Medical Jurisprudence — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: BNS sections related to criminal responsibility (Prev. IPC 82-86): No answer _____

Answer: :)

Flashcard 2: _____ was the god of egyptian medicine

Answer: Horus

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Flashcard 3: _____ medicine is known as cradle of civilisation

Answer: mesopotamian

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Flashcard 4: IPC section _____: Child under 7 years is not liable for act.

Answer: 82

Flashcard 5: Section _____ IPC deals with Forgery.

Answer: 463

Flashcard 6: IPC Sec _____ - Denotes the section on punishments

Answer: 53

Flashcard 7: When there is no real gestation or substitution of the child, the child is said to be _____ or fictitious.

Answer: supposititious

Flashcard 8: The maximum sentence that a First Class Judicial Magistrate may pass is imprisonment up to _____ years and a fine of Rs 50,000.

Answer: 3

Flashcard 9: Section _____ of IPC deals with Punishment for false evidence

Answer: 193

Flashcard 10: IPC Section _____ : Act which is done in good faith without consent.The following situations would apply :1. Emergency (No need to take consent during emergencies)2. The person is incapable of giving consent3. The person has no guardian to give consent

Answer: 92

Flashcard 11: Section _____ of the IPC deals with Public servant framing an incorrect document with an intent to cause injury.

Answer: 167

Flashcard 12: Section _____ deals with Furnishing false information

Answer: 177

Flashcard 13: Punishment for murder by an ordinary person is defined under Sec _____ of IPC while Punishment for murder by a life-convict is defined under section 303 of IPC.

Answer: 302

Flashcard 14: As per the Medicare Service Persons and Damage to Property in Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, Violence against a registered medical practitioner is considered as a _____ and non-bailable offense.

Answer: cognizable

Flashcard 15: Section _____ of IPC deals with causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender

Answer: 201

Flashcard 16: Sections _____ to 75 of the IPC deal with Punishments

Answer: 53

Flashcard 17: A person is presumed to be dead if he has not been seen or heard for a minimum period of _____ years as per Sec. 108 of Indian Evidence Act.

Answer: 7

Flashcard 18: Section _____ Cr.P.C: Magistrate inquest

Answer: 176

Flashcard 19: IPC section _____: Child of 712 years if not attained proper mental maturity is not liable for act.

Answer: 83

Flashcard 20: Section _____ of the IPC deals with Public servant disobeying direction under law

Answer: 166A

Flashcard 21: IPC Sec _____ - Denotes the commutation of a life imprisonment

Answer: 55

Flashcard 22: IPC _____: Denotes the section on "Life"

Answer: 45

Flashcard 23: IPC Section _____ : Consent is NOT valid if:1. Given under fear or misconception2. Given by an insane person

Answer: 90

Flashcard 24: Section _____ of IPC deals with using evidence known to be false

Answer: 196

Flashcard 25: IPC _____: Denotes the section on "Oath"

Answer: 51

Flashcard 26: Section _____ of IPC deals with fabricating false evidence

Answer: 192

Flashcard 27: Section _____ deals with Cuplable homicide whereas Section 300 of IPC deals with Murder (culpable homicide not amounting to murder is also explained under this section)

Answer: 299

Flashcard 28: IPC section _____- Defines the word "Section"

Answer: 50

Flashcard 29: A person is responsible for a crime when there are two components involved _____ (guilty mind) and Actus rea (illegal act)

Answer: Mens rea

Flashcard 30: IPC section _____: A person who under voluntary intoxication has commited an act is liable for the act.

Answer: 86

Flashcard 31: IPC section _____ denotes the death of the human being, unless the contrary appears from the context.

Answer: 46

Flashcard 32: Is Section 84 applicable in case of Delirium tremens?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 33: Section _____ IPC was decriminalized with the passage of Mental Healthcare Bill 2017

Answer: 309

Flashcard 34: Abetment of suicide (support or aid to commit suicide) is defined under Sec _____ of IPC.

Answer: 306

Flashcard 35: IPC Section _____ : Act done by consent in good faith for the benefit of a child under 12 years of age or an insane person, with the consent of a parent or guardian is not an offense.

Answer: 89

Flashcard 36: Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended is covered under Section _____ of IPC

Answer: 301

Flashcard 37: IEA section _____: Cross-examination of a witness

Answer: 139

Flashcard 38: IPC Section _____ : Act done by consent in good faith for persons benefit is not an offense.

Answer: 88

Flashcard 39: Any case of suspected homicidal poisoning that is brought to the attention of a doctor should be mandatorily reported under Section _____ CrPC.

Answer: 39

Flashcard 40: A _____ child is a child born after the death of its father, the mother being conceived by the said father.

Answer: posthumous

Flashcard 41: IPC Section _____ : Act causing slight harm is not an offence

Answer: 95

Flashcard 42: Conduct money is provided only in _____ cases.

Answer: civil

Flashcard 43: Section _____ of the Indian Penal Code deals with 'negligent conduct with respect to poisons'.

Answer: 284

Flashcard 44: Non-attendance in obedience to an order from a public servant is covered under _____ BNS or IPC 174

Answer: 208

Flashcard 45: Section _____ of IPC deals with Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant

Answer: 174

Flashcard 46: Punishment for murder by an ordinary person is defined under Section _____ of BNS (or Section 302 IPC).

Answer: 103(1)

Flashcard 47: BNSS Section _____ or CrPC 416: Commutation of capital sentence on pregnant woman

Answer: 456

Flashcard 48: The maximum sentence that a District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) may pass is _____

Answer: Death sentence

Flashcard 49: An employer is responsible not only for his own negligence but also for the negligence of his employees under _____

Answer: Vicarious liability

Flashcard 50: _____ means 'the thing speaks for itself'

Answer: Res ipsa loquitur

Flashcard 51: Power to summon persons by a police officer comes under section _____ CRPC.

Answer: 175

Flashcard 52: Dowry Death is defined under section _____ IPC

Answer: 304B

Flashcard 53: A magistrate inquest is done under BNSS Section _____ (Section 176 CrPC).

Answer: 196

Flashcard 54: If a person having the infection during the CoVid-19 pandemic decides to go out, he can be tried under which Section of IPC?_____

Answer: Section 270

Flashcard 55: A _____ is usually a first-class magistrate or attorney appointed by the state government to handle inquest in suspicious cases

Answer: coroner

Flashcard 56: Criminal force to women with intent to disrobe comes under section _____ of IPC.

Answer: 354B

Flashcard 57: When an employee is being borrowed, the lending employer temporarily surrenders control over this worker and the borrowing employer temporarily assumes control. This is known as _____ doctrine.

Answer: borrowed servant

Flashcard 58: Issuing or signing a false certificate is covered under Section _____ of the BNS or IPC 197

Answer: 234

Flashcard 59: Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid is covered under Sec _____ of IPC

Answer: 326A

Flashcard 60: Section _____ of IPC: Punishment for public nuisance (Frotteurism)

Answer: 290

Flashcard 61: An _____ is an inquiry or investigation into the cause of death*what kinds are followed in India?

Answer: inquest

Flashcard 62: Cr PC _____ deals with the Postponement of capital punishment of pregnant women.

Answer: 416

Flashcard 63: Section _____ IPC deals with causing death by negligence

Answer: 304A

Flashcard 64: The punishment for the death of a patient by a spurious drug is _____

Answer: imprisonment for life.

Flashcard 65: _____ negligence occurs when both the doctor and patient are negligent

Answer: Contributory

Flashcard 66: _____ (defence against negligence) refers to an adverse outcome that could not have been anticipated despite reasonable care

Answer: Therapeutic misadventure

Flashcard 67: Lying at the court could come under which Section of the IPC?_____

Answer: Section 191

Flashcard 68: Section _____ of IPC deals with Omission to give notice/information to public servant by person legally bound to give it

Answer: 176

Flashcard 69: Section _____ of IPC: Obscene acts and songs (Exhibitionism)

Answer: 294

Flashcard 70: Punishment for murder by a life convict is defined under Section _____ of the BNS (or Section 303 IPC).

Answer: 104

Flashcard 71: Attempt to Murder is covered under Section _____ of IPC

Answer: 307

Flashcard 72: Contributory negligence can only act as a defence for professional negligence in a _____ case

Answer: civil (criminal/civil)

Flashcard 73: Section _____ IPC deals with punishment for voluntarily causing hurt.

Answer: 323

Flashcard 74: Attempt to commit suicide is defined under Sec _____ of IPC.

Answer: 309

Flashcard 75: Abducting a girl aged less than _____ years from a parent or guardian is kidnapping (361 IPC)

Answer: 18

Flashcard 76: Is the person legally bound by law during lucid interval?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 77: Section _____ of IPC deals with absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceedings

Answer: 172

Flashcard 78: Section _____ IPC deals with 'causing hurt by means of poisons, etc.'

Answer: 328

Flashcard 79: A doctor who has signed a fake certificate would be tried under which Section of IPC?_____

Answer: Section 197

Flashcard 80: What is the inquest system followed exclusively in Scotland?_____

Answer: Procurator fiscal

Flashcard 81: Abducting a boy aged less than _____ years from a parent or guardian is kidnapping (361 IPC)

Answer: 16

Flashcard 82: Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceedings is covered under _____ BNS or IPC 172

Answer: 206

Flashcard 83: Act of Trafficking a person is defined under section _____ IPC

Answer: 370

Flashcard 84: IPC section _____ deals with commutation of a death sentence

Answer: 54

Flashcard 85: Act of Abduction is defined under section _____ IPC

Answer: 362

Flashcard 86: If the doctor failed to provide proper instructions to the patient, he will _____ be held guilty as an exception to the contributory negligence rule

Answer:

Flashcard 87: _____ is also known as the body of offense says that a crime must be proved to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime.

Answer: Corpus delicti

Flashcard 88: Section 193 of IPC: For any other case except Judicial proceedings the punishment is up to _____ yrs of imprisonment and fine

Answer: 3

Flashcard 89: IPC section _____ states that the act of a person of unsounded mind is not liable for punishment/prosecution

Answer: 84

Flashcard 90: The word _____ denotes one of the portions of a Chapter of the Indian Penal Code.

Answer: section

Flashcard 91: What is the minimum age for punishing a child, according to Railways act?_____

Answer: 12 years

Flashcard 92: Section 193 of IPC: For Judicial proceedings the punishment is up to _____ yrs of imprisonment and fine

Answer: 7

Flashcard 93: IEA section _____ deals with Evidence

Answer: 3

Flashcard 94: Section _____ IPC deals with Utterance of words with the intention of hurting religious sentiments.

Answer: 298

Flashcard 95: Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder is covered under Section _____ of IPC

Answer: 304

Flashcard 96: Misconduct in public by a drunken person is punishable with imprisonment up to 24 hours and covered under Section _____ of IPC

Answer: 510

Flashcard 97: IPC _____ deals with Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.

Answer: 420

Flashcard 98: Section _____ of IPC: Trespassing on burial places/ wounding the feeling of any person /indignity to any human corpse (Necrophilia, Necrophagia)

Answer: 297

Flashcard 99: IPC Section _____ : Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent is not an offense.

Answer: 87

Flashcard 100: The doctor can examine the accused using force under section _____ BNSS (Section 53 CrPC) as requested by the sub-inspector.

Answer: 52

Flashcard 101: What is the most superior form of inquest?_____

Answer: Medical examiner's system

Flashcard 102: Section _____ IPC deals with grievous hurt.

Answer: 320

Flashcard 103: The authorizing officer for autopsy in case of exhumation is a _____.

Answer: magistrate

Flashcard 104: Indian Evidence Act or IEA has been replaced by _____ (BSA).

Answer: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

Flashcard 105: Declaration of _____ on human death asserted that the overall judgment of the physician could not be replaced by any ancillary test

Answer: Sydney

Flashcard 106: IEA section _____ deals with Dying declaration

Answer: 32

Flashcard 107: Section _____ IPC deals with definition of hurt.

Answer: 319

Flashcard 108: _____ rule states that a doctor will NOT be held guilty if he committed a negligent act, but the act of the patient further aggrevated that easily avoidable injury

Answer: Avoidable consequences

Flashcard 109: Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt is covered under Sec _____ of IPC

Answer: 325

Flashcard 110: _____: This essentially means that the negligence at the core of the lawsuit stems from the actions of a third party

Answer: 'Novus actus interveniens'

Flashcard 111: BNS sections relating to hurt and grevious hurt are _____ and _____ respectively

Answer: 114; 116

Flashcard 112: If a drug is imported under a name that belongs to another drug, it is said to be _____ drug

Answer: spurious

Flashcard 113: BNS section _____ is related to Dowry death, which was previously IPC 304B

Answer: 80

Flashcard 114: BNS sections related to false evidence:Perjury: _____Fabricating false evidence : _____Punishment for perjury: _____Issuing false certificates: 234

Answer: 227; 228; 229