Answer to Question #200531 in Law for kgalalelo kaaygee

Question

“An omission to act is only punishable if there is a legal duty upon a person to act positively”. List the instances in which a person has a legal duty to act positively

Answer 1

A good instance in which a person has legal duty to act positively may involve completing an annual income-tax return, or not to leave the scene of a car accident, but to render assistance to the injured and to report the accident to the police (s 61 of the National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996).