Where a Court Is Construing a Statutory Offence and Concludes

question 4

Multiple Choice

Where a court is construing a statutory offence and concludes that the offence should be presumed to have a mens rea element, what mens rea element is implied?

• A) that the defendant must intend every element of the actus reus
• B) that the defendant will have a defence if s/he believed that an aspect of the actus reus did not exist
• C) that the defendant must believe all the elements of the actus reus exist
• D) that the defendant was negligent

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