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GENERAL PART
TITLE TWO
CRIME
CHAPTER EIGHT
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING SOCIAL DANGER OF THE CRIME
Article 42. Extreme Necessity
40.1. Any action specified in the Special Part of this Code to eliminate the danger to defend the interests of the state or society, own or others' right to life or inviolability of an individual, others rights and freedoms shall not constitute crime provided the damage inflicted to the third person is less severe than the one averted and the danger under the given circumstances could not have been eliminated by other means.