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CHAPTER II — GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
PART 5 — GENERAL ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENCE
Division 2— Physical Elements of an Offence
Omissions
17. An omission to perform an act can only be a physical element if—
(a) the law creating the offence makes it so ; or
(b) the law creating the offence impliedly provides that the offence is committed by an omission to perform an act that by law there is a duty to perform.