GENERAL PART
2. A CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
2.1. General provisions on crime and criminal responsibility
Extreme necessity
Article 10
(1) An act is not a crime, which was committed in extreme necessity.
(2) Extreme necessity exists when the crime was committed in order for the offender to avert from himself or from another a simultaneous obvious danger, which could not be averted in some other way, and hereby the perpetrated evil is not larger than the evil that had threatened.
(3) An offender who himself caused danger by negligence, or who has exceeded the limits of extreme necessity, may be punished more leniently, and if the exceeding was committed under especially alleviating circumstances - he can even be acquitted from punishment.
(4) Extreme necessity does not exist if the offender was obliged to expose himself to danger.
''GENERAL PART, 2. CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Extreme necessity
Article 10''
(1) An act is not a crime, which was committed in extreme necessity.
(2) Extreme necessity exists when the crime was committed in order for the
perpetrator to avert from themselves or from another, a simultaneous danger
which could not be averted in some other way, and thereby the perpetrated evil
is not larger than the evil that had threatened.
(3) An perpetrator who themselves caused danger by negligence, or who have
exceeded the limits of extreme necessity, may be punished more leniently, and if
the exceeding was committed under especially alleviating circumstances - they can
even be acquitted from punishment.
(4) Extreme necessity does not exist if the perpetrator was obliged to expose himself to
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;