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Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General Exceptions
Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General Exceptions
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A consent is not such a consent as is intended by any provision of this
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if the consent is given by a person under fear of injury or under a misconception of fact, and if the person doing the act knows, or has reason to believe, that the consent was given in consequence of such fear or misconception;
injury
“injury” means any harm whatever illegally caused to any person in body, mind, reputation, or loss to property. “mahkum ‘alaihi” means a person against whom a judgment or order is made by the Court;
if the consent is given by a person who, from unsoundness of mind or intoxication, is unable to understand the nature and consequence of that to which he gives his consent; or
if the consent is given by a person who is not baligh.
baligh
“baligh” has the same meaning assigned to it under section 3(1) of the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001;
baligh
“baligh” has the same meaning assigned to it under section 3(1) of the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001;
injury
“injury” means any harm whatever illegally caused to any person in body, mind, reputation, or loss to property. “mahkum ‘alaihi” means a person against whom a judgment or order is made by the Court;
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