'Superior orders - national proceedings' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION TWO. CRIME

CHAPTER IX. CIRCUMSTANCES RELIEVING RESPONSIBILITY

Article 37. Fulfilment of Order or Instruction
1. Criminal liability shall not be imposed upon the one who prejudiced a legal good at the time of fulfilling obligatory order or instruction. Criminal liability for such prejudice shall be imposed upon the one who issued the illegal order or instruction.
2. The person shall be subject to criminal liability for wittingly fulfilling a criminal order or instruction according to the general rule if there is no other circumstance relieving responsibility.