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Old 13th October 2008, 19:54   #21 (permalink)
 
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There's nothing about intention here
But I believe that it is a general rule that without intention there is no crime.
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Old 13th October 2008, 20:02   #22 (permalink)
 
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But I believe that it is a general rule that without intention there is no crime.
Again, we're playing mind games here, so that gives (me) the excuse to nit-pick. I thought (i.e. might be quite wrong) that intention doesn't alter whether an act is a crime, but counts as circumstances to be used by a court in deciding the gravity of the offence, or by the authorities in deciding whether to take action. No doubt the lawyers here will put me right. But it comes to the same thing as you say in practice.
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Old 13th October 2008, 22:25   #23 (permalink)
 
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Final, I think you are looking at a draft that was out for consultation - the current leg is in CAP 393 .

And I'd go along with the suggestion that intention may form some mitigation if you have to defend yourself but it does not come into whether you contravene the law or not.
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