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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1] [2]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

CHAPTER 1—JUSTIFIABLE FORCE AND HARM

Section 31—Grounds on which Force or Harm May be Justified.

Force may be justified in the cases and manner, subject to the conditions, hereinafter in this Chapter mentioned, on the ground of any of the following matters, namely—

(f) necessity for prevention of or defence against crime ;

PART II—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

CHAPTER 1—JUSTIFIABLE FORCE AND HARM

Section 37—Use of Force for Prevention of or Defence Against Crime, Etc.

For the prevention of, or for the defence of himself or any other person against any crime, or for the suppression or dispersion of a riotous or unlawful assembly, a person may justify any force or harm which is reasonably necessary extending in case of extreme necessity, even to killing.