'Necessity - national proceedings' in document 'Mongolia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

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.