GENERAL PART
Chapter Three
CRIMINAL OFFENCE
1. General provisions on Criminal Offence
Extreme Necessity
Article 20
(1) An act committed in extreme necessity shall not constitute a criminal offence.
(2) Extreme necessity exists when an act is committed by the perpetrator to repel from his person or the person of another a concurrent unprovoked danger that could not be otherwise repelled, and the damage inflicted does not exceed the damage threatened.
(3) Punishment of a perpetrator who caused the danger himself, but due to negligence or has exceeded the limits of extreme necessity, may be mitigated. A perpetrator who has exceeded the limits of extreme necessity under particularly extenuating circumstances, may receive remittance of punishment.
(4) There is no Extreme necessity if the offender was under obligation to expose himself to imminent danger.
1. In addition to other grounds for excluding criminal responsibility provided for in this Statute, a person shall not be criminally responsible if, at the time of that person's conduct:
(c) The person acts reasonably to defend himself or herself or another person or, in the case of war crimes, property which is essential for the survival of the person or another person or property which is essential for accomplishing a military mission, against an imminent and unlawful use of force in a manner proportionate to the degree of danger to the person or the other person or property protected. The fact that the person was involved in a defensive operation conducted by forces shall not in itself constitute a ground for excluding criminal responsibility under this subparagraph;