Azerbaijan

Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic

General provision

SECTION II
CRIME

CHAPTER 8
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING CRIMINALITY OF ACT

Article 39. Grounded risk

39.1. Causing of harm to objects protected by the present Code, at the grounded risk for achievement of socially useful purpose, shall not be instituted as a crime.

39.2. If the specified purpose could not be achieved without risk action (inaction) and a person, who has admitted risk, has taken necessary measures for prevention of harm to objects protected by the present Code, it shall be admitted as grounded risk.

39.3. The risk shall not be admitted as grounded if it was obviously connected to threat life of people, threat of ecological or other accident.

Keywords

Other defences - national proceedings



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