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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.