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'Superior orders - national proceedings' in document 'Kazakhstan - Criminal Code'

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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section II. A Crime

Article 37. The Execution of an Order or an Instruction

1. The causation of damage to interests protected by the present Code by a person who acted in pursuance of an order or instruction obligatory for him shall not be considered a crime. Criminal liability for the causation of such damage shall be borne by a person who issued an illegal order or instruction.

2. A person having committed a deliberate crime in pursuance of an inherently illegal order or instruction, shall bear criminal liability on general bases. Non-execution of a deliberately illegal order or instruction shall exclude criminal liability.