'Superior orders' in document 'Denmark - Military Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 1
General Part

ยง9 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.