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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 ‘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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