Section 16 of Canada's criminal code recognizes that mental disorder may negate the principal of

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Section 16 of Canada's Criminal Code states that no person is criminally responsible for an act committed while suffering from a mental disorder that renders them incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act or of knowing that it was wrong, which negates mens rea, the mental element required for a crime.

Section 16 of Canada's Criminal Code Recognizes That Mental Disorder