General Part

Section 2.

Crime.

Chapter 8.

Circumstances excluding the criminality of the act.

Article 47. Execution of an order or instruction.

1. Inflicting damage to the interests protected by criminal law, by the person who acted pursuant to compulsory, appropriately given order or instruction, is not considered a crime. The person who gave such illegal order or instruction is liable for that.

2. The person who committed a willful crime by obviously illegal order or instruction is liable on common grounds.

3. Refusal to execute an obviously illegal order or instruction is an exemption from criminal liability.