A person is said to cause an effect “voluntarily” when he causes it by means whereby he intended to cause it, or by means which, at the time of employing those means, he knew or had reason to believe to be likely to cause it.
Section history
Section 26A — “Voluntarily”
As in force on 30 May 2025.
Timeline 2 versions
- 10 February 2020 Act 15 of 2019, Act 2 of 2020
- 30 May 2025 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Illustration
A sets fire, by night, to an inhabited house in a large town, for the purpose of facilitating a robbery, and thus causes the death of a person. Here A may not have intended to cause death, and may even be sorry that death has been caused by this act; yet, if he knew that he was likely to cause death, he has caused death voluntarily.