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    Question

    The maxim ‘actus non facit rea nisi mens sit rea’

    means:
    A Criminal mind leads to crime Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Crime is the result of guilty mind Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Crime need not be coupled with guilty mind Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D There can be no crime without a guilty mind Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The Latin expression ‘actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’, means “an act does not render a man guilty of a crime unless his mind is equally guilty,” which expresses a foundational concept in criminal law. This means that proving criminal culpability necessitates not only the presence of the actus reus and the mens rea, but also the coincidence or concurrence of the mens rea with the conduct that creates the actus reus.

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