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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 reflects the maxim de minimis non curat lex,…

Section 33 excludes harm so slight that a person of ordinary sense and temper would not complain of it. The intoxication, unsoundness and consent provisions address…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 reflects the maxim de minimis non curat lex, meaning that the law disregards trifles?

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Section 33 excludes harm so slight that a person of ordinary sense and temper would not complain of it.

The intoxication, unsoundness and consent provisions address different grounds.

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Option A

Section 29 limits the operation of consent exceptions for acts that are independently offences.

Option B

Section 23 concerns incapacity from intoxication administered without the person's knowledge or against their will.

Option C

Section 22 concerns incapacity by reason of unsoundness of mind.

Option D

Section 33 expresses the slight-harm exception using the ordinary sense and temper test.

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