CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 14B

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 14B

14B—Abolition of certain common law defences

        (1)         The following common law defences are abolished:

            (a)         provocation;

            (b)         necessity;

            (c)         duress;

            (d)         marital coercion.

        (2)         To avoid doubt, the common law defences abolished by subsection (1) remain available in respect of offences allegedly committed before the commencement of that subsection.