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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK II — PERSONS PUNISHABLE, EXCUSABLE OR RESPONSIBLE

42 Insanity

(1) There is neither crime nor misdemeanour, where an accused person was in a state of insanity at the time of the act, or where he has been compelled to commit such act by a force which he could not resist, and in consequence he shall be acquitted.

(2) In this section "insanity" includes mental disorder rendering the accused incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act or of knowing that it was wrong.