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'Manifestly unlawful order' in document 'Azerbaijan - Criminal Code'

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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 8
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING CRIMINALITY OF ACT

Article 40. Execution of the order or instruction

40.2. The person, who has committed a deliberate crime by execution of obviously illegal order or instructions, shall carry out the criminal liability in accordance with general grounds.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 33
Superior orders and prescription of law
1. The fact that a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been committed by a person pursuant to an order of a Government or of a superior, whether military or civilian, shall not relieve that person of criminal responsibility unless:
(c) The order was not manifestly unlawful.