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Section 26F — “Negligently”

As in force on 10 February 2020.

Timeline 2 versions
  1. 10 February 2020 Act 15 of 2019, Act 2 of 2020
  2. 17 August 2026 Latest
Inserted in force 10 February 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019, Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2020
26F.“Negligently”

(1)Whoever omits to do an act which a reasonable person would do, or does any act which a reasonable person would not do, is said to do so negligently.

(2)Where doing an act negligently is a fault element of an offence, that fault element is also established where that act is done intentionally, knowingly or rashly.