BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE II
OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

CHAPTER II
GROUNDS FOR ABSENCE OR ATTENTUATION OF LIABILITY

ARTICLE 122-7

A person is not criminally liable if confronted with a present or imminent danger to himself, another person or property, he performs an act necessary to ensure the safety of the person or property, except where the means used are disproportionate to the seriousness of the threat.