Give best response. The liability to conviction of an individual depends not only on his having done some outward acts which the law forbids but on his having done them in a certain frame of mind or with a certain will. Exceptions to this general rule are strict liability offences which mean that:
A)Crimes not requiring any kind of fault or guilty mind on the part of the accused in doing the act constituting the offence but the doing of the act forbidden alone holds one responsible for it.
B)Crimes requiring some fault on the part of another but not the accused himself.
C)Crimes though not committed with some guilty intention but are acts in which the accused has acquiesced or connived or is negligent or reckless in some manner.
D)Crimes where a person is not himself guilty in so far as the actual commission of the act constituting the offences is concerned but he has either authorised the doing of the act or has failed to take precautions to prevent it.

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Strict liability offences are those for which the prosecution does not need to prove the accused had any guilty mind (mens rea) at the time of committing the act that constitutes the offence. The mere doing of the act is sufficient to establish liability.

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