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14) Offences respecting the persons of Individuals.
patient, being the person where feelings are concerned,
is after hearing the report made by the Medical
practitioner, in general the fittest judges
Exemption — Consent [of the Sufferer.] Another ground of exemption is the consent of
the sufferer on whatever account given .
If a man consents to have an act performed upon
him, it is a plain sign that the sensation thereby produced although whatever it might appear to a bystander is
either not painful or if painful is attended by
a pleasure or appears likely to be attended with a negative good more than equivalent. Otherwise what
should him induced him to consent?
For this however to be the case , the consent ought
must have been free [; nor must there have been
on the part of the author of the act any industrious
purposed concealment of consequences known by him to be
probable.] and fairly obtained.
Identifier: | JB/072/120/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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penal code |
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120 |
simple personal injuries / offences respecting the persons of individuals |
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002 |
exemption / medical practice / exemption - / consent / circumstances of extenuation / grounds of extenuation |
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jeremy bentham |
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