Fiji

Crimes Decree 2009 (decree No. 44 of 2009)

CHAPTER II — GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

PART 5 — GENERAL ELEMENTS OF AN OFFENCE

Division 3 — Fault Elements of an Offence

Fault elements

18.— (1) A fault element for a particular physical element may be intention, knowledge, recklessness or negligence.

(2) Sub-section (1) does not prevent a law that creates a particular offence from specifying other fault elements for a physical element of that offence.

Keywords

Mental element
Negligence
Recklessness
Intent - national proceedings
Knowledge - national proceedings



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