'Duress - national proceedings' in document 'Moldova - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter III
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ELIMINATE THE CRIMINAL NATURE OF AN ACT

Article 39. Physical and Mental Coercion

(1) An act set forth in criminal law which causes damage to legally protected interests as a result of physical or mental coercion if following such coercion the person was unable to control his/her actions shall not be considered a crime.

(2) The criminal liability for damages caused by mental or physical coercion to the interests protected by criminal law when a person preserved the capacity to control his/her actions shall be determined in line with art. 38.