GENERAL PART
Chapter III.
Exclusion of penal liability
Article 25. § 1. Whoever in necessary defence repels a direct illegal attack on any interest
protected by law, shall not be deemed to have committed an offence.
§ 2. In the event that the limits of necessary defence have been exceeded, in particular when the
perpetrator has used a means of defence disproportionate to the danger of the attack, the court may
apply extraordinary mitigation of the penalty and even renounce its imposition.
§ 3. The court shall renounce the imposition of the punishment if exceeding the limits of
necessary defence resulted from fright or emotional distress, as justified by the circumstances of the
attack.
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