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Attributes of the defence of accident

Condition to be satisfied for an event to qualify as an accident

Effect of a successful defence of accidental discharge

Effect of a successful plea of accident

Effect of a successful plea of accident and when the defence of accident will avail an accused person

Effect of negligence on a defence of accident

Effect of pleading accident

Effect of the defence of accidental discharge and when it should be raised

On what the defence of accident presupposes

On whom lies the onus of disproving the defence of accident

Onus of proof where the accused person raises the defence of accident

The principle that an accidental discharge of a firearm by a person would not lead to conviction

The test for determining whether an event qualifies as an accident

What accident connotes

What an accused person must show before the defence of accident can avail him

What the defence of accident entails

When an act will be said to be accidental

When the defence of accident should be raised

When the defence of accident would avail an accused person

Whether a person who slapped another can rely on the defence of accident

Whether an accused person can take refuge in the defence of accident for a deliberate act

Whether the defence of accident can be raised together with the defences of self-defence and provocation

Whether the defence of accident is available to an accused who intended the consequences of his action

Whether the defence of accident is consistent with the defence of lawful authority

Whether there must be absence of mens rea for the defence of accident to avail an accused person

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