BOOK I-GENERAL PART
TITLE II-THE ACT
CHAPTER III-CAUSES FOR EXCLUSION OF UNLAWFULNESS AND OF GUILT
Article 32
Legitimate defence
An act constitutes legitimate defence when committed as the necessary means to repel a present and unlawful aggression on legally protected interests of the agent or of a third person.
Article 33
Excess of legitimate defence
1- If there is excess of the means employed in legitimate defence, the act is unlawful but punishment may be especially mitigated.
2- The agent is not punished if the excess results from non-censurable disturbance, fear or shock.
Self-defence - national proceedings
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