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| ====== BNS Section 18 ====== | ====== BNS Section 18 ====== | ||
| - | BNS Chapter III: General Exceptions | + | BNS Chapter III: General Exceptions |
| ===== 18. Accident in doing a lawful act ===== | ===== 18. Accident in doing a lawful act ===== | ||
| - | Nothing is an offence | + | Nothing is an offence |
| - | Illustration. | + | * which is done by accident or misfortune, and |
| + | * without any criminal intention or knowledge | ||
| + | * in the doing of a lawful act in a lawful manner by lawful means and with proper care and caution. | ||
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| + | **Illustration.** | ||
| A is at work with a hatchet; the head flies off and kills a man who is standing by. Here, if there was no want of proper caution on the part of A, his act is excusable and not an offence. | A is at work with a hatchet; the head flies off and kills a man who is standing by. Here, if there was no want of proper caution on the part of A, his act is excusable and not an offence. | ||
