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B.N.S. 2023

Section 15, B.N.S.

In force from 1 July 2024

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B.N.S.

General Defences: Sections 14–18 B.N.S.

Sections 14 to 18 of the B.N.S. are the first general defences. Each one answers a familiar plea made by a person who has hurt someone or taken away someone's liberty:

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Law of Contract I (General Principles) Complete notes

Indian Contract Act: Complete Notes

Contract Law I runs from the first question, what a contract is, to the newest one, how contracts are made on the internet. Contracts are made every day: buying a cup of tea, booking a cab or renting a room. Connecting every rule to such everyday transactions is the easiest way to understand and re…

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1 practice question tests this section.

  1. 1 A magistrate honestly reads a provision as giving a power to detain and orders detention. A higher court later holds that no such power existed. According to the lecture, what is the magistrate's position?
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Official text

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