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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter Three
CRIMINAL OFFENCE

1. General provisions on Criminal Offence

Force and Threat
Article 21

(1) An act committed under irresistible force is not a criminal offence.

(2) If a criminal offence is committed under force which is not irresistible or under threat, the offender may be punished more leniently.

(3) In case referred to in para 1 of this Article, the person using irresistible force shall be considered perpetrator of the criminal offence.