General provision
SECTION II
CRIME
CHAPTER 8
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING CRIMINALITY OF ACT
Article 38. Emergency
38.1. Causing of harm to objects protected by present Code in condition of emergency, that is for elimination of a danger directly menacing to life, health and rights of a given person or other persons, to interests of a public or state, if in this case this danger could not be eliminated by other means and excess of limits for emergency was not admitted, shall not be instituted as a crime.
38.2. Causing the harm, which is obviously not appropriate to nature and degree of danger and circumstances at which danger was eliminated, when harm was caused equal or more significant to the specified interests, than prevented shall be admitted as excess of limits on emergency. Such excess entails to criminal liability only in case of deliberate causing harm.
Other defences - national proceedings
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