JB/072/120/002

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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.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	120	Info in main headings field	simple personal injuries / offences respecting the persons of individuals
Image	002	Titles	exemption / medical practice / exemption - / consent / circumstances of extenuation / grounds of extenuation
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e13 / e14 / e15 / e16
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] pro patria [with motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23737
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