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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 1
General Part

§9 The fact that a criminal offence was committed according to order from a superior shall not release the offender from criminal liability, unless the person in question was under an obligation to obey orders from the superior in question and did not know that the order was illegal, and the order was not clearly illegal.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 33
Superior orders and prescription of law
1. The fact that a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been committed by a person pursuant to an order of a Government or of a superior, whether military or civilian, shall not relieve that person of criminal responsibility unless:
(c) The order was not manifestly unlawful.