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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART TWO
ON CRIMES

Chapter 24 On General Grounds for Exemption from Criminal Responsibility

Section 8

An act committed by a person on the order of someone to whom he owes obedience shall not result in his being liable to punishment, if in view of the nature of the obedience due, the nature of the act and the circumstances in general, it was his duty to obey the order. (Law 1994:458)