CRW2601 Exam Questions with Verified
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Read the following facts and then choose the correct option below: Suppose X wants to
kill Y. She shoots at Y, but the bullet is deflected by stone, misses Y and hits Z instead.
This is an example of:
aberration ictus.
X's act is the factual cause of Y's death if it is a conditio sine qua non for Y's death,
which means that there is:
''but-for causation'' or a ''but-for'' link between X's act and Y's death.
Vicarious liability is possible only in ...
Statutory crimes.
Well-known grounds of justification include:
private defence, necessity, official capacity and consent.
Volenti non fit iniuria ...
No wrongdoing is committed in respect of somebody who has consented.
Where a police official sees a person being unlawfully assaulted, and fails to assist
the person, he may be liable for this omission on the basis of:
holding a certain office.
A mental defect is usually present from an early age and is also of a:
permanent nature.
,Does the following offence comply with the principle of legality? Parliament enacts a
new law which provides that it is a crime if a person does not behave properly in public.
The offence does not comply with the principle of legality because there is no penalty
attached.
The rule referred to as the ''prohibition on retrospectivity'' in the principle of legality
means that the conduct of the accused person:
must have been recognised as a crime at the time of it commission.
Writers on criminal law use the word ''act'' in a wide sense to refer to:
both an act and an omission.
An inquiry into X's criminal liability always consists of firstly establishing whether the
type of conduct forming the basis of the charge is:
recognised as a crime in our law.
According to the theory of adequate causation, an act will be a legal cause if,
according to:
a normal human experience, the act has a tendency to bring about that type
of effect.
One of the requirements for a valid plea of necessity is that:
The emergency must already have begun or be imminent, but must not have
been terminated, or be expected only in the future.
In the case of materially defined crimes, the definitional elements proscribe any
conduct: Select one:
that causes a specific condition.
, The question whether X acted intentionally or negligently arises only once it has
been established that X had:
criminal capacity.
In Molimi 2006 (2) SACR 8 (SCA), the Supreme Court of Appeal held that:
the common law principle that requires mere ''active association'' instead of
causation as a basis of liability in constitutional.
Unlawfulness is usually determined:
without reference to X's state of mind.
In Director of Public Prosecutions, Western Cape v Prins 2012 9 SACR 183 (SCP), it
was decided that a person
can be convicted of a crime even if there is no punishment attached to the
crime.
The standard by which we test for negligence is generally referred to as:
a reasonable person standard.
Conduct can lead to liability only if it is:
voluntary.
The requirement that X's conduct must be accompanied by culpability. Is satisfied if
X has committed:
the unlawful act with a blameworthy state of mind
If the defence of youth is successful, the court will find X not guilty and:
acquit X.
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Read the following facts and then choose the correct option below: Suppose X wants to
kill Y. She shoots at Y, but the bullet is deflected by stone, misses Y and hits Z instead.
This is an example of:
aberration ictus.
X's act is the factual cause of Y's death if it is a conditio sine qua non for Y's death,
which means that there is:
''but-for causation'' or a ''but-for'' link between X's act and Y's death.
Vicarious liability is possible only in ...
Statutory crimes.
Well-known grounds of justification include:
private defence, necessity, official capacity and consent.
Volenti non fit iniuria ...
No wrongdoing is committed in respect of somebody who has consented.
Where a police official sees a person being unlawfully assaulted, and fails to assist
the person, he may be liable for this omission on the basis of:
holding a certain office.
A mental defect is usually present from an early age and is also of a:
permanent nature.
,Does the following offence comply with the principle of legality? Parliament enacts a
new law which provides that it is a crime if a person does not behave properly in public.
The offence does not comply with the principle of legality because there is no penalty
attached.
The rule referred to as the ''prohibition on retrospectivity'' in the principle of legality
means that the conduct of the accused person:
must have been recognised as a crime at the time of it commission.
Writers on criminal law use the word ''act'' in a wide sense to refer to:
both an act and an omission.
An inquiry into X's criminal liability always consists of firstly establishing whether the
type of conduct forming the basis of the charge is:
recognised as a crime in our law.
According to the theory of adequate causation, an act will be a legal cause if,
according to:
a normal human experience, the act has a tendency to bring about that type
of effect.
One of the requirements for a valid plea of necessity is that:
The emergency must already have begun or be imminent, but must not have
been terminated, or be expected only in the future.
In the case of materially defined crimes, the definitional elements proscribe any
conduct: Select one:
that causes a specific condition.
, The question whether X acted intentionally or negligently arises only once it has
been established that X had:
criminal capacity.
In Molimi 2006 (2) SACR 8 (SCA), the Supreme Court of Appeal held that:
the common law principle that requires mere ''active association'' instead of
causation as a basis of liability in constitutional.
Unlawfulness is usually determined:
without reference to X's state of mind.
In Director of Public Prosecutions, Western Cape v Prins 2012 9 SACR 183 (SCP), it
was decided that a person
can be convicted of a crime even if there is no punishment attached to the
crime.
The standard by which we test for negligence is generally referred to as:
a reasonable person standard.
Conduct can lead to liability only if it is:
voluntary.
The requirement that X's conduct must be accompanied by culpability. Is satisfied if
X has committed:
the unlawful act with a blameworthy state of mind
If the defence of youth is successful, the court will find X not guilty and:
acquit X.
