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Penal Code Act, 2010

PART II - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

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7. (1) No person shall be criminally liable for any omission to act unless he or she is under a legal duty to perform the act which he or she has omit¬ted to do.

(2) A legal duty to act exists where -

(a) a person is required to do something by any provision of the law; or

(b) a person owes a duty of protection or assistance to the person affected by the omission, this duty having come into existence as a result of a natural or assumed relationship between the parties or by virtue of the office occupied by one of them; or

(c) there has been an agreement giving rise to a duty to act.

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