2013, No. 10
Crimes
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(m) arson;
(n) drug trafficking;
(o) people smuggling.
15. Ignorance of the law - No person is excused from
criminal liability by reason of the fact that he or she was unaware
that the act or omission constituted the offence with which the
person is charged was contrary to law.
16. Consent to death - No person has a right to consent to
the infliction of death upon himself or herself; and, if any person
is killed, the fact that the person gave any such consent shall not
affect the criminal liability or responsibility of any other person
who is a party to the killing.
17. Self-defence-(1) A person unlawfully assaulted, not
having provoked the assault by any blows, words or gestures, is
justified in repelling force, if the force the person uses:
(a) is not meant to cause death or grievous bodily harm;
and
(b) is no more than is necessary for the purpose of self
defence.
(2) A person unlawfully assaulted, not having provoked the
assault by any blows, words or gestures, is justified in repelling
force by force although in so doing the person causes death or
grievous bodily harm, if:
(a) the person causes it under reasonable apprehension of
death or grievous bodily harm from the violence
with which the assault was originally made or with
which the assailant pursues his or her purpose; and
(b) the person believes, on reasonable grounds, that he or
she cannot otherwise preserve himself or herself
from death or grievous bodily harm; and
(c) the force the person uses is no more than is necessary
for the purpose of self defence.
(3) A person who has assaulted another without justification, or
has provoked an assault from that other by any blows, words or
gestures, may nevertheless justify force used after the assault if: