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    Question

    The provision as laid down under IPC provides that

    nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age is represented by which doctrine
    A Doli incapax Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B In pari delicto Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Eminent domain Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D De minimus non curat lex Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Doctrine of Transferred Malice Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Doli incapax is a Latin legal maxim meaning ā€˜incapable of doing any harm or incapable of committing a crime’. It is a presumption that a child is incapable of forming the necessary criminal intent for committing an offence. IPC Section 82. Act of a child under seven years of age—Nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.

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