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

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART I. – INTRODUCTORY.

Division 5. – Criminal Responsibility.

32. JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE : COMPULSION.

(1) A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission done or made–

(b) in obedience to the order of a competent authority that he is bound by law to obey, unless the order is manifestly unlawful ;