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Section 22: Act of a Person of Unsound Mind

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER III: GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

Section 22: Act of a person of unsound mind.

Bare Act

Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong or contrary to law.

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