Which of the following is not a guiding rule when the question of justification of an offence arises either due to a mistake of fact or mistake of law?

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The correct option is (C): When an act which is in itself wrong is, under certain circumstances, criminal, a person who does the wrong act can take up as a defence, ignorance of facts which turned the wrong into a crime.

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When an act is in itself criminal and is more severely punishable if certain circumstances co-exist, ignorance of such circumstances is no answer to a charge for the aggravated offence.

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When an act is prima facie innocent and proper unless certain circumstances co-exist, ignorance of such circumstances is an answer to the charge

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When an act which is in itself wrong is, under certain circumstances, criminal, a person who does the wrong act can take up as a defence, ignorance of facts which turned the wrong into a crime

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When the character of the act is changed, the mind of the accused should be in absolute ignorance of the circumstances which altered such character of the act.

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III. Condominium	3. Doctrine that territory remains with the possessor state at the end of war or occupation unless otherwise determined by a treaty or an agreement.
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Which of the following is not a guiding rule when the question of justification of an offence arises either due to a mistake of fact or mistake of law?

The Correct Option is C

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