Absolute liability

Absolute liability

Where an individual may be held liable for a breech of the law without the requirement that criminal intent (mens rea) be proven by the prosecution. Usually the illegal action will be one that is manifestly damaging to the public interest. These offences are most likely found in regulatory law. A captain found with undersize lobster in the hold of a fishboat, for example, has no opportunity to claim lack of knowledge or that he had no intent to catch them.

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