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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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When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence is not that offence, by reason of not being a mumaiyiz, the unsoundness of mind or the intoxication of the person doing that act, or by reason of any misconception on the part of that person, every person has the same right of private defence against that act which he would have if the act were that offence.
mumaiyiz
“mumaiyiz” has the same meaning assigned to it under section 3(1) of the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001;
Illustration
A under the influence of madness, attempts to commit qatl against B. A is guilty of no offence, but B has the same right of private defence which he would have if A were sane.
mumaiyiz
“mumaiyiz” has the same meaning assigned to it under section 3(1) of the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001;
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