'Negligence' in document 'Macedonia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

2. A CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

2.1. General provisions on crime and criminal responsibility

Criminal responsibility

Article 11

(1) An offender bears criminal responsibility if he is mentally competent and if he has committed the crime with intent or out of negligence and was aware, or was obligated and could have been aware that the activity has been prohibited.

(2) The offender bears criminal responsibility for a crime committed out of negligence only when this is so determined by the law.

GENERAL PART

2. A CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

2.1. General provisions on crime and criminal responsibility

Negligence

Article 14

A crime is committed out of negligence when the offender was aware that because of his act or omission, a damaging consequence could happen, but lightheartedly he thought he could prevent it or that it would not happen ; or when he was not aware of a possible damaging consequence, even though according to the circumstances and according to his personal features he was obliged to be and he could be aware of this possibility.

GENERAL PART

2. A CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

2.1. General provisions on crime and criminal responsibility

Responsibility for a more severe consequence

Article 15

When the result of a crime was a more severe consequence, for which the law prescribes a more serious punishment, this punishment may be pronounced if the offender acted out of negligence in relation to this consequence.

GENERAL PART

2. A CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

2.3. Accessory in crime Joint perpetration

Limits of criminal responsibility and possibility of punishing the accomplices

Article 25

(1) The joint offender is criminally responsible within the limits of his intent or negligence, and the instigator and accessory - within the limits of their intent.