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SECTION I
Answer in not more than two sentences, all 10 20 Marks
1.State any two offences which are an exception to the doctrine of Mens Rea.[2]
Answer
The maxim actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea states a basic rule. An act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty. The maxim is a rule of construction, so the legislature may exclude it. Where it does, the offence is one of strict liability, and no guilty mind need be proved. Any two of the following may be given.
- Offences under foreign exchange and customs law. In State of Maharashtra v. Mayer Hans George, AIR 1965 SC 722, the Supreme Court held that knowledge of a Reserve Bank notification need not be proved. Reading in a mental element would have frustrated the object of preventing smuggling.
- Offences relating to adulterated food and drugs, where the statute protects public health and proof of knowledge would make it unenforceable.
- Public nuisance, where the harm is to the public at large.
- Offences relating to weights and measures, now under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
The test is not that the statute is welfare legislation. In Nathulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1966 SC 43, the Court held that a guilty mind is excluded only where the object of the statute would otherwise be defeated.
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