'Other defences - national proceedings' in document 'Cambodia - Criminal Law Provisions'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CAMBODIA – PENAL CODE

BOOK ONE - GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE 2 - CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

CHAPTER 2 - EXCLUSION OF OR DIMINISHED CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Article 36: Effect of force or compulsion
A person who commits an offence under the influence of an irresistible force or compulsion shall not be criminally responsible.

The force or compulsion can only be the result of circumstances beyond human control. It
must be unforeseeable and inevitable.