No offence shall be interpreted as an offence of strict liability unless it is expressly defined as such.
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 17
Strict Liability · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
An offence of strict liability is one in which the prosecution need only prove the prohibited conduct and the only defenses available to the accused are that the accused did not commit the prohibited conduct, or that such conduct was beyond the control of the accused.