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'Recklessness' in document 'Saint Lucia - Criminal Code'

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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER ONE
General Provisions

PART III
LIABILITY AND MENS REA

Causing an Event

Causing event by involuntary agent
52.— (1) Where a person intentionally, recklessly or negligently causes any involuntary agent to cause an event, that person shall be deemed to have caused the event.

CHAPTER ONE
General Provisions

PART III
LIABILITY AND MENS REA

Causing an Event

Several persons causing event
53.— (1) Where an event is caused by acts of several persons acting either jointly or independently, each of those persons who has intentionally, recklessly or negligently contributed to cause the event shall, subject to the provisions of Part IV of this Chapter, be deemed to have caused the event.

CHAPTER ONE
General Provisions

PART III
LIABILITY AND MENS REA

Negligence and Recklessness

Recklessly
60. A person causes an event recklessly if the act causing the event involves an obvious and serious risk of causing injury or damage and the person fails to give any thought to the possibility of there being any such risk or having recognized that there is some risk involved, he or she nonetheless goes on to take the risk.