'Negligence' in document 'Cape Verde - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

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.