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Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II - PUNISHABLE DEEDS
CHAPTER I - DEFINING CRITERIA OF PUNISHMENT
Article 11
(Subjective attribution)
Only a deed committed with wrongful intent or, in those cases expressly provided for in law, with negligence, shall be punishable.
Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II - PUNISHABLE DEEDS
CHAPTER I - DEFINING CRITERIA OF PUNISHMENT
Article 14
(Negligence)
Anyone who
(a) would be in a position to carry out a deed that corresponds to the description of a standard type of crime and acts in a manner inconsistent therewith, or
(b) does not even reach the point of being in a position to carry out the deed
acts with negligence if he fails to proceed with the care required of him in the circumstances.