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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III
CRIME AND MISDEMEANOUR

Article 17. Legal Incapacity

1. A person shall be considered legally incapacitated where, at the time of commission of an act forbidden under this Code, he was unable to appreciate the dangerous nature of the act or to control his behaviour as a result of a mental disorder.

2. A person found legally incapacitated by a court shall not be held liable under this Code for a committed dangerous act. The court may apply to him the compulsory medical treatment provided for in Article 98 of this Code.