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Section 26F — “Negligently”

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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.