Part II
Criminal Responsibility
Compulsion
13.(1) There shall not be deemed to commit an offence every person who is compelled to do an act by coercion or by threat of death, or imminent grievous hurt to his person, or family, or serious injury to his property, where the said person apprehends that the execution of the threat is most probably to occur and it is not in his power to avoid it by any other means.
(2) Coercion shall not justify causing death, or grievous hurt or the commission of any of the offences against the state which are punishable with death.
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:
(d) The conduct which is alleged to constitute a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been caused by duress resulting from a threat of imminent death or of continuing or imminent serious bodily harm against that person or another person, and the person acts necessarily and reasonably to avoid this threat, provided that the person does not intend to cause a greater harm than the one sought to be avoided. Such a threat may either be:
(i) Made by other persons; or
(ii) Constituted by other circumstances beyond that person's control.