 protects acts warranted by a court judgment or order while it remains in force, even if the court lacked jurisdiction, provided the actor in good faith believed it had jurisdiction. Section 15 addresses a judge acting judicially; sections 14 and 17 concern being bound or justified by law, including the specified good-faith mistake of fact.

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Section 14 concerns being bound by law or a good-faith mistake of fact about being bound.

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Section 15 concerns the judge acting judicially, rather than execution of the order.

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Correct: section 16 supplies this specific protection for execution of a subsisting judgment or order.

Option D

Section 17 concerns justification by law or good-faith mistake of fact about justification.

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