'Other defences - national proceedings' in document 'Sudan-The Criminal Act 1991'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part II
Criminal Responsibility

Performance of duty and exercise of right
11. No act shall be deemed an offence if done by a person who is bound, or authorized to do it by law, or by a legal order issued from a competent authority, or who believes in good faith that he is bound, or authorized so to do.

Part II
Criminal Responsibility

Non-voluntary acts
14. No act, at the time of its commission, shall be deemed an offence if done by a person non-voluntarily and without the ability of controlling his acts, by reason of an act of God, or sudden illness, which makes him incapable of avoiding that act.

Part II
Criminal Responsibility

Consent
17.(1) No act is deemed an offence by reason of injury it causes to the body, or property of any person, who has given his consent expressly, or impliedly to that act.

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to acts which are likely to cause death, or grievous hurt.