| Western Australia - Law - 1902 - 726 pages
...in excess of his judicial authority, or although he is bound to do the act omitted to be done. 31. A PERSON is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if he does or omits to do the act under any of the following circumstances, that is to say : — (i .)... | |
| Nigeria, Northern. Criminal - 1904 - 152 pages
...sanity, contrary is proved. 26. A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission insanity. if at the time of doing the act or making the omission he is in such a state of mental disease or natural mental infirmity as to deprive him of capacity to... | |
| John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis - Criminal procedure - 1905 - 1582 pages
...the prisoner is charged was in his opinion an act of insanity, for these are the very anicle rune : " A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if at the time of doing tlio act or making the omission be is iu such a state of mental disease or natural mental infirmity... | |
| Nigeria, Northern. Compilations - 1905 - 844 pages
...although he is bound to do the act omitted to be done. The Criminal Code. Compulsion of husband. 30. A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if he does or omits to do the act under any of the following circumstances, that is to say : — (1.)... | |
| Queensland - Law - 1911 - 682 pages
...or although he is bound to do the act omitted to be done. Justifieation and Excuse: Compulsion. 31. A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission, if he does or omits to do the act under any of the following circumstances, that is to say — (1) In... | |
| Geoffrey Drage - Great Britain - 1915 - 506 pages
...The section with regard to insanity (27) deserves to be quoted in full, and runs as follows : — " A person is not criminally responsible for an act...the time of doing the act or making the omission, he is in such a state of mental disease or natural mental infirmity as to deprive him of capacity to... | |
| Law - 1926 - 870 pages
...subject, vve find the following: — " A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omis" sion if, at the time of doing the act or making the omission, ''he is in such a state of mental disease or natural mental " infirmity as to deprive him of capacity... | |
| E. Lauterpacht - Law - 1968 - 560 pages
...Criminal Code Ordinance, 1936, is the one dealing with " superior orders " and it provides as follows: " A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if he does or omits to do the act in any of the following circumstances, that is to say: — " (b) In... | |
| Leslie C. Green - Law - 1976 - 406 pages
...Australian Codes are the only statutory instruments that expressly refer to this and provide in s.31 that a person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if he does or omits to do the act under any of the following circumstances, that is to say ... (2) In... | |
| Nico Keijzer - Social Science - 1978 - 352 pages
...Israeli law have been laid down in section 19 of the Criminal Code Ordinance (1936):272 Sec. 19 CCO. A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if he does or omits to do the act under any of the following circumstances, that is to say: (a) in execution... | |
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