Good faith defence for acts likely to cause harm permits reasonable risk to avert greater imminent harm. Acts done without criminal intention and in good faith to prevent or avoid other harm to person or property are not offences merely because they are likely to cause harm; whether the threatened harm was sufficiently serious and imminent to justify incurring that risk is a question of fact.
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Good faith defence for acts likely to cause harm permits reasonable risk to avert greater imminent harm.
Acts done without criminal intention and in good faith to prevent or avoid other harm to person or property are not offences merely because they are likely to cause harm; whether the threatened harm was sufficiently serious and imminent to justify incurring that risk is a question of fact.
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