Bahamas

Chapter 84 - Penal Code

BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE ii
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RULES OF CRIMINAL LAW

13. Provisions relating to negligence.

(1) A person causes an event negligently if, without intending to cause the event, he causes it by voluntary act, done without such skill and precaution as are reasonably necessary under the circumstances, or as he is in the particular case bound by law to have and use, for preventing the event from being caused.

(2) Moreover, if an act is such that, notwithstanding the use of skill and precaution, it is likely to cause an event which there is no justification for causing, the act (if not done with intent to cause that event) is negligently done with reference to causing that event, even though it be done with skill and precaution .

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Negligence



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