Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER TWO
THE OFFENCE

FOURTH TITLE
SELF-DEFENCE, NECESSITY AND DURESS

Section 33
Excessive self-defence

A person who exceeds the limits of self-defence out of confusion, fear or terror shall not be held criminally liable.

Keywords

Self-defence - national proceedings



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