Russian Federation

The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

General Part

Section II. Crime

Chapter 8. Circumstances Excluding the Criminality of a Deed

Article 40. Physical or Psychic Coercion

1. The infliction of harm on the criminal-law protected interests as a result of physical coercion shall not be a crime, if in consequence of such coercion the person concerned could not guide his actions (inaction).

2. The question of criminal responsibility for the infliction of harm on the criminal-law protected interests as a result of psychic coercion, and also as a result of physical coercion, in consequence of which the person concerned has retained the possibility of guiding his actions, shall be settled with due account of the provisions of Article 39 of this Code .

Keywords

Duress - national proceedings



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