Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER TWO
THE OFFENCE

FOURTH TITLE
SELF-DEFENCE, NECESSITY AND DURESS

Section 32
Self-defence

(1) A person who commits an act in self-defence does not act unlawfully.

(2) Self-defence means any defensive action that is necessary to avert an imminent unlawful attack on oneself or another.

Keywords

Self-defence - national proceedings



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