Malicious Injuries (Amendment) Act, 1986

Damage by person of unsound mind, child or person acting under duress.

5.—The Principal Act is hereby amended, as respects damage caused after the passing of this Act, by the substitution of the following section for section 7:

“7. It shall not be a defence to an application for compensation under the Malicious Injuries Acts, 1981 and 1986, merely to show that the damage to which the application relates was caused by a person of unsound mind, by a child or by a person acting under duress.”.